Peter Peinstingl was born in Innsbruck and grew up in East Tyrol. He studied conducting, organ and church music at the Universitiy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, the Mozarteum University of Salzburg and the Anton Bruckner Private University Linz. His various foreign study experiences included a period spent in New York, where he met one of his most influential teachers, Paul Nadler. His encounters and collaboration with Nikolaus Harnoncourt contributed significantly to his understanding of music. In June 2016, he was appointed Organist and Director of Music at St Peter’s Abbey, Salzburg. Peinstingl is a member of the Advisory Board of Musicians in the DomQuartier Salzburg and Artistic Director of the Johann-Michael-Haydn-Gesellschaft Salzburg.