His new orchestral composition idyll was given its world premiere in October 2014 by the Cleveland Orchestra under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst, followed by performances by the Bayerische Rundfunk and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Pintscher was the 2012 recipient of the Roche Commission. His work Chute d’Étoiles: Hommage à Anselm Kiefer for two trumpets and orchestra premiered at the Lucerne Festival in August 2012 by the Cleveland Orchestra, and was subsequently performed at Severance Hall in Cleveland and at Carnegie Hall in New York.