Christoph König

conductor

LATEST NEWS: DÉBUT WITH THE DANISH RADIO SYMPHONY

16th December, 2011

There is an exciting début coming up very soon: Christoph is going to conduct the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra for the first time  in a…

THE ORCHESTRE DE PARIS AND CHRISTOPH KÖNIG GAVE AN IMPRESSIVE DÉBUT PERFORMANCE

8th July, 2011

“The Orchestre de Paris and conductor Christoph König gave an impressive début performance at the Bad Kissingen Sommer festival … Koenig paid attention to every…

INTERVIEW: “Wir brauchen den Vergleich mit einem Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchestra nicht zu scheuen!”

25th November, 2011

2011-12 Pizzicato 218 2011 Dec- König-1 “Wir brauchen den Vergleich mit einem Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchestra nicht zu scheuen!” Ein  Gespräch mit Christoph König, Chefdirigent…

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S PINCH-HITTER IMPRESSIVE

19th November, 2011

PSO’s pinch-hitter impressive Review By Andrew Druckenbrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A debut of an unknown musician in a concert hall is the closest classical music gets…

HOUSTON: GUEST CONDUCTOR IN TUNE WITH THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY

12th November, 2011

Guest conductor in tune with Houston Symphony By EVERETT EVANS, ARTS WRITER Rapport is pivotal to any successful symphony concert – particularly the rapport between…

LATEST NEWS: DÉBUT WITH THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

15th November, 2011

There has been a cancellation at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Christoph is delighted to step in at short notice and make his début in…

LATEST NEWS: DÉBUT WITH THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

7th November, 2011

There is another exiting début waiting for Christoph in the coming days: this time with the Houston Symphony Orchestra. The programme will be Brahms’ Second…

LATEST NEWS: DÉBUT WITH THE TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

31st October, 2011

This month Christoph is making his début with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in a programme of Bartok Dance Suite and Dvorak Symphony no. 7 as…

REVIEW: ANOTHER REVIEW FOR BIS NYSTROEM RELEASE IN AUGUST

10th September, 2011

… especially when performed this well … under the noteworthy and commited direction of conductor Christoph König. NEW RELEASES Back to Directory | Home page…

REVIEW: BIS NYSTROEM SYMPHONIES RECORDING

5th September, 2011

Christoph’s latest recording release (BIS Nystroem Symphonies) got favourable review in Germany: … The very convincing Malmö Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Christoph König with…

LATEST NEWS: Orchestre de Paris – Début – Bad Kissingen Festival 6 July 2011

10th June, 2011

Christoph is going to make his début with the Orchestre de Paris at the Festival Bad Kissingen at the beginning of July in a programme…

Now in English: Interview with Christoph / collection of interviews with various musicians

23rd May, 2011

Christoph König, conductor „Let’s go to concerts!“ Your artistic career leading you from répétiteur via Kapellmeister to opera and concert conductor reminds me of the…

Interview with Christoph “Auf in die Konzerte!” / collection of interviews with various musicians (in German).

17th May, 2011

Christoph König, Dirigent “Auf in die Konzerte!” Ihr künstlerischer Werdegang über den Korrepetitor, Kapellmeister hin zum Opern- und Konzertdirigenten erinnert an den Weg, den früher…

Christoph presents new Season Brochure in Luxembourg

11th May, 2011

The Solistes Europèens Luxembourg and Christoph König recently presented their new season’s programme, which is marked by a mixture of outstanding soloists and fresh and…

Christoph renews his contract at Casa da Musica (in English, Portuguese and German)

21st March, 2011

Christoph König extends contract in Porto Casa da Música is pleased to announce the renewal of Christoph König’s contract as Principal Conductor of Orquestra Sinfónica…

Interview with Christoph Koenig published in book of interviews with musicians

28th February, 2011

A long interview with Christoph König as part of a collection of interviews with various musicians (in German). Translation are currently in preparation – watch…

Video – Christoph’s address for the season opening Solistes Européens Luxembourg

3rd February, 2011

More recent review quotes (English)

1st February, 2011

d’Land,24.09.2010 – José Voss … “La battue précise et intrépide de Christoph König maintient tout au long de la Schicksalssymphonie un niveau de grande qualité…

Some recent interviews with Christoph

1st September, 2010

  LIFE KULTUR (09/2010) Endgültiger Wechsel bei den Solistes Européens: Christoph König folgt Jack Martin Händler als musikalischer Direktor. Kurz vor dem Saisonstart 2010/11 stellt…

A selection of recent review quotes (multi-language)

24th September, 2010

d’Land,24.09.2010  – José Voss … “La battue précise et intrépide de Christoph König maintient tout au long de la Schicksalssymphonie un niveau de grande qualité…

A selection of recent review quotes (English)

27th January, 2011

  Les Solistes Européens, Luxembourg at the Festivald’Echternach “The musicians consistently expressed a feeling of involvement with their Chief and an obvious pleasure in making…

Why Porto- Why Casa da Musica? (English)

1st January, 2011

When I came to Porto for the first time in 2006 I did not know the city at all. Imagine how surprised I was by…

Warum Porto – Warum Casa da Musica? (German)

1st January, 2011

Das erste Mal, das ich nach Porto kam, kannte ich die Stadt überhaupt noch nicht. Wegen ihrer geographischen Abgelegenheit (aus mitteleuropäischer Sicht) war ich eher…

Gedanken zu den Solistes Européens (German)

1st February, 2011

Vor vielleicht zehn Jahren hatte ich das Glück, die Solistes Européens Luxembourg in einer oder zwei Proben kennenzulernen – als Zuhörer. Es waren meine allerersten…

Some thoughts on the Solistes Européens Luxembourg (English)

1st February, 2011

If I recall correctly, it must have been some ten years ago when I heard the Solistes Européens Luxembourg for the first time in my…

Porto – A Cidade do Orgulho (Portuguese)

1st November, 2010

Quando visitei o Porto pela primeira vez em 2006, fiquei surpreendido com as duas faces completamente diferentes da cidade: o Rio versus o Oceano Atlântico,…

Porto – the City of Pride (English)

1st November, 2010

When I first visited Porto in 2006, I was surprised by the two very diverse faces of the city: The River versus the Atlantic Ocean,…