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'''Christoph Altstaedt''' (b. January 19, 1980 in [[Heidelberg]]) is a German conductor.
== Life ==
As a junior student at the [[Hochschule für Musik Detmold|Detmold Music Academy]], he studied piano with Edmundo Lasheras and conducting with Joachim Harder. He also took piano lessons with [[Karl-Heinz Kämmerling]] in Hanover. He subsequently enrolled as a regular student in the piano class of [[Jean-Efflam Bavouzet]], then continuing his studies at the [[Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler"|Music Academy “Hanns Eisler”]] in Berlin from 2002 onwards, where his teachers included Hans-Dieter Baum and Alexander Vitlin. Starting in 2003, he became a fellow of the [[Deutscher Musikrat]]’s Conductors’ Forum, attending courses with [[Kurt Masur]], [[Pierre Boulez]] (as part of the Lucerne Festival Academy), [[Sebastian Weigle]], [[Johannes Kalitzke]] and [[Jorma Panula]].<ref></ref> In 2008 and 2009 he was one of three conductors to be invited as conducting fellows to [[Tanglewood Music Center|Tanglewood]]. There, he assisted [[James Levine]] in a production of ''[[Don Giovanni]]''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He made his debut as an opera conductor in 2006 at the [[Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz]] in Munich, where he had been engaged as a répétiteur during the last season under . There, he conducted ''[[Gianni Schicchi]], [[The Magic Flute]], [[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]], [[Werther]], [[Hansel and Gretel (opera)|Hänsel und Gretel]], [[La traviata]]'' and ''Cinderella'' by [[Peter Maxwell Davies]].
In 2010 he took a conducting position at the [[Deutsche Oper am Rhein]], where he expanded his repertoire to include ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]], [[Così fan tutte]], [[La bohème]], [[Luisa Miller]], [[Carmen]], [[The Barber of Seville]]'' and ''Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse'' by [[Ernst Toch]]. He also began to collaborate intensively with the [http://bit.ly/2Elg62g Ballet am Rhein] under [[:de:Martin_Schläpfer_(Tänzer)|Martin Schläpfer]] and with choreographers [[Mats Ek]], [[Hans van Manen]] and Nils Christie. He made guest appearances in Luxembourg with Massenet’s ''[[Manon]]'', at [[Opera North]] with ''[[Hansel and Gretel (opera)|Hänsel und Gretel]]'' and ''[[Don Giovanni]],'' at [[Finnish National Opera|Finland’s National Opera Helsinki]] with ''[[Così fan tutte]]'', in [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne]], [[Savonlinna Opera Festival|Savonlinna]] and [[Zürich Opera House|Zurich]] with ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'' and in [[Theater Basel|Basel]], where he conducted ''[[The Magic Flute]]''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Christoph Altstaedt was appointed interim chief conductor of the [https://www.tsoi.at Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck] from 2011 to 2013, where he conducted Cherubini’s ''[[Médée (Cherubini)|Médée]]'' and Mozart’s ''[[Idomeneo]]''. On the concert stage, he has worked with soloists such as [[Gidon Kremer|Gidon Kremer,]] [[Steven Isserlis]], [[Mark Padmore]] and [[Radek Baborák]], among others.
From 2004 to 2011 he founded and directed the “Junges Klangforum Mitte Europa”, a youth orchestra uniting music students from Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany, which won such awards as the "[[Praemium Imperiale]]" and the "[http://bit.ly/2ExXGLZ Marion Dönhoff Prize]", among others. Christoph Altstaedt has a keen interest in education work and has conducted the orchestra of the [http://bit.ly/2WRpMZG Julius-Stern-Institute] at the [http://bit.ly/2iaQCKt Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)], the State Youth Orchestras of the [http://ljo-saar.de Saarland], [http://bit.ly/2WVRnJ9 Baden-Wurttemberg] and Berlin as well as the , the [http://bit.ly/2EgR0Sb [[Bundesjugendorchester]]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and the [http://bit.ly/2X1zNUg Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Discography ==
* [[Günter Raphael]]: Symphony No. 2, Op. 34; [http://bit.ly/2EmTYVj CPO]
* [[Rolf Martinsson]]: ''Golden Harmony'', Concerto for Saxophone; [http://bit.ly/2X4yeVe Phono Suecia]
== References ==
== External Links ==
*
[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Heidelberg]]
[[Category:German conductors (music)]]
[[Category:21st-century conductors (music)]]
== Life ==
As a junior student at the [[Hochschule für Musik Detmold|Detmold Music Academy]], he studied piano with Edmundo Lasheras and conducting with Joachim Harder. He also took piano lessons with [[Karl-Heinz Kämmerling]] in Hanover. He subsequently enrolled as a regular student in the piano class of [[Jean-Efflam Bavouzet]], then continuing his studies at the [[Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler"|Music Academy “Hanns Eisler”]] in Berlin from 2002 onwards, where his teachers included Hans-Dieter Baum and Alexander Vitlin. Starting in 2003, he became a fellow of the [[Deutscher Musikrat]]’s Conductors’ Forum, attending courses with [[Kurt Masur]], [[Pierre Boulez]] (as part of the Lucerne Festival Academy), [[Sebastian Weigle]], [[Johannes Kalitzke]] and [[Jorma Panula]].<ref></ref> In 2008 and 2009 he was one of three conductors to be invited as conducting fellows to [[Tanglewood Music Center|Tanglewood]]. There, he assisted [[James Levine]] in a production of ''[[Don Giovanni]]''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He made his debut as an opera conductor in 2006 at the [[Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz]] in Munich, where he had been engaged as a répétiteur during the last season under . There, he conducted ''[[Gianni Schicchi]], [[The Magic Flute]], [[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]], [[Werther]], [[Hansel and Gretel (opera)|Hänsel und Gretel]], [[La traviata]]'' and ''Cinderella'' by [[Peter Maxwell Davies]].
In 2010 he took a conducting position at the [[Deutsche Oper am Rhein]], where he expanded his repertoire to include ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]], [[Così fan tutte]], [[La bohème]], [[Luisa Miller]], [[Carmen]], [[The Barber of Seville]]'' and ''Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse'' by [[Ernst Toch]]. He also began to collaborate intensively with the [http://bit.ly/2Elg62g Ballet am Rhein] under [[:de:Martin_Schläpfer_(Tänzer)|Martin Schläpfer]] and with choreographers [[Mats Ek]], [[Hans van Manen]] and Nils Christie. He made guest appearances in Luxembourg with Massenet’s ''[[Manon]]'', at [[Opera North]] with ''[[Hansel and Gretel (opera)|Hänsel und Gretel]]'' and ''[[Don Giovanni]],'' at [[Finnish National Opera|Finland’s National Opera Helsinki]] with ''[[Così fan tutte]]'', in [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne]], [[Savonlinna Opera Festival|Savonlinna]] and [[Zürich Opera House|Zurich]] with ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'' and in [[Theater Basel|Basel]], where he conducted ''[[The Magic Flute]]''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Christoph Altstaedt was appointed interim chief conductor of the [https://www.tsoi.at Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck] from 2011 to 2013, where he conducted Cherubini’s ''[[Médée (Cherubini)|Médée]]'' and Mozart’s ''[[Idomeneo]]''. On the concert stage, he has worked with soloists such as [[Gidon Kremer|Gidon Kremer,]] [[Steven Isserlis]], [[Mark Padmore]] and [[Radek Baborák]], among others.
From 2004 to 2011 he founded and directed the “Junges Klangforum Mitte Europa”, a youth orchestra uniting music students from Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany, which won such awards as the "[[Praemium Imperiale]]" and the "[http://bit.ly/2ExXGLZ Marion Dönhoff Prize]", among others. Christoph Altstaedt has a keen interest in education work and has conducted the orchestra of the [http://bit.ly/2WRpMZG Julius-Stern-Institute] at the [http://bit.ly/2iaQCKt Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)], the State Youth Orchestras of the [http://ljo-saar.de Saarland], [http://bit.ly/2WVRnJ9 Baden-Wurttemberg] and Berlin as well as the , the [http://bit.ly/2EgR0Sb [[Bundesjugendorchester]]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and the [http://bit.ly/2X1zNUg Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Discography ==
* [[Günter Raphael]]: Symphony No. 2, Op. 34; [http://bit.ly/2EmTYVj CPO]
* [[Rolf Martinsson]]: ''Golden Harmony'', Concerto for Saxophone; [http://bit.ly/2X4yeVe Phono Suecia]
== References ==
== External Links ==
*
[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Heidelberg]]
[[Category:German conductors (music)]]
[[Category:21st-century conductors (music)]]
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