Christof Perick
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Christof Prick who uses the name Christof Perick in English-speaking countries, is a German orchestra
conductor
. His father was the concertmaster of the Hamburg Philharmonic.
Perick's conducting posts include:
His work in contemporary music has included conducting the premiere of Wolfgang Rihm
's opera Oedipus in October 1987.
Perick became Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
in 2001. He stepped down from this post in 2010 but has continued his association with the orchestra as conductor laureate in the 2010-2011 season.
Since 2006, Perick has been Music Director at the Bayerisches Staatstheater Nuremberg, including the post of principal conductor of the Nürnberg Philharmonic. In addition to his conducting posts, since 1999, he has been a professor of conducting at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg.
His recordings include an 1988 recording of Franz Schmidt
's rarely-heard opera Notre Dame
.
Perick and his wife Ulrike, an actress, make their home in Germany.
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
. His father was the concertmaster of the Hamburg Philharmonic.
Perick's conducting posts include:
- 1974-1977: Saarländisches Staatsorchester Saarbrücken
- 1977-1985: Badische StaatskapelleBadische StaatskapelleThe Badische Staatskapelle is a symphony orchestra based in Karlsruhe, Germany. The orchestra is affiliated with the Badisches Staatstheater . The historical roots of the orchestra date back to 1662. The precursor ensemble was the Hofkapelle der Markgrafen von Baden-Durlach...
- 1992-1995: Los Angeles Chamber OrchestraLos Angeles Chamber OrchestraThe Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is a 40-member American chamber orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, considered by music critic Jim Svejda as "America's finest chamber orchestra".-History:...
- 1993-1996: Niedersaechsisches Staatsorchester und Staatsoper (Hannover)
- 2001-2010: Charlotte Symphony OrchestraCharlotte Symphony OrchestraThe Charlotte Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Charlotte, North Carolina. As the largest and most active professional performing arts organization in the central Carolinas, the Charlotte Symphony plays approximately 100 performances each season and employs 100 professional...
- since 2006: Bayerisches Staatstheater Nuremberg
His work in contemporary music has included conducting the premiere of Wolfgang Rihm
Wolfgang Rihm
Wolfgang Rihm is a German composer.Rihm is Head of the Institute of Modern Music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory of Music and has been composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival and the Salzburg Festival...
's opera Oedipus in October 1987.
Perick became Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Charlotte, North Carolina. As the largest and most active professional performing arts organization in the central Carolinas, the Charlotte Symphony plays approximately 100 performances each season and employs 100 professional...
in 2001. He stepped down from this post in 2010 but has continued his association with the orchestra as conductor laureate in the 2010-2011 season.
Since 2006, Perick has been Music Director at the Bayerisches Staatstheater Nuremberg, including the post of principal conductor of the Nürnberg Philharmonic. In addition to his conducting posts, since 1999, he has been a professor of conducting at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg.
His recordings include an 1988 recording of Franz Schmidt
Franz Schmidt
Franz Schmidt was an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist of Hungarian descent and origin.- Life :Schmidt was born in Pozsony , in the Hungarian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire . His father was half Hungarian and his mother entirely Hungarian...
's rarely-heard opera Notre Dame
Notre Dame (opera)
Notre Dame is a romantic opera by Franz Schmidt, to a libretto by himself and Leopold Wilk , a professional chemist and amateur poet. It is based loosely on the novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo....
.
Perick and his wife Ulrike, an actress, make their home in Germany.