Christian Schumann (conductor)
Christian Schumann (born January 14, 1983 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a German conductor and composer .
Life
Schumann is the son of Hungarian parents. He trained as a pianist at an early age, studied conducting and composition at the Liszt School of Music Weimar in Weimar and was influenced by mentors such as Péter Eötvös , Pierre Boulez , Vladimir Jurowski, George Hurst, Gustavo Dudamel and Frank Strobel.
Since his debut at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, his work has taken him through Europe, Asia and Russia. He has conducted, among others, the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra , the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra , the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra , the Philharmonia Orchestra London, the London Philharmonic Orchestra , the Symphony Orchestra of St. Gallen and worked with the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. His activity extends to the symphonic repertoire, the opera world, contemporary music and also film music. Schumann is active as a composer of symphonic and chamber music works and in the field of film music.
Sound carrier
- Composition féminine: Music by female composers for classical guitar and orchestra from the baroque to the modern . 2004
Compositions
- diadem , for strings and percussion, world premiere in 2005 in Weimar
- aggregationen , for dancer and quintet, world premiere in 2006 in Bonn
- Death monologue , chamber opera, world premiere in 2006 in Frankfurt am Main
- Appendix V , for double choir, 3 solo sopranos and large ensemble, world premiere in 2008 in Frankfurt am Main
- Faust Syndrom , song cycle for soprano and orchestra, world premiere in 2012 in Frankfurt am Main
Compositions for film
- Lilith - the refuge , directed by Karsten Prühl, 2006 in Barcelona
- No song in autumn , directed by Karsten Prühl (2008)
DVD
- Nosferatu: Wilhelm Murnau (1922), music: Michael Obst (2003)
- The woman you long for: Kurt Bernhardt (1929), music: Pascal Schumacher (2011) with the WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne
Web links
- Works by and about Christian Schumann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Personal website
- Official Facebook page
- Short biography on the website of the Bavarian State Opera
- Gudrun Stegen: On the way to a conducting career ( Memento from November 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) In: Deutsche Welle online from November 4, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ Germany in Vietnam ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Website of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
- ↑ Biography on the Allianz-Kulturstiftung website ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
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| SURNAME | Schumann, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |