Christoph Lieben-Seutter

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Christoph Lieben-Seutter (2017)

Christoph Lieben-Seutter (born June 3, 1964 in Vienna ) is an Austrian director . He is general director of the Laeiszhalle and Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.

Life

Wiener Konzerthaus (2006)

After graduating from high school , he worked as a technical assistant at Philips in Vienna from 1982 , where he trained as a software engineer and worked as a marketing assistant with a pan-European assignment.

In 1988 the general secretary there, Alexander Pereira , appointed him as assistant director at the Wiener Konzerthaus , where over the next five years he familiarized himself with most areas of the concert industry. From 1991 Lieben-Seutter worked in the Konzerthaus as operations director, during which time he was responsible for coordinating appointments and budget planning for the artistic area. From 1993 to 1996 he followed Alexander Pereira as personal assistant to the artistic director at the Zurich Opera House . He then went back to Vienna and from 1996 to 2007 he was General Secretary in the artistic and commercial direction of the Konzerthausgesellschaft and the Wien Modern Festival . In this role he was responsible for over 400 events per season and was also responsible for the general renovation of the concert hall.

Lieben-Seutter has been general manager of the Laeiszhalle and Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg since 2007. His contract was extended in the summer of 2018 until the end of the 2023/2024 season. In the period up to the opening of the Elbphilharmonie, he established the Elbphilharmonie Concerts as a foretaste of the concert program in the new concert hall.

In addition to Federal President Joachim Gauck , Hamburg's First Mayor Olaf Scholz and the architect Jacques Herzog , Lieben-Seutter also spoke at the opening ceremony of the Elbphilharmonie in the Great Hall.

At the 2009 Hamburg International Chamber Music Competition he was on the jury of the final round. Lieben-Seutter was President of the European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO) from 2006 to 2017 and is a board member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra .

Lieben-Seutter has been married to the librettist and actress Theresita Colloredo since July 1996 . They have three daughters together.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom R. Schulz: Christoph Lieben-Seutter / short biography . Ed .: Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. ( Online [PDF; accessed April 1, 2019]).
  2. ↑ a b Learned the operation "from scratch". In: oe1.orf.at , society. April 27, 2005, accessed June 22, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Who is making a career where? Christoph Lieben-Seutter: Elbphilharmonie. In: Internet magazine Klassik.com. Retrieved June 22, 2010 .
  4. ^ Judith Schmitzberger: Expensive departure to the Elbe: Christoph Lieben-Seutter. In: Wiener Zeitung . May 29, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Laeiszhalle Elbphilharmonie Hamburg: Laeiszhalle: A house with history. ( Memento of April 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved April 26, 2010.
  6. ↑ Tom R. Schulz: Christoph Lieben-Seutter / short biography . Ed .: Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. ( Online [PDF; accessed April 1, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Elbphilharmonie: It is open! In: The time . January 11, 2017, ISSN  0044-2070 ( online [accessed January 24, 2018]).
  8. ^ ICMC Hamburg: Hamburg International Chamber Music Competition, 2009. Jury. Christoph Lieben-Seutter (only final round). ( Memento of April 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved July 5, 2010.
  9. ↑ Colloredo. genealogical number 2h). In: Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved July 5, 2010 .
  10. ^ Beate Lammer: Children's Opera. The "Grandma in the Apple Tree" at the Vienna State Opera: colorful, exciting - and stimulating for discussion. In: Die Presse , print edition April 17, 2007. Accessed July 5, 2010.
  11. ↑ Transart 05 (Bozen, Italy), short biographies: “Theresita Colloredo attended Jaques Lecoq's school in Paris. She was nine years as Dr. Lili Quack works for the CliniClowns and continues to live and work as a freelance actress in Vienna. The implementation of suitable children's stories for the stage in collaboration with the composer Lisi Naske is the focus of her current work. "
personal data
SURNAME Lieben-Seutter, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian director
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd June 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna