Christof Prick
Christof Prick (born October 23, 1946 in Hamburg ) is a German conductor and university professor .
Life
Prick was born as the son of the concertmaster of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra . He studied at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater with Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg .
He worked at the following places of activity:
- 1966–1970: Harvestehude Student Orchestra Hamburg (founded by him), conductor and honorary conductor
- 1974–1977: Saarland State Orchestra Saarbrücken , general music director
- 1977–1985: Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe , general music director
- 1978–1990: Conducted almost 100 repertoire performances in the Vienna State Opera
- 1986–1990: Deutsche Oper Berlin , Staatskapellmeister
- 1989–1995: Federal Youth Orchestra , permanent conductor
- 1992–1995: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Music Director
- 1993–1996: Lower Saxony State Orchestra and State Opera Hanover , General Music Director
- 2001–2010: Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Music Director
- 2006–2011: State Theater Nuremberg , General Music Director
- 2016–2017: Beethoven Orchester Bonn , chief conductor.
He has also conducted as a guest at the Semperoper Dresden , the Metropolitan Opera New York , the Lyric Opera Chicago and the San Francisco Opera .
In addition to conducting, from 1999 to 2013 he held a professorship for conducting at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater .
Around 1988 his recordings include Franz Schmidt's seldom performed opera Notre Dame .
Prick and his wife Ulrike, an actress, live in Germany. In the American-English-speaking area he appears under the name Christof Perick .
On October 5, 2017, while conducting a performance of the Freischütz at the Hamburg State Opera , Prick suffered an unspecified medical emergency during the break; the performance was then canceled.
Web links
- German homepage of Christof Prick
- Biography on the homepage of the agency Kaylor (English) , accessed on March 18, 2020
- Thomas Heinold: Balance of the era of chief conductor Prick. In: Nürnberger Zeitung . July 3, 2011 .
- Christof Prick ( memento from January 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on: Deutsche Oper Berlin
- Christof Prick / Perick in the IAAC ( Memento from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Christof Prick / Perick in the IAAC ( Memento from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ kra: Laiszhalle: Symphony Harvestehude: Gala concert for the 50th birthday. In: welt.de . January 28, 2016 .
- ^ Conductors of the Harvestehude Symphony Orchestra ( Memento from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Harvestehude Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 40th anniversary. Hamburg goes Hollywood. In: German Music Information Center . June 27, 2006 .
- ↑ Harvestehude Symphony Orchestra turns 40 ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Alstertal Magazin 01/2006
- ↑ Harvestehude Symphony Orchestra: 40th anniversary. In: Hamburger Morgenpost , June 28, 2006
- ↑ Simone Pauls: Drama in the State Opera: Performance canceled - conductor in the hospital. In: Hamburger Morgenpost. October 6, 2017 .
Ferdinand Wagner (1923–1925) | Bertil Wetzelsberger (1925–1938) | Alfons Dressel (1938–1946) | Rolf Agop (1946–1948) | Alfons Dressel (1948–1955) | Erich Riede (1956–1964) | Hans Gierster (1965–1988) | Christian Thielemann (1988–1992) | Eberhard Kloke (1993–1998) | Philippe Auguin (1998-2005) | Christof Prick (2006–2011) | Marcus Bosch (2011–2018) | Joana Mallwitz (since 2018)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prick, Christof |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Perick, Christof |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |