Christoph Wyneken

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Christoph Wyneken

Christoph Wyneken (* 1941 in Berlin ) is a German violinist and conductor.

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Wyneken studied violin and conducting at the music academies in Berlin , Detmold and Austin (Texas, USA) . As a violinist, he played with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra , the Berlin Philharmonic and as the first concertmaster of the NDR's Radiophilharmonie Hannover . Christoph Wyneken had a teaching assignment for chamber music / violin at the Freiburg University of Music .

Wyneken's commitment to promoting young talent and as conductor of the Baden-Württemberg State Youth Orchestra was honored in 2003 with the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .

Wyneken collaborates with music academies in Germany, Japan, Poland and the USA. He was visiting professor at the "Musashino" music academy in Tokyo / Japan and directed concert projects of the university orchestra with subsequent concert tours through the music centers of Japan. In Bangkok, Christoph Wyneken conducted projects of the Southeast Asian student orchestra SAYOWE. Christoph Wyneken has been a lecturer at the Idyllwild Festival in Los Angeles since the 2010s.

In 2009 he accepted an invitation to the USC University of Music in Los Angeles for the first time . Christoph Wyneken directs professional as well as student and youth orchestras. He has conducted with the professional orchestras Radiophilharmonie of the NDR Hannover, the Bern Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic State Orchestra Halle , the Breslau Philharmonic, the Stuttgart Philharmonic , the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra , the Silesian Philharmonic.

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SURNAME Wyneken, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin