Christian Zacharias

Christian Zacharias
Background information
Born (1950-04-27) 27 April 1950 (age 74)
Jamshedpur, India
OriginGerman
GenresClassical
OccupationConductor
InstrumentPiano
LabelsEMI Classics
WebsiteChristian-zacharias.com

Christian Zacharias (born 27 April 1950 in Jamshedpur, India)[1] is a German pianist and conductor.

Music career

Zacharias studied piano with Irene Slavin and Vlado Perlemuter in Paris. He won second prize at both the Geneva Competition in 1969 and the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1973. After winning the Ravel Competition in Paris in 1975, he launched an international career. He has performed chamber music with such partners as the Alban Berg Quartet, the Guarneri Quartet, the Leipzig String Quartet, Heinrich Schiff, and Frank Peter Zimmermann. He made many recordings, among them a 1979 recording of 33 sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, the complete Schubert piano sonatas, the complete Mozart piano concertos (available on EMI classics), and the complete Beethoven piano concertos.

Christian Zacharias conducts the Insula Orchestra in La Seine Musicale.

He began his conducting career in 1992[2] with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva. He made his US debut in 2000 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic before assuming the role of artistic director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne.[3] He has since held posts as principal guest conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and as an Artistic Partner with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In 2020, Zacharias was appointed honorary conductor of the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Christian Zacharias all'Accademia Nazionale di S.Cecilia" (in Italian). Giornale Radio Rai. 17 November 2006. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  2. ^ Kozinn, Allan (10 August 2001). "A Haydn Display Piece Gives Soloists Chances to Shine". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Un été sans fausse note" (in French). La Nouvelliste. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Christian Zacharias devine director de onoare al Filarmonicii „George Enescu"". Radio România Cultural (in Romanian). 20 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Christian Zacharias named Honorary Conductor of George Enescu Philharmonic". Pizzicato. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
Preceded by Artistic Director, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
2000-present 		Succeeded by