Wolfram Christ
Wolfram Christ is one of relatively few violists in the world to have developed a major career as a soloist, and as a soloist with a throng of enthusiastic admirers, too. He was the principal violist with the Berlin Philharmonic for over 20 years, making many solo recordings with the orchestra, including the Berlioz Harold in Italy (with Lorin Maazel), the Bartók Concerto for Viola (with Seiji Ozawa), and various other works with Karajan, Abbado, Colin Davis, and other conductors. Christ was also a founding member, with Claudio Abbado and Michael Haefliger, of the highly acclaimed ad hoc ensemble the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. He has performed with various chamber groups, as well, and possesses a repertory reaching from the Baroque to the modern, taking in works by J.S. Bach, Telemann, Mozart, Brahms, Dvorák, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Ravel, Hindemith, Jolivet, Martinu, and many contemporary composers. Christ has also served as artistic director of the Sydney Conservatory and is on the faculty of the Musikhochschule in Freiburg. He was the principal conductor of the Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra in Mannheim and regularly conducts other ensembles, including the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and Royal Danish Orchestra. Christ's recordings are available on DG, EMI, and Sony.
Wolfram Christ was born on October 17, 1955, in Hachenburg, Germany. He studied violin from age six, but transferred to the viola at 12. At 20 he won first prize at the Munich-based ARD International Music Competition. Christ launched his international career, but in 1978 was engaged by Herbert von Karajan to become the principal violist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Christ held the post until 1999.
Meanwhile, he made frequent appearances as soloist, many with the Berlin Philharmonic. He also made numerous recordings, both as soloist and in chamber music. In 1992 he was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque for his DG recording of the Debussy Trio for flute, viola, and harp.
From 1995-2000 Christ served as artistic director and advisor to the Sydney Music Conservatory. Since 1999 he has held a professorship in viola at the Freiburg Musikhochschule.
In the new century Christ has turned his attention to conducting, serving in the Kurpfalz Chamber post for four years (2004-2008) and regularly leading the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, and other European ensembles. Among Christ's later recordings is the acclaimed 2003 EMI CD of the Dvorák Quintet for Piano and Strings with Sarah Chang, Leif Ove Andsnes, and others.
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Discography
11 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Tchaikovsky:Souvenir de Florence /Dvorak: Sextet
Sarah Chang, Bernhard Hartog, Wolfram Christ, Tanja Christ, Georg Faust, Olaf Maninger
Klassiek - Released by Warner Classics on 15 jul. 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Hamburger Sinfonien, Wq. 182
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Wolfram Christ
Klassiek - Released by haenssler CLASSIC on 7 jan. 2014
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Hector Berlioz : Harold en Italie - Le Carnaval Romain - Ouverture
Wolfram Christ, Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 jan. 1985
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Virtuoso Viola Concertos
Wolfram Christ, Roswitha Trimborn, Helmut Müller-Brühl, Kölner Kammerorchester
Klassiek - Released by Koch Schwann on 7 sep. 1987
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kalliwoda: 6 Nocturnes, Op. 186 (Excerpts)
Wolfram Christ, Wolfram Lorenzen
Kamermuziek - Released by SWR Mediaservices GmbH on 6 mrt. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hindemith: Meditation from "Nobilissima visione" (Arr. for Viola & Piano) & Viola Sonata, Op. 25 No. 1
Wolfram Christ, Wolfram Lorenzen
Klassiek - Released by SWR Mediaservices GmbH on 6 mrt. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sex mit tödlicher Nebenwirkung (Die seltsamen Fälle des Anwalts Martin Hall aus Leipzig - Band I)
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by comediantes – Verlag für Hörbücher und Hörspiele on 30 nov. 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Liszt, Milhaud & Schumann: Viola Works
Wolfram Christ, Wolfram Lorenzen
Kamermuziek - Released by SWR Mediaservices GmbH on 20 mrt. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Eiskalt - Die Bombe - Der Arzt Ihres Vertrauens (Drei Kurzgeschichten)
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by comediantes – Verlag für Hörbücher und Hörspiele on 1 sep. 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mörderische Spielzeit
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by comediantes – Verlag für Hörbücher und Hörspiele on 1 sep. 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Santa Barbara (Die Unternehmungen des Professor Cunningham)
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by comediantes – Verlag für Hörbücher und Hörspiele on 1 sep. 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo