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Christof Perick begins his third season as Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra in 2003-2004. In his first two seasons in Charlotte, he has expanded the Orchestra’s literature to include many previously unperformed masterpieces and has brought particular attention to the Mostly Mozart Neighborhood Concerts series, which received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts for the current season.
Maestro Perick has served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Dresden Semper Oper, one of Europe’s most renowned opera houses, since 1992 and was Music Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra from 1992 to 1995. He held the position of Music Director of the Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester and Staatsoper in Hanover, Germany until 1996 where he recently returned to lead Wagner’s complete Ring Cycle. In Karlsruhe he was Music Director of the Badische Staatskapelle and Staatsoper for 10 seasons from 1977 to 1986. He also led the Staatsoper in Saarbrücken, Germany from 1974 to 1977.
In Europe he has guest conducted many leading orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic and returns regularly to conduct the Orchestre National de France in Paris and the Orchestre National de Lyon. He has conducted often and been a principal guest conductor of both the Vienna and Berlin State Operas as well as the Hamburg Staatsoper. He also conducts frequently at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. In recent seasons he has led Dresden productions of Strauss’ Die schweigsame Frau, Salome, and Capriccio, Wagner’s Parsifal, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Der fliegende Holländer, Die Meistersinger, and Tristan und Isolde, and Beethoven’s Fidelio.
In the United States, in addition to having served as Music Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, he has guest conducted many of this country’s leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic, as well as the orchestras of Boston, San Francisco, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Detroit, Seattle, Indianapolis, Milwaukee and the National Symphony among others. Summer Festivals have included Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival and Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival. In Canada he has led the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Toronto Symphony, and Calgary Philharmonic.
With American opera companies, he led many productions at New York’s Metropolitan Opera for 10 consecutive seasons including Fidelio, Tannhäuser, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Hänsel und Gretel, and Die Meistersinger. He has also conducted productions at the Lyric Opera of Chicago including Der fliegende Holländer and Parsifal, and productions of Der fliegende Holländer at the San Francisco Opera, and Così fan tutte and Ariadne auf Naxos at the Los Angeles Music Center Opera.
Christof Perick is an advocate and mentor for young musicians and has been very involved with music education and young artist development. He was closely associated with Germany’s National Youth Orchestra for many years and conducted the first United States tour of the Bundesjugendorchester. He has also guest conducted at the Music Academy of the West Festival in California.
Maestro Perick’s recent and upcoming guest engagements include appearances with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood, the Vancouver, Pacific, and Columbus Symphonies, a pair of subscription concerts with the Stuttgart Philharmonic, productions of Parsifal and Der Freischütz at Munich’s Bayerische Staatsoper, and Parsifal at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Christof Perick resides near the Black Forest in Karlsruhe, Germany with his wife Ulrike, a professional actress, and their two dogs. In his time off the podium, he enjoys soccer, swimming and literature.
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