Background
Eschenbach, Christoph was born on February 20, 1940 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany.
conductor musician Music Director
Eschenbach, Christoph was born on February 20, 1940 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany.
Attended, Hamburg (Federal Republic Germany) Conservatory attended, State Conservatory Music, Cologne, Federal Republic Germany Doctorate, U. Houston.
Music director German Philharmonic Orchestra Rhineland-Palatinate, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1978. Principal guest conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra, 1981, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, 1981—1982, chief conductor, 1982—1986. Music. director Houston Symphony Orchestra, 1988—1999, conductor laureate, since 1999.
Chief conductor North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg, 1998—2004. Music director Orchestre de Paris, 2000—2009, Philadelphia Orchestra, 2003—2008. Music director designate National Symphony Orchestra & John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington, since 2010.
Co-artistic director Pacific Music Festival, 1992—1998. Music director Ravinia Festival, Chicago, 1994—2005.
Participant Pacific Music Festival, 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94.