Christian Arming

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Christian Arming (born 18 March 1971, Vienna) is an Austrian conductor.

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Biography

Born in Vienna, Arming and his family later resided in Tokyo until Arming was age two. The family relocated to Hamburg, and then returned to Vienna. He sang with the Vienna Boys Choir as a youth. [1] Arming studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where his conducting teachers included Leopold Hager. Arming was an assistant conductor to Seiji Ozawa and counts Ozawa as a conducting mentor. [1] [2]

Arming's first orchestral post was as chief conductor of the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Ostrava, from 1996 to 2002. He was subsequently chief conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra from 2002 to 2004. He was music director of the New Japan Philharmonic from 2003 to 2013, the third conductor in the history of the orchestra to have the title of music director. He was music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège (OPRL) from 2011 to 2019.

Arming and his wife, actress Catherine Le Blanc, have two children. [2]

Selected discography

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References

  1. 1 2 Nicolas Blanmont (2011-12-22). "Christian Arming, de Vienne à Liège". La Libre. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  2. 1 2 Chiho Iuchi (2009-01-23). "Vienna's Arming strikes the right note". Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
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Preceded by
Leoš Svárovský
Chief Conductor, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
19962002
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Conductor, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra
20022004
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Michiyoshi Inoue
Music Director, New Japan Philharmonic
20032013
Succeeded by
Toshiyuki Kamioka