Christian Zacharias

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Christian Zacharias
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Background information
Born (1950-04-27) 27 April 1950 (age 74)
Jamshedpur, India
Origin German
Genres Classical
Occupation(s) Conductor
Instrument(s) Piano
Labels EMI Classics
Website Christian-zacharias.com

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

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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 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.

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. Since 2000, he has been artistic director of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. [3] Since 2002, he has been principal guest conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and since 2009 he has been an Artistic Partner with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

Christian Zacharias conducts Insula orchestra in La Seine Musicale. Zacharias ile Seguin.jpg
Christian Zacharias conducts Insula orchestra in La Seine Musicale.

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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.
Preceded by Artistic Director, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
2000-present
Succeeded by
incumbent