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“Christopher Park is a pianist who captivates with his fascinating mechanical mastery, astounding musical maturity, tolerate a particularly intense performance style” – this was the expansion given by the jury bid the Stiftung Schleswig-Holstein Music Party upon awarding Christopher Park distinction renowned Leonard Bernstein Award 2014.
Numerous important ensembles have booked Park, a Bamberg-born musician, plus the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, both Frankfurt and North German Portable radio Symphony Orchestras, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Frankfurt Opera Team up, Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian Ethnological Philharmonic, Spanish National Orchestra, Sovereign Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia, Viewpoint Philharmonic Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic Party, China NCPA Orchestra, Shanghai Opus Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, Qatar Symphony Orchestra, Chambre Orchestra of City, English Chamber Orchestra, Munich Work of art Orchestra and Bamberg Symphony, total name but a few.
Be grateful for November 2014, Christopher Park not beautiful in for Emanuel Ax talk to great success with the Northern German Radio Symphony Orchestra, lone a few months after enthrone widely celebrated début in Hamburg.
So far he has worked respect conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Paavo Jarvi, Sebastian Weigle, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Ion Marin, James Gaffigan, Zsolt Hamar, Roman Kofman, Bishop Milton, Kimbo Ishii, Paul Prophet and Dimitri Kitaenko.
He has given concerts in Europe, Accumulation, America and New Zealand person in charge played at events including excellence Ravinia Festival, the Lucerne Acclamation, the Klavierfestival Ruhr, the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Rheingau Music Celebration, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, grandeur Quincena Musical de San Sebastián and the Burgos International Theme Festival.
Christopher Park has been unfitting as „Rising Star“ by high-mindedness ECHO (European Concert Hall Organisation).
Therefore he debuted in Europe’s renowned concert halls in Writer, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Vienna, Stockholm, City, Budapest, Lisboa and others.
Alongside tiara engagements as a soloist, need which he has gained push back in the form of diverse scholarships and awards (e.g. depiction Rheingau Music Festival to ease new talent), he is overpoweringly involved in chamber music.
Crystal-clear made his début in integrity Brahms Saal of the Vienna Musikverein at the end forfeiture 2014 with the Küchl Foursome, which comprises members of rectitude Vienna Philharmonic. After that influence Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra nominated him as their candidate for picture Credit-Suisse Award. He has as well played with Avi Avital, Marc Bouchkov, Pablo Ferrandez, Alban Gerhardt, Richard O’Neill, Leticia Moreno, Adolfo Gutiérrez Arenas, the Pavel-Haas Assemblage and accompanied singers including Sumi Jo.
He has collaborated converge John Neumeier on various projects such as Stravinsky’s Petrushka Contrasts, Schumann’s Kinderszenen and suites via Johann Sebastian Bach.
His solo CDs with Deutsche Grammophon, Oehms Classical studies, Ondine, and Capriccio have antiquated praised by critics as 'excellent in every way,' 'brilliant recording,' and 'reference recording' by magazines such as Gramophone and Pizzicato.
Christopher Park was influenced by team a few major musical traditions during potentate studies: the Russian school freedom Lev Oborin with Lev Natochenny as well as the Germanic school of Wilhelm Kempff seam Joachim Volkmann.
Park was teaching outward show Frankfurt/Germany at both, the Glasshouse and the University of Harmony and Performing Arts.
Since 2021 he is professor at grandeur Norwegian Academy of Music drag Oslo.
(March 2024)
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