Biography
Born in Los Angeles into a family of musicians with Greek roots, Evan-Alexis Christ spent his childhood in Las Vegas. He played oboe and piano at an early age and studied mathematics and composition at Harvard University and conducting at the Leipzig Conservatory of Music.
Since 2020 he has worked regularly with the Sofia National Opera in Bulgaria. There he led the Bulgarian Premiere of Richard Strauss’ „Elektra,“ and “Ariadne auf Naxos” and premieres of the complete RING and “Lohengrin” of Richard Wagner in addition to numerous repertory performances. In October 2023 he made his Asian Debut, conducting “Elektra” at the Daegu Opera in Korea and was invited back for a new production of “Der Rosenkavalier” in 2024. In 2023/2024 he was the Chief Conductor of the Sarajevo Philharmonic for its 100th anniversary season. Joining prominent guest artists such as Riccardo Muti and Zubin Mehta he conducted several programs throughout the year. Since 2022 he has been a regular guest conductor with the German Nürnberger Symphoniker and the the Orquestra Clássica da Madeira, Portugal.
He has worked extensively with German Orchestras and Opera Houses, including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, SWR, Radio-Sinfonie Stuttgart, MDR Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, WDR-Funkhausorchester Cologne, Bremer Philharmoniker, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatstheater Hannover, Theater Bonn, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Aalto Theater Essen, and the Nationaltheater Mannheim. Internationally he has collaborated on return engagements with the Zagreb Philharmonic, Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana, Theater and Symphony Orchestra St. Gallen and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg. He made his debut at the Salzburg Festival in the summer of 2011, conducting Salvatore Sciarrino’s opera „Macbeth“ with the Klangforum Vienna.
Evan-Alexis Christ has gained recognition for his innovative concert programs. His cycles of the complete Mahler and Beethoven symphonies and the complete Ring by Richard Wagner were regarded with critical acclaim. He has conducted 65 world premiere performances and numerous film music, midnight, educational, flash-mob and cross-over programs. In addition, he has conducted more than 50 stage productions, including all the Mozart operas and numerous German, Italian and French repertoire.
Evan-Alexis Christ was Music Director of the Brandenburg State Opera in Cottbus from 2008 to 2018, making him at the time one of the youngest music directors in Germany. The orchestra made several CDs and international tours for the first timein their 100-year history. In 2011 the orchestra won the publishers prize (Boosey and Hawkes, Peters, Breitkopf, etc.) for the best concert program of all German orchestras. In 2010 the citizens of the city of Cottbus voted Christ “Cottbuser of the Year.” In the regular subscription series, the audiences went from 70 to 95 percent capacity. From 2009 to 2018, they performed a world-premiere performance in every subscription concert and collaborated regularly with contemporary music ensembles Court-Circuit Paris and Ensemble Mosaik Berlin. The high quality of the orchestra’s artistic work was recognized and supported by numerous generous grants (Ernst-von-Siemens Foundation, Berlin Academy of the Arts, German “Excellent Orchestra landscape” National Foundation and Impuls Neue Musik).
After a brief stint in 2003 as vocal coach at the Portland Opera (USA), he was First Kapellmeister and Associate Music Director at the Würzburg Opera between 2003 and 2005. From 2005 to 2008, he was First Kapellmeister at the Wuppertal Opera.
Press
The highly motivated orchestra and an extremely energetic, very alert conductor Evan Christ inspired with a perfectly coordinated sound. Evan Christ…radiated a very special aura…
Lippische Landes-Zeitung, April 21, 2023
He doesn’t lack a sparkling love of music… He also excelled with a second characteristic: the meticulousness with which he understands how to illuminate details.
Recklinghauser Zeitung, Jan. 3, 2023
Great things have been coming from Cottbus for years. As Evan-Alexis Christ started there ten years ago, he brought with him an international cosmopolitan culture, charisma and enthusiasm. The musical life became exciting and fresh and large numbers of audience members came to hear contemporary music.
RBB Berlin, April 24, 2018
Evan-Alexis Christ showed how much energy and temperament is flowing through his veins. His animated movements inspired the perfectly prepared musicians to crisp and perky interpretation.
Allgemeine Zeitung, Jan. 2, 2018
The man that brought the modern age to Cottbus, in the Lausitz of all places, one hundred kilometers south east of Berlin, where the streets are empty enough for a few hundred road runners. In the last eight years the Philharmonic Orchestra has presented 65 world premiere performances and the audience capacity has risen by 20 percent.
Die Zeit, May 22, 2016
Dates
2022-2023
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra*
Nürnberger Symphoniker (7 Concerts)*
Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion*
Sofia National Opera (Elektra, Ariadne auf Naxos, Tosca, Aida, Das Rheingold)*
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen (16 Concerts)*
Sarajevo Philharmonic
Immling Festival (Madama Butterfly, Norma, La Traviata)*
Philharmonisches Orchester Altenburg-Gera
Jenaer Philharmonie
Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie*
Orquestra Classica da Madeira (2 Concerts)*
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (6 Concerts*)
Aalto Musiktheater Essen*
* = Repeat Engagement
2023-2024
Sarajevo Philharmonic (Chief Conductor-5 Concerts)*
Immling Festival (Nabucco)*
Zagreb Philharmonic*
Daegu Opera House Korea (Elektra)
Nürnberger Symphoniker (4 Concerts)*
Sofia National Opera (Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen complete)*
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen (2 Concerts)*
Orquestra Classica da Madeira*
* = Repeat Engagement
Opera Repertoire
Evan-Alexis Christ Opera Repertoire (partial listing)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio
Vincenzo Bellini
Norma
Alban Berg
Wozzeck
Georges Bizet
Carmen
Benjamin Britten
Peter Grimes
Gaetano Donizetti
Don Pasquale
Lucia di Lammermoor
Antonín Dvorák
Rusalka
Werner Egk
Peer Gynt
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice
Charles Gounod
Faust
Romeo et Juliette
Georg Friedrich Händel
Siroe (German Premiere – 2007)
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hänsel und Gretel
Joseph Martin Kraus
Proserpina
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Così fan tutte
Don Giovanni
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Idomeneo
Le Nozze di Figaro
Zauberflöte
Zaide
Jaques Offenbach
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Orphée aux Enfers
Casimir von Paszthory
Tilman Riemenschneider (German Premiere-2004)
Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème
Madama Butterfly
Tosca
Turandot
Gioacchino Rossini
L’italiana in Algeri
La Cenerentola
Robert Schumann
Genoveva
Salvatore Sciarrino
Macbeth
Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride
Johann Strauss
Die Fledermaus
Richard Strauss
Elektra
Salome
Ariadne on Naxos
Piotr Tchaikovsky
The Queen of Spades
Eugene Onegin
Kurt Weill
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Carl Maria von Weber
Der Freischütz
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Macbeth
Nabucco
Otello
Rigoletto
La Traviata
La Forza del Destino
Il Trovatore
Don Carlos
Richard Wagner
Die Feen
Lohengrin
Das Rheingold
Die Walküre
Siegfried
Götterdämmerung
Videos
Dmitri Shostakovich
6. Symphony, 3. Movement
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt
February 27, 2015
Ludwig van Beethoven
3. Symphony, “Eroica”
2. Movement
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt
February 27, 2015
Charles Ives
Unanswered Question
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt
February 27, 2015
Koji Kondo
Super Mario Retro Suite
WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne
Philharmonie Cologne
August 24, 2018
Jesper Kyd
Assassin’s Creed II: Ezio’s Family Concert Suite
WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne
WDR Radio Chorus Cologne
Gun Young An, Soprano
Philharmonie Cologne
August 24, 2018
Gareth Coker
Ori and the Blind Forest
WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne
WDR Radio Chorus Cologne
Philharmonie Cologne
August 24, 2018
Mark Andre
Woher…wohin (for orchestra)
(audio only)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
RBB Sendesaal Berlin
January 26, 2018
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Cottbus Philharmonic
Staatstheater Cottbus
October 25, 2013
Concert Repertoire
Evan-Alexis Christ Standard Concert Repertoire (partial listing)
John Adams
Short Ride in a fast Machine
Harmonielehre
Chamber Symphony
Violin Concerto
Foxtrott from the Chairman Dances
Slonimsky’s Earbox
J.S. Bach
Brandenburg Concerti 1-6
Suites 1-4
Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto
Adagio for Strings
Overture to the School for Scandal
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra
Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra Nr. 2
Miraculous Mandarin
Piano concerto Nr. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphonies 1-9
Piano Concerti 1-5
Violin Concerto
Overtures
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique
Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from Westside Story
Candide Overture
Dance Episodes from On the Town
Georges Bizet
Symphony in C
Suites
Johannes Brahms
Symphonies 1-4
Overtures
Violin Concerto
Benjamin Britten
War Requiem
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Violin Concerto
Anton Bruckner
Symphonies 7-9
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerti 1 and 2
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring (both versions)
Billy the Kid
Lincoln Portrait
El Salón México
Rodeo
Fanfare for the Common Man
Claude Debussy
La Mer
Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune
Nocturnes
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonies 7-9
Serenade for Strings
Cello Concerto
Cesar Franck
Symphonie d-moll
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
Concerto in F
I got rhythm variations
Rhapsody in Blue
Cuban Overture
Philip Glass
Symphony Nr. 4
Violin concerto Nr. 1
Edvard Grieg
Suites
Piano Concerto
Georg Friedrich Händel
Fireworks Music
Water Music
Concerti grossi
Overtures
Joseph Haydn
Symphonies 12, 19, 44, 59, 60, 86, 101, 102, 103, 104
Cello Concerti 1-2, Trumpet Concerto, Horn Concerto Nr. 2
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis
Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question
Three Places in New England
Symphony Nr. 3
Édouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole
Franz Liszt
several tone poems
György Ligeti
Piano Concerto
Witold Lutoslawski
Petite Suite
Double Concerto for Oboe and Harp
Symphonic Variations
Symphony Nr. 2
Concerto for Orchestra
Gustav Mahler
Symphonies 1-9
Kindertotenlieder
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Symphonies 1-5
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Violin Concerti
Piano Concerti 1-2
Overtures
Olivier Messiaen
Turangalila
Éclairs sur l’au-delà
Darius Milhaud
Saudades do Brasil
Suite Provençale
Kentuckiana
Le Beouf sur la toit
La creátion du monde
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphonies 1, 12, 25, 29, 33, 36, 39, 40, 41
Concerti
Overtures
Divertimenti
Mussorgsky/Ravel
Pictures at an Exhibition
Carl Nielsen
Symphonies 1 and 2
Maskarade Overture
Krzystof Penderecki
Capriccio
Sinfonietta
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphonies 1, 5, 6
Sinfonietta
Peter and the Wolf
Romeo and Juliet Suites
Lieutenant Kije Suite
Violin Concerti 1-2
Serge Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerti 1-5
Symphony Nr. 2
Maurice Ravel
Complete works for large orchestra
Wolfgang Rihm
Lichtes Spiel
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Gioacchino Rossini
Overtures
Alexander Scriabin
Le Poeme de l’extase
Arnold Schönberg
Kammersymphonie Nr. 1
Pierrot Lunaire
Alfred Schnittke
Quasi una sonata
Piano Concerto, op. 70
Franz Schubert
Symphonies 1-9
Rondo
Robert Schumann
Symphonies 1-4
Piano Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphonies 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
Cello Concerto Nr. 1
Piano Concerto Nr. 1
Overtures
Film music
Jazz Suite
Jean Sibelius
Symphony Nr. 3
Finlandia
Valse Triste
Johann Strauss
Overtures
Waltzes
Richard Strauss
Vier Letzte Lieder
Don Juan
Heldenleben
Der Bürger als Edelmann
Rosenkavalier Suite
Burleske
Zwischenspiele aus Intermezzo
Igor Stravinsky
Firebird
Sacre
Pulcinella
Petrushka
Symphony in C
Symphony in three Movements
Symphony of Psalms
Suites
Piotr Tchaikovsky
Symphonies 4-6
Romeo and Juliet
Serenade for Strings
Nutcracker Suite
Souvenir de Florence
Violin Concerto
Piano Concerti 1-2
Ralph Vaughan-Williams
Symphony Nr. 4
The Wasps Overture
Giuseppe Verdi
Overtures
Requiem
Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
Richard Wagner
Overtures
Anton Webern
Passacaglia
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