Christian Ehwald (born 1953 in

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) is a German conductor and academic teacher.

Life

Ehwald studied at the

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with the conductor

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from 1973 to 1978. Later, he continued his studies at the

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''N.A. Rimsky Korssakov'' with

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and

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. From 1981 until 1988, he was principal conductor of the

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. From 1981, he was guest conductor among others with the

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, the

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, the symphony orchestras of the Bavarian Radio, the West German Radio and the Central German Radio, the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, the Petersburg Philharmonic, the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra Tokyo and many others. From 1998 to 2002, he was music director at the Opera House Magdeburg and chief conductor of the Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2002, he received an appointment at the

and at the same time took over the direction of the university orchestra. His students won several 1st prizes at important international competitions: * 4. Bamberger Symphoniker#Dirigentenwettbewerb 2013:

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* 5. Gustav-Mahler-Wettbewerb der Bamberger Symphoniker 2016:

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* 6. International Conducting Competition Sir Georg Solti 2012: Lin Day * 56.

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2019: Nodoka Okisawa * 9. Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition 2006: Michal Dworzynski * 4. Jorma Panula Conducting Competition 2009: Yordan Kamdzhalov * 18. Tokyo International Music Competition for Conducting 2018: Nodoka Okisawa * 9.

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2013:

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Ehwald has worked frequently with the

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and the

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Leipzig Orchestra]and has toured with the

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to England, Australia and New Zealand. He has conducted various television productions among others with the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the RAI National Symphony Orchestra Rome, the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the Zagreb Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Symphony Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Between 2008 and 2014, Ehwald was also

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of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, China. Ehwald is married to musicologist Tatjana Ehwald. They have two daughters: music journalist Mascha Drost and pianist Natalia Ehwald.

Awards

* 1979: 3rd prize at the 6th Herbert von Karajan Conducting Competition * 2000: Wagner production of the year for the ''Walküre'' in Magdeburg (director: Christian Kube) of the magazine ''

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''. * 2005:

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3/2005 und of the

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9/2005 für die Gesamteinspielung der Violinkonzerte by

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with Torsten Jannicke. * 2015: Ehrendirigent des Shenzhen Symphony OrchestraEhrendirigent des Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
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Recordings

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, ''Cellokonzert e-Moll'', with

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(violoncello), RTS Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductors Christian Ehwald and Dejan Savic. Calliope Records 2020. *

: ''Violinkonzerte 1–3'', Magdeburgische Philharmonie, conductor: Christian Ehwald, soloist: Torsten Jannicke. Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm 2005. * ''MUSIC for you:

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• Dvořák • Fibich •

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'', , direction Christian Ehwald; Opus 1990. *

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: ''Sinfonie Nr. 8 Op. 74'',

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: ''Konzert für Orchester''. Magdeburgische Philharmonie, conductor: Christian Ehwald. Antes Edition 2003. * ''Wort und Musik. Tschernobyl-Konzert in der Philharmonie Berlin. Zum 20. Jahrestag'', with Therese Affolter,

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, the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, Sinfonieorchester der Hochschule für Musik ''Hanns Eisler'' Berlin, conductor: Christian Ehwald. IPNNW 2006. *

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: ''Lyrische Sinfonie''. Bella Musica 2001.

References

External links

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Christian Ewald auf der Website der Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ehwald, Christian German conductors (music) Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin 1953 births Living people People from Eberswalde Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni