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

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

References

  1. ^ a b Nicolas Blanmont (2011-12-22). "Christian Arming, de Vienne à Liège". La Libre. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  2. ^ a b Chiho Iuchi (2009-01-23). "Vienna's Arming strikes the right note". Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-06-01.

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Cultural offices Preceded byLeoš Svárovský Chief Conductor, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra 1996–2002 Succeeded byPetr Vronský Preceded byJonathan Nott Chief Conductor, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra 2002–2004 Succeeded byJohn Axelrod Preceded byMichiyoshi Inoue Music Director, New Japan Philharmonic 2003–2013 Succeeded byToshiyuki Kamioka


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