released on Erato to great critical acclaim, winning a Diapason d'Or in June 2017. His conducting debut at the 2013 Salzburg Mozartwoche was followed by concerts at such prestigious venues as the Berlin, Cologne and Munich Philharmonie, Vienna Konzerthaus and KKL Lucerne as well as at the Salzburg Festival. He has enjoyed a close relationship with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra and the renowned French period instrument ensemble Les Musiciens du Louvre. In 2017, Christoph Koncz made his US conducting debut with the Memphis Symphony and conducted the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich in a masterclass with David Zinman. He made his subscription debut at the Cologne Philharmonie with Concerto Köln in June 2018 and took the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal on tour in March 2019. During the 2020/21 season Christoph Koncz will make his opera debut at the Berliner Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice) and appear for the first time with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Tchaikovsky, Brahms) and the Hong Kong Philharmonic (Schubert, Weber, R. Strauss). He will return to the Philharmonia Orchestra London and conduct the Royal Northern Sinfonia's New Year's Concerts. Christoph Koncz is in his second season as Chief Conductor of the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein and will perform with the orchestra at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam (Mendelssohn, Beethoven). The soloists he is going to collaborate with in this season include Kristian Bezuidenhout, Khatia Buniatishvili and Sabine Meyer. Christoph Koncz performs on the "Brüstlein" Stradivarius of 1707 on generous loan by the National Bank of Austria. Discography 2020: Mozart’s Violin – The Complete Violin Concertos, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Sony Classical References External links Christoph Koncz – Official site Christoph Koncz on Facebook Christoph Koncz on Twitter Christoph Koncz on Instagram HarrisonParrott artist profile Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, performed by Christoph Koncz and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra in November 2016 1987 births Living people Austrian male musicians Austrian conductors (music) Austrian violinists Hungarian classical violinists Male classical violinists 21st-century Hungarian male musicians 21st-century classical violinists