



Christoph Koncz
Jennyfer Fouani
Chief Conductor: Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein
Music Director: Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse (from 2023)
Described by the press as ‘simply brilliant’, Austrian conductor Christoph Koncz is already performing worldwide with orchestras such as Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Philharmonia Orchestra London, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal and Hong Kong Philharmonic.
During the upcoming season, Christoph Koncz will appear for the first time with London Symphony Orchestra and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra as well as at the National Theatre Prague and Wiener Staatsoper. He will also return to the New World Center in Miami and the Opernhaus Zürich and make further debuts with Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Aarhus Symfoniorkester and Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra.
Currently in his fourth season as Chief Conductor of the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein, in September 2022 Christoph Koncz was appointed MD Designate of Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse starting the post in September 2023. He also has a close relationship with the renowned French period instrument ensemble Les Musiciens du Louvre. His debut at the 2013 Salzburg Mozartwoche was followed by concerts at prestigious venues such as the Berlin, Cologne and Munich Philharmonie, Vienna Konzerthaus, KKL Lucerne and Concertgebouw Amsterdam, as well as at the Salzburg Festival.

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Christoph Koncz is particularly noted for his interpretations of the works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His recording of the Complete Violin Concertos as soloist and conductor with Les Musiciens du Louvre was released by Sony Classical in October 2020 under the title Mozart’s Violin and caused an international sensation for being the first recording of these famous works on the composer’s original Baroque violin. The Strad magazine described Koncz’s performance as “a masterly demonstration of melodic playing”.
Born in 1987 in Konstanz into an Austrian-Hungarian family of musicians, Christoph Koncz received his first violin lessons at the age of four. Only two years later he entered the Vienna University of Music, where he also enrolled in the conducting class of Mark Stringer in 2005. Master classes with Daniel Barenboim, Daniel Harding and David Zinman further enriched his musical education. At the age of just nine, he received worldwide acclaim for starring as child prodigy Kaspar Weiss in the Canadian feature film The Red Violin, which won an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
Christoph Koncz made his North American debut as a violin soloist at age twelve with Orchestre symphonique de Montréal conducted by Charles Dutoit, leading to collaborations with conductors such as Sir Neville Marriner, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Gábor Takács-Nagy and Marc Minkowski. An avid chamber musician, his musical partners include Leonidas Kavakos, Joshua Bell, Vilde Frang, Renaud Capuçon, Antoine Tamestit, Kim Kashkashian, Gautier Capuçon, Nicolas Altstaedt, Andreas Ottensamer and Rudolf Buchbinder. His concert engagements have taken him to numerous countries across Europe and the Middle East, Asia, Australia as well as North and South America.
In 2008, at the age of twenty, Christoph Koncz was appointed principal second violin of the Wiener Philharmoniker, a position he has held ever since. He plays the 1707 ex Brüstlein violin by Antonio Stradivari on a generous loan from the National Bank of Austria.
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“Koncz is a unique phenomenon to be admired as one of the greatest.”
“The symphony […]: precisely structured and with verve, excitingly carried by a conductor who is bursting with inspiration.”
“A brilliant, full-throttle performance displayed conductor and orchestra at their best.”
“It was above all a beautiful ensemble work by the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein, under the dexterous baton of Christoph Koncz, with playful perfection”
“Koncz’s luxurious and engaging interpretation of Johannes Brahms’ masterful and expansive Symphony No.1 in C minor saw the Hong Kong Philharmonic hit all the right buttons and more.”
“Conducted by heart and delivered with conviction and enthusiasm by the musicians, Brahms’ 2nd Symphony unfolded in beautiful sound clarity.”
“If I could own only one set of the Mozart violin concertos, this would be it.”
“In the second part, Brahms’ Second Symphony impresses more thanks to the young Christian Koncz…a conductor to follow!”
“The Neussers love their orchestra and are already worshiping the charming young man…who elicited some beautiful phrases, filigree structures and a wonderfully silvery string tone from the Viennese classics with a very organic approach.”
“Christoph Koncz’s conducting can be described as “breathtaking” without exaggeration.”
“His extremely precise conducting could be admired right from the start of Beethoven’s overture to his only opera ‘Fidelio’: He carried the intimate opening theme all the way up to the crisp ending of the stormy victory anthem.”
“Christoph Koncz, the smile of music. The conductor’s temperament burst out in Schumann’s little symphony, which does not bear the title correctly. Koncz’s gestures are clear, enthusiastic; he supports and encourages the musicians, stimulating by example the lyricism of the Opening and the energy of the Final. […] In this piece as on stage, and
probably in life, Koncz smiles at the music. […] With a lot of common sense, Koncz operates by accumulation of energy, almost placing the Second Symphony of Brahms in an extension of the First, in a great movement of “post-Beethoven symphonic liberation” culminating in a radiant finish. Christoph Koncz will return to Montreal. That’s for sure!”
“Rapturous applause. Christoph Koncz was a sensitive and stylistically confident conductor in both concerts. With Mozart’s Parisian symphony (KV 297), the young Viennese conductor showed how transparent a Mozart symphony can sound. He had all the wind players mix their colours into the overall sound and made all the string parts audible in a distinct way. In Schubert’s 3rd Symphony in D major, he was completely in his element and his joy in conducting was transferred to the whole orchestra. Consequently, he succeeded in delivering an interpretation full of youthful freshness, liveliness and lightness, a real celebration of music. Huge applause for this captivating conducting. We can only hope to see Christoph Koncz on the podium in Jena again soon.”
“Simply brilliant. Christoph Koncz fascinates with an incredible presence, sends impulses in all directions, communicates perfectly with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and combines virtuosity with enormous expressive potential.”