Additionally, he has also made highly successful debuts in recent years with DeutschesSymphonie Orchester Berlin Bamberger Symphoniker, Stuttgart Philharmonic (Strauss’ Alpine Symphony with alpinist Reinhold Messner), Dresdner Philharmonie, Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, Musikkollegium Winterthur, BrusselsPhilharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, Philharmonie Zuidnederland and a debut with Royal Swedish Opera, with legendary video games company, Dice. Other present successes include regular returns to Oslo Philharmonic, NDR Radiophilharmonie and Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
In 2025, Christian Schumann premiered his own original work titled “Well(e)s’ Miniature” for Galaxymphony – The Final Odyssey released on Warner Classics with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, a commission that highlights his first foray in to orchestral composition on a large scale and his overall commitment to interdisciplinary collaborations and the long lasting partnership with this orchestra.
Christian Schumann has appeared in several important opera productions across Europe. He has conducted Peter Eötvös’ operas Die Tragödie des Teufels and Lady Sarashina at Bayerische Staatsoper and Teatr Wielki in Warsaw respectively, Mozart’s Magic Flute at Opera Würzburg and the Berlin premieres of Peter Eötvös’s opera Angels in America, excelling also in a critically acclaimed new production of Peter Eötvös’ Three Sisters at Teatro Colón. At Grand Theatre Avignon, he conducted a double-bill featuring Bartók’s Bluebeard´s Castle and Eötvös’ Senza Sangue, previously enjoying a long-term relationship with the Theater St. Gallen, where he held the Kapellmeister position between 2006 – 2009.
Schumann’s special affinity for film music has led him to conduct major projects often to arena audiences, such as at the Krakow Film Music Festival (Kon Tiki / Neverending Story) as well as four open concerts with Het Gelders Orkest in the Netherlands, and four major recent major tours across Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark featuring such classics as Star Wars, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter, James Bond, The Jungle Book, Pirates of the Caribbean and Ratatouille
