Just a year into his four-year contract as Principal Guest Conductor of the Kölner Kammerorchester, Christoph Poppen has been appointed Principal Conductor of the orchestra.

Poppen takes up the post for an initial three year period from the 2014/15 season, conducting a number of weeks each year. Upcoming projects include two concerts of works by Mozart featuring soloists Juliane Banse and Maria João Pires, and the new season opens in September with a programme of Haydn, Mozart and Schubert.