POLLACK, CHRISTIAN

The Austrian conductor Christian Pollack was born in Vienna and studied violin, viola, piano and composition at the Conservatory and Musikhochschule there. He had his training as a conductor with Hans Swarowsky in Vienna and Sergiu Celibidache in Munich. His début was in 1971 at the theatre of Regensburg, followed by further appointments in Aachen, Klagenfurt, Vienna, Lucerne and the Bregenz Festival. He has appeared as a guest conductor with the Baden-Baden Radio Orchestra, and in the opera houses of Nuremberg, Essen and Vienna (Volksoper).

Since 1995 he has been musical director of the opera class at the Vienna Conservatory Privat- University and since September 2002 also principal guest conductor of the Zilina Chamber Orchestra in Slovakia. For the Naxos and Marco Polo labels he has made a number of recordings of classical Viennese music, notably the work of the Strauss family, Ziehrer, Suppé and Komzák with the orchestras of Košice, Bratislava and Zilina.

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
20 YEARS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC: Naxos Anniversary Collection (Naxos Denmark)	8.570598
A Viennese New Year	8.554466-67
BRIDE'S GUIDE TO WEDDING MUSIC (A)	8.503134
Intermezzo: Intermezzi from Operas	8.554703
Intermezzo: Intermezzos from Carmen, Cavalleria Rusiticana, Pagliacci and more	8.570046
KOMZAK I / KOMZAK II: Waltzes, Marches, and Polkas, Vol. 2	8.225327
KOMZAK I / KOMZAK II: Waltzes, Marches, and Polkas, Vol. 1	8.225175
MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night's Dream, Opp. 21 and 61 (A)	7195
NEUJAHR IN WIEN (New Year in Vienna) - Musical Bonbons by Strauss I and II, Lanner and Ziehrer	8.552006
OPERA WITHOUT WORDS - The Most Famous Overtures, Preludes, and Interludes in Opera	8.557945-46
STRAUSS I, J.: Edition - Vol. 1	8.225213
STRAUSS I, J.: Edition - Vol. 2	8.225252
STRAUSS I, J.: Edition - Vol. 5	8.225281
STRAUSS I, J.: Edition - Vol. 6	8.225282
STRAUSS I, J.: Edition - Vol. 8	8.225284
STRAUSS I, J.: Edition - Vol. 9	8.225285
STRAUSS I, J.: Edition - Vol. 11	8.225287
STRAUSS I, J.: Edition - Vol. 13	8.225289
STRAUSS I, J.: Edition - Vol. 14	8.225334
STRAUSS I, J.: Edition - Vol. 15	8.225335
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 50	8.223276
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 37	8.223237
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 39	8.223239
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 42	8.223242
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 43	8.223243
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 44	8.223244
STRAUSS II, J.: Jabuka (Das Apfelfest)	8.660216-17
STRAUSS II, J.: On Stage with Johann Strauss, Vol. 1	8.225074
STRAUSS II, J.: On Stage with Johann Strauss, Vol. 2	8.225075
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 10	8.223570
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 20	8.223622
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 5	8.223565
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 9	8.223569
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 12	8.223572
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 24	8.223626
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 26	8.223679
SUPPE: Marches / Waltzes / Polkas	8.223864
SUPPE: Overtures, Vol. 5	8.223863
SUPPE: Overtures, Vol. 6	8.223865
ZIEHRER: Operetta Overtures	8.225332
ZIEHRER: Selected Dances and Marches, Vol. 3	8.225172
ZIEHRER: Selected Dances and Marches, Vol. 4	8.223817