CHRISTIAN LUDWIG

Christian Ludwig was born into a musical family in Cologne in 1978. Currently principal conductor of the Gwangju Symphony Orchestra in South Korea, he served as artistic director of the Cologne Chamber Orchestra from 2008 to 2011, conducting the orchestra at major venues in Paris, Munich, Rome and Cologne. Symphony orchestras he has conducted include the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra and the Stuttgart Philharmonic. Following a hand injury he gave up a successful career as a violin soloist to study orchestral and choral conducting at the Musikhochschule Mannheim under Klaus Arp and at London’s Royal Academy of Music under Colin Metters and Sir Colin Davis. In addition to concert performances he has conducted Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Puccini’s Turandot at the National Opera of Korea.

Role: Conductor
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