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“Christian Zacharias conducted without a baton, but his gestures – painting with arms, hands and fingers – was so inspiring, structuring the wonderful music that was created.”
Christian Zacharias is a narrator among the conductors and pianists of his generation. In each of his elaborate, detailed and clearly articulated interpretations, it’s clear what he means: Zacharias is interested in what lies behind the notes.
With a unique combination of integrity and individuality, brilliant linguistic expressiveness, deep musical understanding, and a sure artistic instinct, paired with his charismatic and engaging artistic personality, Christian Zacharias has established himself not only as a world-class pianist and conductor, but also as a musical thinker. Numerous acclaimed concerts with the world’s best orchestras and outstanding conductors as well as multiple honors and recordings characterize his international career.
Since 2020, Christian Zacharias holds the position of Principal Guest Conductor of the Sinfonica Do Porto Casa da Musica, and since 2021/2002 of the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada. Also, since 2021/2022 he is Associate Conductor of the Orchestre National d’Auvergne. In 2020, Zacharias was also appointed Honorary Conductor of the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra Bucharest. In general, the Classical-Romantic repertoire, especially Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven, forms an important musical focus for him. He was re-invited to, among others, the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, the Orchestre National du Toulouse, the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra as well as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo. Christian Zacharias likes to complement his programs with more modern works, e.g. by Schönberg, Britten or Bacewicz. Zacharias’ longtime musical partners include the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Konzerthausorchester and the Bamberger Symphoniker, the Stuttgart Philharmonic and the Orchestre Nationale de Lyon.
Before devoting himself to other focal points of his career, Christian Zacharias will be playing more piano recitals in the 2022/23 season in the major cities of Europe, including Paris, London, Madrid, Istanbul and at the Schubertiade and Piano aux Jacobins in Toulouse.
In addition to recitals, Zacharias offers his audience impressive musical insights in piano lectures on topics such as Why does Schubert sound like Schubert or Haydn, A Creation from Nothing?
A particular fondness of opera has led to him directing productions of Mozart’s La Clemenza the Tito and The Marriage of Figaro, as well as Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène. The production of Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, which he conducted at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, was awarded the Prix de l’Europe Francophone 2014 by the Association Professionnelle de la Critique Théâtre, Musique et Danse in Paris.
Since 1990, the following films have been produced featuring Christian Zacharias: Domenico Scarlatti in Seville, Robert Schumann – the Poet Speaks (both for INA, Paris), Zwischen Bühne und Künstlerzimmer (for WDR-arte), De B comme Beethoven à Z comme Zacharias (for RTS, Switzerland) and the complete Beethoven piano concertos (for SSR-arte).
The musical work of Zacharias has been honored many times, for example with the Midem Classical Award Artist of the Year 2007, the honorable award Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French state and a tribute from Romania for his services to culture. In addition, he was appointed a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 2016, and in 2017 received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg.
Numerous internationally acclaimed recordings were made during his time as Principal Conductor of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Particularly noteworthy are the recordings of the complete Mozart piano concertos – awarded the Diapason d’Or de l’Année, Choc du Monde de la Musique and ECHO Klassik – and all Schumann symphonies.
From 2015-2021, Christian Zacharias was chairman of the jury of the Clara Haskil Competition, and in 2018 president of the jury of the Geza Anda Competition where he also conducted the final concert.
Season 2022/2023 | Photo: Constanze Zacharias | Quote: Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 22 2017.
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Christian Zacharias in France and more
1 March 2023
While Spring has not sprung in Germany yet, Christian Zacharias is travelling to warmer climes, before coming back here at the end of April to present programs of […] more ...
Christian Zacharias on Recital Tour
30 January 2023
Christian Zacharias will spend the next two weeks travelling through six countries to give a concert each. This week, he will start by visiting Porto, Lyon and Padua […] more ...
Christian Zacharias in Romania and Switzerland
12 January 2023
Tonight, Christian Zacharias will play the first of two concerts in Bucharest. Together with the George Enescu Philharmonic Bucharest, he will present a program consisting of Ravel’s Ma […] more ...
Orchestral Autumn with Christian Zacharias
14 November 2022
Christian Zacharias is spending the upcoming autumn days with three different orchestras: This week, him and the Philharmonic Orchestra Heidelberg will present two concerts with programs of Grażyna […] more ...
CD Release: Christian Zacharias recorded Hadyn Sonaten
12 October 2022
Christian Zacharias released a new CD on the MDG label: A selection of Haydn sonatas that is as diverse in style as the performing artist himself. Zacharias uses […] more ...
Christian Zacharias and the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
22 September 2022
This autumn, Christian Zacharias will be spending several weeks with the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música in his function as principal guest conductor. At the moment, […] more ...
From Alicante to Zaragoza – Recitals with Zacharias
22 August 2022
Christian Zacharias fortunately already has had time for his summer holiday because the upcoming weeks will be busy ones. He will present his current recital program, which consists […] more ...
Christian Zacharias touring France
15 August 2022
This week Christian Zacharias is on his first joint tour through France together with the Orchestre National d’Auvergne, where he is Assosciate Conductor. They will visit the Festival […] more ...
Iberian Weeks with Christian Zacharias
11 May 2022
Christian Zacharias will spend the next few weeks on road on the Iberian Peninsula, among that in his capacity as principal guest conductor with two orchestras based there. […] more ...
Christian Zacharias‘ Journey to Sweden
7 March 2022
Christian Zacharias will spend the next weeks in Sweden with two different orchestras. This week he is in Gävle to present a program of Milhaud, Poulenc and Mozart […] more ...
Christian Zacharias in Lausanne
15 November 2021
To finish off a busy autumn, that brought Christian Zacharias not only to Portugal, Spain and France, he will spend this week in Lausanne. There, he will play/conduct […] more ...
Porto, Bilbao, Lyon – Anyway, Zacharias
28 September 2021
Christian Zacharias will finally take his post as Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfonica Do Porto Casa da Musica this week, due to pandemic delays. On Friday, […] more ...
Recitals with Christian Zacharias
8 June 2021
Christian Zacharias is starting his first recital tour since 2019. With programs containing pieces by Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert and Bach he will visit Monaco, Granada, Madrid and Paris. […] more ...
19 April 2021
This week Maurice Steger and Christian Zacharias will be in Madrid one after the other. Tonight the latter will be playing with and conducting the Orquesta y Coro […] more ...
Christian Zacharias Part of New Artistic Team in Auvergne
1 April 2021
From June 2021 on Christian Zacharias will be a part of the new artistic team at the Orchestre National d’Auvergne. As a regular guest of the orchestra he […] more ...
Christian Zacharias becomes Honorary Director of George Enescu Philharmonie Bucharest
29 April 2020
Starting with season 20/21 Christian Zacharias will be Honorary Director of George Enescu Philharmonie Bucharest as the Philharmonie announced this week. Christian Zacharias thanked this honor by saying: […] more ...
4 Countries, 4 Orchestras, 1 Christian Zacharias
27 February 2020
Christian Zacharias is looking towards a busy March: This weekend he will start with concerts with the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker in, amongst others, the Prinzregententheater in Munich. Next he […] more ...
Christian Zacharias in Winterthur
28 January 2020
Christian Zacharias is spending the week in Winterthur to prepare two concerts with the Musikkollegium as a conductor and pianist. Wednesday and thursday they will perform Dvorak’s “Legends” […] more ...
Christian Zacharias in Boston, Bergen and Poznań
28 November 2019
At the end of the year Christian Zacharias is going to perform in three different countries together with three different orchestras three fantastic programs as both conductor and […] more ...
Christian Zacharias: recitals in autumn
7 October 2019
This autumn Christian Zacharias can be heard with recitals at Historische Stadthalle in Wuppertal, Erholungshaus Leverkusen, at the Clayton State University in Morrow, GA and at Pierre Boulez […] more ...
Christian Zacharias: Traveling Europe with Haydn and Bach
12 August 2019
Christian Zacharias is travelling Europe for recitals with programs around Haydn and Johann Sebastian Bach. Today he will start his journey at the piano festival in La Roque […] more ...
Christian Zacharias’ Recital Tour
13 June 2019
Christian Zacharias will be travelling from Switzerland across France to Spain for several recitals in the upcoming weeks. Tomorrow he will start at the Lavaux Classic Festival with […] more ...
Christian Zacharias performs in Bremen, Leipzig and Jena
25 April 2019
Christian Zacharias will perform extraordinary and differentiated programs in Bremen, Leipzig and Jena in the upcoming weeks. Firstly, he will conduct the Bremen Philharmonic and soprano Elizabeth Watts […] more ...
22 March 2019
After Christian Zacharias started the year with concerts in France, Italy, England and Scotland he is now venturing on once again to Spain: On March 25th he will […] more ...
4 February 2019
In the next weeks Christian Zacharias can be heard at concerts worldwide. He starts on the 8th and 9th of February in Toulouse and Tournefeuille, continues from 01st […] more ...
Christian Zacharias on the podium in Hamburg, Moscow, Lyon and London
14 September 2018
In the coming weeks, Christian Zacharias is traveling internationally. On September 16th and 17th in the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, and again in the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle on September 18th, he conducts […] more ...
Christian Zacharias visiting the USA and Spain
2 August 2018
On August 3rd and 4th Christian Zacharias is travelling to New York. Together with the festival orchestra of the Mostly Mozart Festival he will present a Mozart program […] more ...
Christian Zacharias’ musical expertise requested
1 June 2018
From June 3-12th, Christian Zacharias will take over the honorary role of president of the jury at the renowned Géza Anda Piano Competition in Winterthur and Zurich. The […] more ...
Christian Zacharias: Recital tour through Europe
2 March 2018
This Spring, Christian Zacharias is on a recital tour with stops in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France and Spain. In his luggage, he has a program of Haydn sonatas […] more ...
Christian Zacharias receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Gothenburg
19 February 2018
We congratulate Christian Zacharias on receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg! As part of a concert with the Symphony Orchestra of the University of Gothenburg, […] more ...
Christian Zacharias in Bergen and Montréal
13 February 2018
On February 15th and 16th, Christian Zacharias conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in a classical program with Haydn’s Symphony No. 83 “La Poule” and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. […] more ...
Christian Zacharias touring internationally as a conductor
3 November 2017
In the coming weeks Christian Zacharias will be presenting exciting projects throughout Europe as a conductor and soloist. On November 9th and 10th in Bilbao, he presents masterpieces […] more ...
Christian Zacharias: Acclaim from Spain and Sweden
23 June 2017
Christian Zacharias has been awarded the honour of serving as Principal Guest Conductor of Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid for the season 2017/18. In the […] more ...
Christian Zacharias on tour with a captivating recital programme
4 May 2017
When it comes to music, Christian Zacharias is a chameleon. Whether performing as a conductor, soloist or chamber musician, he goes above and beyond his role. At the […] more ...
Christian Zacharias returns to Paris
3 March 2017
In October, Christian Zacharias joined the Orchestre de Paris to perform a celebrated Beethoven programme in Paris’ Philharmonie. In the coming days, he will once again be taking […] more ...
Christian Zacharias returns to Lausanne
10 February 2017
For more than a decade, Christian Zacharias helped develop a leading sound as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. On numerous tours, the Lausanne […] more ...
Christian Zacharias performs recitals in November
30 October 2016
In November, Christian Zacharias’ tour will take him from Aix-en-Provence to Paris, Zurich and then on to London. He’ll be joined by the great masters Schumann, Schubert and […] more ...
Christian Zacharias – Beethoven – Orchestre de Paris
12 October 2016
This weekend, the Paris Philharmonie will revolve around Beethoven. Christian Zacharias, who will conduct the Orchestre de Paris and also perform as a soloist, is dedicating three concerts […] more ...
Christian Zacharias to perform the Schumann Cycle
30 September 2016
German composers of the Romantic era are one of Christian Zacharias’ specialties. His year-long preoccupation with Schumann’s oeuvre is also apparent in the recordings of his symphonies and […] more ...
Christian Zacharias to perform a variety of concerts in Toulouse
31 August 2016
This season, Toulouse will welcome Christian Zacharias as artist in residence. To begin his term, he will delight listeners once again with an evening of piano at the […] more ...
Christian Zacharias has exciting concerts in store
2 March 2016
In March, audiences can look forward to exciting concerts with Christian Zacharias both at the conductor’s stand and on the piano in Frankfurt, Lugano and Winterthur. The programme […] more ...
East Neuk Fesitval – Christian Zacharias – Julian Steckel
11 February 2016
The programme for the East Neuk Festival is now online! The festival held in the Scottish Highlands amidst picturesque lakes and historical castles originated in 2004. The widely […] more ...
Christian Zacharias on tour in Europe performing an evening of piano
27 October 2015
In only a few days, Christian Zacharias will embark on a month-long tour that will take him all across Europe. In selected cities, he will deliver virtuosic performances […] more ...
Christian Zacharias convenes with the Orchestre National de France
22 September 2015
This Thursday, 24th September, and Sunday, 27th September, Christian Zacharias will take the conductor’s stand to lead the Orchestre National de France in Paris in its performance of […] more ...
Christian Zacharias distinguished with award for his opera production
20 June 2015
The “Association Professionnelle de la Critique Théâtre, Musique et Danse” in Paris has awarded the production of the opera “The Merry Wives of Windsor” under the musical direction […] more ...
Christian Zacharias once again tours with the Kammerorchester Basel!
7 May 2015
After the outstanding success of last summer’s tour, Christian Zacharias will again be performing with the Basler Kammerorchester this year. The tour consisting of six concerts will take […] more ...
Christian Zacharias and the Orchestre National d’Auvergne
15 June 2022
Christian Zacharias | Piano November 18th – November 26th 2023 Program: Bruckner String quintett F major version for string orchestra Mozart Piano concerto No. 12 A major […] more ...
Christian Zacharias – recitals 2022/23 and 2023/24
21 February 2022
Christian Zacharias | Piano December 2023/may 2024/september/october 2024 or upon request Programme: Tschaikowski: The Seasons op. 37b F. Schubert: Piano sonata D major D 850 op. 53 or F. Schubert: Moments […] more ...
Christian Zacharias – Piano Lecture
5 October 2021
“When I talk about music, there are always music examples to listen to. Just talking about music is like describing a picture that one cannot see.” (Christian Zacharias) […] more ...
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