Christoph Koncz
The young Austrian conductor Christoph Koncz has already established himself as one of the outstanding musicians of his generation, performing worldwide with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra London, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo and Hong Kong Philharmonic.
During the current season, Christoph Koncz will appear for the first time with the Wiener Symphoniker, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Utah Symphony Orchestra and return to the London Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic and Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal. He will also lead performance series of Don Giovanni at the National Theatre Prague and The Magic Flute at the Opera North Leeds as well as a new production of La Traviata at the Opéra national du Rhin Strasbourg.
In the 2023/24 season Christoph Koncz started his tenure as Music Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse. Currently in his sixth season as Chief Conductor of the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, he has also been appointed Principal Guest Conductor of Les Musiciens du Louvre and has enjoyed a close partnership with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. His conducting debut at the 2013 Salzburg Mozartwoche was followed by concerts at such prestigious venues as the Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Munich Philharmonie, Vienna Musikverein and Konzerthaus, KKL Lucerne and Concertgebouw Amsterdam as well as at the Salzburg Festival.
Born 1987 in Konstanz into an Austrian-Hungarian family of musicians, Christoph Koncz received his first violin lessons at the age of four. Only two years later he entered the Vienna University of Music, where he also enrolled in the conducting class of Mark Stringer in 2005. Master classes with Daniel Barenboim, Daniel Harding and David Zinman further enriched his musical education. At the age of just nine, he received worldwide acclaim for starring as child prodigy Kaspar Weiss in the Canadian feature film The Red Violin, which won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. In 2008, at the age of twenty, Christoph Koncz was appointed principal second violin of the Vienna Philharmonic, a position he has held until 2023.
Christoph Koncz is particularly noted for his interpretations of the works by Mozart. His recording of the Complete Violin Concertos as soloist and conductor with Les Musiciens du Louvre was released by Sony Classical in 2020 and caused an international sensation for being the first recording of these famous works on the composer’s original Baroque violin.
At the Vienna State Opera Christoph Koncz made his debut as a conductor in 2023 with Arvo Pärtʼs Tabula Rasa in the ballet program Goldberg-Variationen. In the 2024/25 season, he returns to conduct the Vienna State Opera Orchestra in the Vienna State Ballet premiere of Christopher Wheeldonʼs The Winterʼs Tale with music by Joby Talbot.
Performances with Christoph Koncz
The Winter’s Tale
Dress Rehearsal
with Brendan Saye, Hyo-Jung Kang, Ioanna Avraam, Masayu Kimoto, Davide Dato, Conductor: Christoph Koncz
The Winter’s Tale
Cast at Monday 18. November 2024
The Winter’s Tale
Premiere
with Brendan Saye, Hyo-Jung Kang, Ioanna Avraam, Masayu Kimoto, Davide Dato, Conductor: Christoph Koncz
The Winter’s Tale
Cast at Tuesday 19. November 2024
Available tickets
Tuesday 19. November 2024
Area 1
220 €
Area 2
175 €
Area 3
140 €
Area 4
100 €
Area 5
76 €
Area 6
52 €
Area 7
36 €
Area 8
25 €
Area 9
15 €
Standing room
Ballettzyklus »Premieren«
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with Brendan Saye, Hyo-Jung Kang, Liudmila Konovalova, Masayu Kimoto, Arne Vandervelde, Conductor: Christoph Koncz
The Winter’s Tale
Cast at Thursday 21. November 2024
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Thursday 21. November 2024
Area 1
220 €
Area 2
175 €
Area 3
140 €
Area 4
100 €
Area 5
76 €
Area 6
52 €
Area 7
36 €
Area 8
25 €
Area 9
15 €
Standing room
with Marcos Menha, Olga Esina, Ioanna Avraam, Arne Vandervelde, Davide Dato, Conductor: Christoph Koncz
The Winter’s Tale
Cast at Tuesday 26. November 2024
Available tickets
Tuesday 26. November 2024
Area 1
220 €
Area 2
175 €
Area 3
140 €
Area 4
100 €
Area 5
76 €
Area 6
52 €
Area 7
36 €
Area 8
25 €
Area 9
15 €
Standing room
Abo 4
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Saison 2024/2025
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
29. Oktober 2024: FIN DE PARTIE
26. November 2024: BALLETT: THE WINTER’S TALE
18. Februar 2025: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
15. April 2025: ANDREA CHÉNIER
13. Mai 2025: ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
with Marcos Menha, Olga Esina, Ioanna Avraam, Arne Vandervelde, Davide Dato, Conductor: Christoph Koncz
The Winter’s Tale
Cast at Friday 29. November 2024
Available tickets
Friday 29. November 2024
Area 1
220 €
Area 2
175 €
Area 3
140 €
Area 4
100 €
Area 5
76 €
Area 6
52 €
Area 7
36 €
Area 8
25 €
Area 9
15 €
Standing room
Ballettzyklus »Drama«
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Saison 2024/2025
Die Entzweiung von befreundeten Königen, eine Welt, die ins Chaos stürzt, weil der Tod abdankt, eine sterbenskranke Kurtisane, die die Liebe erfährt, oder ein Welttheater über den zeitgenössischen Menschen – vier Ballettproduktionen versprechen emotionsgeladenes Drama.
29. November: THE WINTER'S TALE
8. Februar: KAISEREQUIEM
10. März: DIE KAMELIENDAME
23. Juni: MAHLER, LIVE
with Marcos Menha, Olga Esina, Phoebe Antonia Liggins, Arne Vandervelde, Alexey Popov, Conductor: Christoph Koncz
The Winter’s Tale
Cast at Sunday 1. December 2024
Available tickets
Sunday 1. December 2024
Area 1
220 €
Area 2
175 €
Area 3
140 €
Area 4
100 €
Area 5
76 €
Area 6
52 €
Area 7
36 €
Area 8
25 €
Area 9
15 €
Standing room
Abo 21
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Saison 2024/2025
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
08. September 2024: ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
10. November 2024: BILLY BUDD
01. Dezember 2024: BALLETT: THE WINTER’S TALE
30. März 2025: COSÌ FAN TUTTE
25. Mai 2025: TANNHÄUSER
with Timoor Afshar, Elena Bottaro, Alaia Rogers-Maman, Giorgio Fourés, Géraud Wielick, Conductor: Christoph Koncz
The Winter’s Tale
Cast at Tuesday 17. December 2024
Available tickets
Tuesday 17. December 2024
Area 1
220 €
Area 2
175 €
Area 3
140 €
Area 4
100 €
Area 5
76 €
Area 6
52 €
Area 7
36 €
Area 8
25 €
Area 9
15 €
Standing room
with Timoor Afshar, Elena Bottaro, Alaia Rogers-Maman, Giorgio Fourés, Géraud Wielick, Conductor: Christoph Koncz
The Winter’s Tale
Cast at Friday 20. December 2024
Available tickets
Friday 20. December 2024
Area 1
220 €
Area 2
175 €
Area 3
140 €
Area 4
100 €
Area 5
76 €
Area 6
52 €
Area 7
36 €
Area 8
25 €
Area 9
15 €
Standing room
Ballettzyklus »Familie«
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Saison 2024/2025
Magische, träumerische, aber auch aufregende und spannungsgeladene Geschichten erwarten Familien und alle Menschen ab 10 Jahren.
20. September 2024: SCHWANENSEE
20. Oktober 2024: COPPÉLIA
23. November 2024: JOLANTHE UND DER NUSSKNACKER
20. Dezember 2024: THE WINTER'S TALE