# Christof Perick > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Christof_Perick > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Christof_Perick.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christof_Perick > Source revision: 1268683329 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|German orchestra conductor (born 1946)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} '''Christof Prick''' (born 1946) is a German [orchestra](/source/orchestra) [conductor](/source/conducting). He uses the name '''Christof Perick''' in English-speaking countries.{{cite news | author=Oliver Schwambach | title=Mr. Perick und sein Saarbrücker Orchester | url=https://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/mr-perick-und-sein-saarbruecker-orchester_aid-1398379 | work=Saarbrücker Zeitung | date=23 May 2012 | accessdate=7 October 2017}} His father was the concertmaster of the Hamburg Philharmonic. ==Biography== Born in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg),{{cite web | title=Zur Person: Christof Prick – Landau | website=DIE RHEINPFALZ | date=19 October 2016 | url=https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/landau_artikel,-zur-person-christof-prick-_arid,719679.html | language=de | access-date=12 July 2021}} Prick studied at the [University of Music and Theater](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_und_Theater_Hamburg) in his hometown Hamburg. He was appointed to the [Theater Saarbrücken](/source/Theater_Saarbr%C3%BCcken) as Germany's youngest general music director in 1974.{{cite web | title=Christof Prick – Ensemble | website=Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe | date=12 July 2021 | url=http://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/ensemble/id/2233/ | language=de | access-date=12 July 2021}} From 1977 to 1986, he was responsible for the [Staatstheater Karlsruhe](/source/Badisches_Staatstheater_Karlsruhe) and the [Badische Staatskapelle](/source/Badische_Staatskapelle) in the same position. He was ''Generalmusikdirektor'' of the [Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester](/source/Nieders%C3%A4chsisches_Staatsorchester_Hannover) and of the [Staatsoper Hannover](/source/Staatsoper_Hannover) from 1993 to 1996. His work in contemporary music has included conducting the premiere of [Wolfgang Rihm](/source/Wolfgang_Rihm)'s opera ''Oedipus'' in October 1987.Robinson, Bradford, "Reports: Berlin" (January 1988). ''The Musical Times'', '''129''' (1739): pp. 38–43. Perick became Music Director of the [Charlotte Symphony Orchestra](/source/Charlotte_Symphony_Orchestra) in 2001. He stepped down from this post in 2010Steven Brown, "Symphony searches for a guiding hand". ''Charlotte Observer'', 26 August 2007. and served as the orchestra's conductor laureate for the 2010–2011 season.{{cite news | title=Christof Perick Bids Farewell To Charlotte Symphony Orchestra | date=16 April 2010 | publisher=The McClatchy Company | url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/article9035210.html | work=[The Charlotte Observer](/source/The_Charlotte_Observer) | accessdate=17 April 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616043058/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/04/16/1380522/christof-perick-bids-farewell.html | archive-date=16 June 2012 | url-status=live}} From 2006 to 2011, Perick was Music Director of the Staatstheater Nürnberg, including the post of principal conductor of the [Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg](/source/Staatsphilharmonie_N%C3%BCrnberg). In addition to his conducting posts, since 1999, he has been a professor of conducting at the [Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_und_Theater_Hamburg).{{cite web |title=Prick Christof | website=Bayerische Staatsoper | date=30 July 2007 | url=https://www.staatsoper.de/biographien/detail-seite/prick-christof.html | language=de | access-date=12 July 2021}} In July 2015, the [Beethoven Orchester Bonn](/source/Beethoven_Orchester_Bonn) announced the appointment of Perick as its interim ''Generalmusikdirektor'' for the 2016–2017 season.{{cite web | last=Herzog | first=Fritz | title=Abschiedskonzert von Christof Prick: Der Chefdirigent des Beethoven Orchesters verabschiedet sich | website=General-Anzeiger Bonn | date=17 July 2017 | url=https://ga.de/news/kultur-und-medien/regional/der-chefdirigent-des-beethoven-orchesters-verabschiedet-sich_aid-43424301 | language=de | access-date=12 July 2021}}{{cite web | last=Hartmann | first=Bernhard | title=Gastspiel: Beethoven Orchester feiert Abschied in Amsterdam | website=General-Anzeiger Bonn | date=22 July 2017 | url=https://ga.de/news/kultur-und-medien/regional/beethoven-orchester-feiert-abschied-in-amsterdam_aid-43438685 | language=de | access-date=12 July 2021}} ==Recordings== Perick's recordings include a 1988 recording of [Franz Schmidt](/source/Franz_Schmidt_(composer))'s rarely heard opera ''[Notre Dame](/source/Notre_Dame_(opera))''. ==Personal life== Perick and his wife Ulrike, an actress, make their home in Germany. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{official|http://www.christof-prick.de/}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120613220912/http://www.hughkaylor.com/Perick-Christof-Bio.html Kaylor Management Inc agency page on Christof Perick] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab9204nHflg Das Rheingold (YouTube)] *[http://www.bruceduffie.com/perick.html Interview with Christof Perick], April 23, 1986 {{s-start}} {{s-culture}} {{succession box | title=Generalmusikdirektor, Saarländisches Staatsorchester Saarbrücken| before=[Siegfried Köhler](/source/Siegfried_K%C3%B6hler_(conductor)) | years=1974–1977 | after=[Matthias Kuntzsch](/source/Matthias_Kuntzsch)}} {{succession box | title=[Generalmusikdirektor, Badische Staatskapelle](/source/Badische_Staatskapelle) | before=Arthur Grüber | years=1977–1985 | after=José Maria Collado}} {{succession box | title=[Music Director, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra](/source/Los_Angeles_Chamber_Orchestra) | before=[Iona Brown](/source/Iona_Brown) | years=1992–1995 | after=[Jeffrey Kahane](/source/Jeffrey_Kahane)}} {{succession box | title=[Generalmusikdirektor, Staatsoper Hannover](/source/Staatsoper_Hannover) | before=[George Alexander Albrecht](/source/George_Alexander_Albrecht) | years=1993–1996 | after=[Andreas Delfs](/source/Andreas_Delfs)}} {{succession box | title=[Music Director, Charlotte Symphony](/source/Charlotte_Symphony_Orchestra) | before=Peter McCoppin | years=2001–2010 | after=[Christopher Warren-Green](/source/Christopher_Warren-Green)}} {{succession box | title=[Generalmusikdirektor, Staatstheater Nürnberg](/source/Staatstheater_N%C3%BCrnberg) | before=[Johannes Fritzsch](/source/Johannes_Fritzsch) | years=2006–2011 | after=[Marcus Bosch](/source/Marcus_Bosch)}} {{succession box | title=[Generalmusikdirektor, Beethoven Orchester Bonn](/source/Beethoven_Orchester_Bonn) | before=Stefan Blunier | years=2016–2017 | after=[Dirk Kaftan](/source/Dirk_Kaftan)}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Perick, Christof}} Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:German male conductors (music) Category:21st-century German conductors (music) Category:21st-century German male musicians --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Christof Perick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christof_Perick) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christof_Perick?action=history)). 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