{{short description|German orchestra conductor (born 1946)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} '''Christof Prick''' (born 1946) is a German orchestra conductor. He uses the name '''Christof Perick''' in English-speaking countries.<ref>{{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}}</ref> His father was the concertmaster of the Hamburg Philharmonic.
==Biography== Born in Hamburg,<ref name="RHEINPFALZ Redaktion (rhp) 2016">{{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}}</ref> Prick studied at the University of Music and Theater in his hometown Hamburg. He was appointed to the Theater Saarbrücken as Germany's youngest general music director in 1974.<ref name="Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe 2021">{{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}}</ref> From 1977 to 1986, he was responsible for the Staatstheater Karlsruhe and the Badische Staatskapelle in the same position.<ref name="Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe 2021" /> He was ''Generalmusikdirektor'' of the Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester and of the Staatsoper Hannover from 1993 to 1996.
His work in contemporary music has included conducting the premiere of Wolfgang Rihm's opera ''Oedipus'' in October 1987.<ref>Robinson, Bradford, "Reports: Berlin" (January 1988). ''The Musical Times'', '''129''' (1739): pp. 38–43.</ref>
Perick became Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra in 2001. He stepped down from this post in 2010<ref>Steven Brown, "Symphony searches for a guiding hand". ''Charlotte Observer'', 26 August 2007.</ref> and served as the orchestra's conductor laureate for the 2010–2011 season.<ref name='CharlotteObserver 2010-04-16'>{{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 | 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}}</ref>
From 2006 to 2011, Perick was Music Director of the Staatstheater Nürnberg, including the post of principal conductor of the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg. In addition to his conducting posts, since 1999, he has been a professor of conducting at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg.<ref name="Staatsoper 2007">{{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}}</ref> In July 2015, the Beethoven Orchester Bonn announced the appointment of Perick as its interim ''Generalmusikdirektor'' for the 2016–2017 season.<ref name="Bonn 2017">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Hartmann 2017">{{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}}</ref>
==Recordings== Perick's recordings include a 1988 recording of Franz Schmidt's rarely heard opera ''Notre Dame''.
==Personal life== Perick and his wife Ulrike, an actress, make their home in Germany.
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==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 | years=1974–1977 | after=Matthias Kuntzsch}} {{succession box | title=Generalmusikdirektor, Badische Staatskapelle | before=Arthur Grüber | years=1977–1985 | after=José Maria Collado}} {{succession box | title=Music Director, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra | before=Iona Brown | years=1992–1995 | after=Jeffrey Kahane}} {{succession box | title=Generalmusikdirektor, Staatsoper Hannover | before=George Alexander Albrecht | years=1993–1996 | after=Andreas Delfs}} {{succession box | title=Music Director, Charlotte Symphony | before=Peter McCoppin | years=2001–2010 | after=Christopher Warren-Green}} {{succession box | title=Generalmusikdirektor, Staatstheater Nürnberg | before=Johannes Fritzsch | years=2006–2011 | after=Marcus Bosch}} {{succession box | title=Generalmusikdirektor, Beethoven Orchester Bonn | before=Stefan Blunier | years=2016–2017 | after=Dirk Kaftan}} {{s-end}}
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