A Model Conductor For A New Era
As classical music changes, so do the needs of its constituents. The responsibilities embodied with a traditional music director are rapidly changing. Rising to meet those needs is the principal guest conductor; a position that requires a consummate musician to assume artistic responsibility but without the sweeping powers associated with a conventional music director. With a career spanning four decades, Christof is the embodiment of the ideal principal guest conductor.
Artistic Balance
Au fait in symphonic or opera settings, Christof has developed a distinctive balance in each artistic medium. A seemingly simple concept, balance between opera and symphonic repertoire is a challenging goal and one only a handful of conductors accomplish.
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Who’s keeping score?
Christof was the focus of an article by James Chute, Reporter; Classical Music & Arts, in the 5/27/2011 edition of Sign On San Diego…
In the entire 2011 season, there was a single, consistently coherent accounting of the score: conductor Christof Perick’s interpretation of “Der Rosenkavalier.”
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