Christoph Poppen was born on 9 March 1956 and is a German conductor, violinist and academic teacher.
13 Facts About Christoph Poppen
1.
2.
Christoph Poppen studied the violin with Kurt Schaffer at the Robert Schumann Hochschule, later with Oscar Shumsky, Nathan Milstein, and Joseph Gingold.
3.
In 1978, Poppen founded the Cherubini Quartet, winning in 1981 at the international string quartet competition in Evian.
4.
Christoph Poppen was the conductor of the chamber orchestra Detmolder Kammerorchester from 1989 to 1995.
5.
Christoph Poppen then succeeded Hans Stadlmair as the conductor and artistic director of the Munchener Kammerorchester.
6.
From 2006 Christoph Poppen has been the conductor of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrucken, which was, together with the Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, named Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrucken Kaiserslautern in 2007.
7.
Christoph Poppen was the artistic director of the ARD International Music Competition from 2000 to 2005.
8.
Christoph Poppen was Hong Kong Sinfonietta's Principal Guest Conductor starting from 2015.
9.
In 2014, Christoph Poppen founded the Festival International de Musica de Marvao.
10.
In 1988, Christoph Poppen was appointed professor of violin and chamber music at the Hochschule fur Musik Detmold.
11.
Christoph Poppen taught at the Hochschule fur Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin from 1995 and was its director from 1996 to 2000.
12.
Christoph Poppen has been professor for violin and chamber music at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Munchen since 2003.
13.
Christoph Poppen worked with the Fellows to produce a multicultural concert involving local youth groups; currently, he remains involved with the program in role of an advisor.