Christoph Gedsсhold, Germany

Principal conductor, Leipzig Opera

Born in Magdeburg. Studied piano and conducting in Leipzig and Hamburg with famous German conductor Christof Prick.

Led the orchestras of Theatre Lucerne, the State Theatre Nuremberg, and the Baden State Theater.

Has been leading the Leipzig Opera since 2015.

Regularly performs as a guest conductor at the Dresden Semperoper, Hamburg State Opera House and Oper Frankfurt.

Maestro also performed with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Opera House and Museum's Orchestra, National Theatre Mannheim Orchestra, State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate, Nuremberg's Philharmonic State Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra Basel and the New Japan Philharmonic in Tokyo.

In the season of 2018-2019 he will debut with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra.