Christian Altenburger

Christian Altenburger studied at the University of Music in his hometown Vienna and with Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School in New York.

At 19, he made his debut as a soloist at the Vienna Musikverein. This was soon followed by engagements with top international orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Concertgebouworchester Amsterdam, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra under the baton of Claudio Abbado, Christoph von Dohnányi, Bernard Haitink, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Václáv Neumann, Sir Roger Norrington, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Franz Welser-Möst and others.

In addition to his appearances as a soloist, chamber music has become an important aspect of his artistic work. Christian Altenburger not only adores playing with colleagues and friends such as Bruno Canino, Patrick Demenga, Heinz Holliger, Nobuko Imai, Kim Kashkashian, Melvyn Tan, Lars Anders Tomter and Lars Vogt, he is also involved in the planning of successful music projects.

From 1999-2005 he was artistic director of the Mondseetage Festival together with the actress Julia Stemberger. In 2003 he took over the artistic direction of the Chamber Music Festival Schwäbischer Frühling and in 2006 he became artistic director of the Loisiarte Festival, where he also defined the concept of the program.

For many years, Christian Altenburger held a professorship at the Hannover University of Music. In 2001, he was appointed to a professorship at the Vienna University of Music.