Christian Reif named 2024 BBC Music Magazine Rising Star

Excerpt from BBC Music Magazine's Rising Stars 2024: The rising stars of classical music
By Freya Parr
BBC Music Magazine
March 28, 2024

Every year, a new crop of young classical musicians start to make a stamp on the industry, whether it's with concert performances, opera roles or dazzling new recordings. In every issue of BBC Music Magazine, we highlight a few young classical musicians and rising stars from the classical music industry. Here are some of the names to watch this year...

Christian Reif, Conductor

Born: Rosenheim, Germany

Career highlight: Working with artists and ensembles that I love always results in natural, special music-making. One example was Julia Bullock’s Walking In The Dark, for which I conducted and played piano. It was a reflection of the intense times in which we lived during 2020/21, so the GRAMMY® Award was a nice recognition.

Musical heros: Various, but always with the same qualities: living with genuine curiosity, communicating with warmth and bringing out the best in people.

Dream concert: A programme that touches and inspires audience members. And the venue? As long as it has good acoustics, it could be anywhere!

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