Christian EGGEN
guest conductor

As a conductor he had his international break-through at the 1990 ISCM World Music Days in Oslo, and with his CICADA ensemble he has been appearing at concerts and festivals all over the world since then. According to the Swedish paper Svenska Dagbladet, he is probably `the best conductor of contemporary music in Scandinavia´. He has worked with Helmut LACHENMANN, Iannis XENAKIS, John CAGE, James DILLON and Witold LUTOSLAWSKI and with soloists like Kyung-Wa CHUNG, Subramaniam, Jan GABAREK, and Terje RYPDAL. He is also artistic director of the Oslo Sinfonietta and pianist/conductor of the Borealis Ensemble. In 1997 he will be a guest conductor od Australia's ELISION Ensemble.

He has made numerous recordings with, amongst others, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also composed symphonic and chamber music as well as music for the stage, for cinema and television.

April 1997