Christoph Maria Wagner
Conductor, Piano
Christoph Maria Wagner studied composition and conducting at the Cologne University of Music and Dance and has taught there since 1995.
As a conductor, he has worked with Helmut Lachenmann, Mauricio Kagel, Klaus Huber, Nicolaus A. Huber, and Martin Matalon as well as with ensembles such as the Ensemble Modern and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. He has performed as a guest conductor at the Cologne Opera, the Cologne Schauspielhaus, the WDR Funkhausorchester, the Bochumer Symphoniker, the ohton-Ensemble Oldenburg, and the DoelenEnsemble Rotterdam.
He has enjoyed a long collaboration with the E-MEX Ensemble, which has included many avant-garde classics in addition to world premieres.
His catalogue of works includes almost sixty compositions, many very extensive, and encompasses a wide variety of instrumental combinations and genres. In addition to piano music, the remiX group of works and music theater form a focus of his oeuvre. He has given guest lectures and master classes at the University of New Mexico and Codarts Rotterdam. In November 2023, he was Composer in Residence at the Izmir New Music Days, Turkey.
As a pianist, he has appeared throughout Europe and the USA. He has often performed Charles Ives’s Concord Sonata and, in addition to his own works, André Jolivet’s piano cycle Mana and Anton Webern’s Piano Variations, Op. 27 for WDR. He has performed his Piano Concerto as a soloist several times, including at the Gaudeamus Festival Amsterdam.
In addition to his compositional work, Wagner is also active as an arranger. His arrangements will soon be published by Schott and Boosey & Hawkes.
Picture: Martin Gendig
The artist's homepage: 
https://www.christophmariawagner.de
Christoph Maria Wagner studied composition and conducting at the Cologne University of Music and Dance and has taught there since 1995.
As a conductor, he has worked with Helmut Lachenmann, Mauricio Kagel, Klaus Huber, Nicolaus A. Huber, and Martin Matalon as well as with ensembles such as the Ensemble Modern and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. He has performed as a guest conductor at the Cologne Opera, the Cologne Schauspielhaus, the WDR Funkhausorchester, the Bochumer Symphoniker, the ohton-Ensemble Oldenburg, and the DoelenEnsemble Rotterdam.
He has enjoyed a long collaboration with the E-MEX Ensemble, which has included many avant-garde classics in addition to world premieres.
His catalogue of works includes almost sixty compositions, many very extensive, and encompasses a wide variety of instrumental combinations and genres. In addition to piano music, the remiX group of works and music theater form a focus of his oeuvre. He has given guest lectures and master classes at the University of New Mexico and Codarts Rotterdam. In November 2023, he was Composer in Residence at the Izmir New Music Days, Turkey.
As a pianist, he has appeared throughout Europe and the USA. He has often performed Charles Ives’s Concord Sonata and, in addition to his own works, André Jolivet’s piano cycle Mana and Anton Webern’s Piano Variations, Op. 27 for WDR. He has performed his Piano Concerto as a soloist several times, including at the Gaudeamus Festival Amsterdam.
In addition to his compositional work, Wagner is also active as an arranger. His arrangements will soon be published by Schott and Boosey & Hawkes.
Picture: Martin Gendig
The artist's homepage: https://www.christophmariawagner.de
CDs released by GENUIN
with Christoph Maria Wagner
Sylvano Bussotti: Pièces de Chair II
Ein Ensemble für zeitgenössische Musik trifft auf außergewöhnliche Solisten
E-MEX Ensemble
Monica Benvenuti Soprano
Renatus Mészár Bass-baritone
Martin von der Heydt Piano
Christoph Maria Wagner Conductor, Piano
Release in March 2025
GEN 25918 – 7.3.2025