Christoph Eß
Horn
Christoph Eß is regarded as one of the leading horn players of his generation. In addition to his position as solo horn with the Bamberg Symphony, he is a prizewinner of many international competitions and also appears on stage as a sought-after soloist and chamber musician. Starting with the winter semester 2017/2018, he has served as professor of horn at the Lübeck Academy of Music.
Christoph Eß completed his studies with Christian Lampert in Basel and Stuttgart and graduated with honors in June 2008. He won prizes at the 2005 ARD International Music Competition in Munich, the 2007 Prague Spring International Music Competition, The Richard Strauss Competition, and the Concorso per Corno di Sannicandro di Bari. He was awarded the solo prize of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Musik Festival in 2008, a Scholarship from the German Music Council in 2009, and the prize of the Orpheum Foun dation in Zurich.
Christoph Eß has appeared as a soloist with such leading orchestras as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the chamber orchestras of Munich, Stuttgart, and Salzburg.
Christoph Eß is also deeply committed to chamber music, performing in many different instrumental combinations. His partners include Christian Zacharias, Andreas Scholl, the Fauré Quartet, the Zemlinsky Quartet, Quatour Ebène, Boris Kusnezow, and Viviane Hagner, artists with whom he can regularly be heard at leading music festivals.
As the initiator of german hornsound, he has succeeded (with his colleagues Sebastiann Schorr, Stephan Schottstädt, and Timo Steininger) in establishing the unusual horn quartet formation in the chamber concert circuit. With their unusual concert formats, unique creative concepts, and special productions, the four lads now appear at a great diversity of venues throughout Germany and abroad, are attracting attention to their instrument in the media, perform with many orchestras, and can be heard in many chamber music series as well as at music festivals.
The artist's homepage: 
https://www.christophess.de
Christoph Eß is regarded as one of the leading horn players of his generation. In addition to his position as solo horn with the Bamberg Symphony, he is a prizewinner of many international competitions and also appears on stage as a sought-after soloist and chamber musician. Starting with the winter semester 2017/2018, he has served as professor of horn at the Lübeck Academy of Music.
Christoph Eß completed his studies with Christian Lampert in Basel and Stuttgart and graduated with honors in June 2008. He won prizes at the 2005 ARD International Music Competition in Munich, the 2007 Prague Spring International Music Competition, The Richard Strauss Competition, and the Concorso per Corno di Sannicandro di Bari. He was awarded the solo prize of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Musik Festival in 2008, a Scholarship from the German Music Council in 2009, and the prize of the Orpheum Foun dation in Zurich.
Christoph Eß has appeared as a soloist with such leading orchestras as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the chamber orchestras of Munich, Stuttgart, and Salzburg.
Christoph Eß is also deeply committed to chamber music, performing in many different instrumental combinations. His partners include Christian Zacharias, Andreas Scholl, the Fauré Quartet, the Zemlinsky Quartet, Quatour Ebène, Boris Kusnezow, and Viviane Hagner, artists with whom he can regularly be heard at leading music festivals.
As the initiator of german hornsound, he has succeeded (with his colleagues Sebastiann Schorr, Stephan Schottstädt, and Timo Steininger) in establishing the unusual horn quartet formation in the chamber concert circuit. With their unusual concert formats, unique creative concepts, and special productions, the four lads now appear at a great diversity of venues throughout Germany and abroad, are attracting attention to their instrument in the media, perform with many orchestras, and can be heard in many chamber music series as well as at music festivals.
The artist's homepage: https://www.christophess.de
CDs released by GENUIN
with Christoph Eß
The Horn Concertos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Christoph Eß Horn
Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen
Johannes Klumpp Conductor
GEN 18618 – 5.10.2018
Schumann, Madsen, Mozart
Werke für vier Hörner und Orchester
german hornsound Horn Quartet
Michael Sanderling Conductor
Bamberger Symphoniker – Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie
Christoph Eß Horn
GEN 15370 – 4.9.2015
Pictures
Musik für 8 Hörner und Percussion von Modest Mussorgski, Sergei Prokofjew, Dmitri Schostakowitsch, Pjotr Tschaikowski
german hornsound Horn Quartet
Carsten Duffin Horn
Ralph Ficker Horn
Martin Grom Horn
Christian Lampert Horn
Simon Rössler Percussion, Piano, Celesta
Hannes Krämer Conductor
Christoph Eß Horn
GEN 15340 – 6.2.2015
Franz Schubert Oktett
Franz Schubert: Oktett F-Dur, D 803
Markus Krusche Clarinet
Daniel Mohrmann Bassoon
Christoph Eß Horn
Alexandra Hengstebeck Double Bass
Amaryllis Quartett
GEN 13269 – 1.6.2013
Siegfried und Violetta oder List, Last, Lust und Lunge
Opernfragment in drei Akten für vier Hörner und Sprecher von Richard Wagner und Giuseppe Verdi, beide *1813 (2 CDs)
german hornsound Horn Quartet
Christoph Eß Horn
GEN 13264 – 2.5.2013
