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Christoph Sietzen has been praised by the media as an outstanding talent – a refreshingly natural musician noted for his technical mastery and powerful stage presence. He gave his debut at the Salzburg Festival at the age of 12 and was a prizewinner at the prestigious ARD International Music Competition in 2014. In 2018, he was awarded the ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) Young Artist Award and the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) named him a Rising Star for the 2017/18 season. Furthermore, Christoph received an OPUS KLASSIK for Newcomer of the Year 2019. Christoph regularly performs at prestigious venues such as Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein, Salzburg's Great Festival Hall and Mozarteum, Romanian Atheneum in Bucharest, Philharmonie Luxembourg, London's Barbican Centre, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Berlin's Konzerthaus, Cologne's Philharmonie, Müpa Budapest, Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Palau de la Música Barcelona, Stockholm Konserthuset, Bozar Brussels, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Suntory Hall in Tokyo as well as at festivals like Salzburg or Grafenegg.

Concerts

april

4apr7:30 pmWiener Konzerthaus (AT)ANDRIS POGA Dirigent, CHRISTOPH SIETZEN Schlagwerk, WIENER SYMPHONIKER 7:30 pm

5apr10:00 amWiener Konzerthaus (AT)ANDRIS POGA Dirigent, CHRISTOPH SIETZEN Schlagwerk, WIENER SYMPHONIKER, Karin Meissl, Moderation, Konzept10:00 am

5apr7:00 pmWiener Konzerthaus (AT)ANDRIS POGA Dirigent WIENER SYMPHONIKER Orchester CHRISTOPH SIETZEN Schlagwerk TANGO5 Ensemble SOPHIE HEINRICH Violine IVAYLO IORDANOV Kontrabass ANDREA WILD E-Gitarre MARIA RADUTU Klavier MILOŠ TODOROVSKI Bandoneon 7:00 pm

6apr3:00 pmWiener Konzerthaus (AT)ANDRIS POGA Dirigent, CHRISTOPH SIETZEN Schlagwerk, WIENER SYMPHONIKER, Maria Grün und Stefan Pöchhacker Moderation3:00 pm

25apr7:30 pmMusikverein Wien (AT)The Academy of Ancient Music; Christoph Sietzen, Percussion Bogdan Bacanu, Percussion7:30 pm

26apr8:00 pmFesthalle Viersen (DE)Academy of Ancient Music mit Christoph Sietzen // Bogdan Bacanu // Bojan Čičić8:00 pm

may

2may7:00 pmAnton Bruckner Privatuniversität Linz (AT)Großer Saal / Antrittskonzert Schlagwerk | Univ.Prof. Christoph Sietzen M.A. M.A. 7:00 pm

16may7:30 pmMusikverein Graz (AT)Christian Schmitt Orgel , Christoph Sietzen Schlagwerk , Rupert Huber Irvine7:30 pm

24may7:00 pmBodø BEAT - International Percussion Festival (NO)Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Dirigent; Christoph Sietzen, Percussion7:00 pm

News

Bach and the Wooden bars

Bach and the Wooden bars “The intimacy of the Marimba opens up completely new sound spaces.” Oliver Buslau, Rondo Magazine
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ECHO Rising Star

Christoph will be Rising Star of the ECHO (European Concert Hall Organisation) in 2017/18. He was nominated by the Philharmonie...
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SPIEGEL Online Review

Werner Theurich reviews Christophs CD "Attraction": "Mit Originalkompositionen und originellen Bearbeitungen brennt Sietzen ein Feuerwerk klanglicher Vielfalt und virtuoser Schlagtechnik-Hexerei...
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Discography

"Awesome technique, unrelenting intensity, tremendous power, breath-taking speed, idiosyncratic presence and a profound musicality would be some of the superlatives needed to describe the talent of the Luxembourgish-Austrian percussionist Christoph Sietzen." - Pizzicato Magazine

Videos

Vom Schrott zum Klang - Christoph with Georg Friedrich Haas, talking about his new percussion concerto

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