Actor · Conductor · Director · Music Director
Born Feb 20, 1940 · Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]
Active 2001–present · Awards: Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Order of Merit of Schleswig-Holstein, Brahms-Preis, Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Christoph Eschenbach is a German pianist and conductor. Over the past decades, he has held positions as music directors at 13 orchestras worldwide.