Music Director and Principal Conductor
Christopher Warren-Green is Music Director of the London Chamber Orchestra, a position he has held since 1988. At the same time he has maintained regular relationships with several other orchestras – including Chief Conductor of the Joenkoeping Sinfonietta in 1998 and taking over the position of Chief Conductor of the Sundsvall Chamber Orchestra from 2001 until 2005. He was appointed Principal Conductor of the Athens Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra in October 2004.
A regular visitor to North America, Mr Warren-Green has conducted the St. Louis, Minnesota, Indianapolis, Vancouver and Victoria Symphony Orchestras. He has also established strong ties with the Seattle Symphony and returns there on a regular basis.
During the last season he made return visits to the BBC Concert Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and the Philharmonia, as well as his debuts with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic Society, Kristensand Symphony and a tour of concerts with the NHK Symphony in Japan. During the current season, he will be returning to Seattle Symphony and Winterthur and making his debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Originally a violinist, Christopher was invited to join the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at the age of 19 and became Concertmaster of the then BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra when he was 21. At 24 he was appointed Concertmaster of the Philharmonia and returned as concertmaster to The Academy of St Martin in the Fields six years later. As a soloist he appeared with such conductors as Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Neville Marriner, Michael Tilson Thomas, Giuseppe Sinopoli and Leonard Slatkin, and he made several concerto recordings.
Christopher Warren-Green has appeared regularly on television and radio and has presented BBC TV's ‘Young Musician of the Year’ competition as well as one of the televised BBC Proms. He has conducted many concerts at Highgrove House and St James Palace and was given the honour of directing the music for the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. He has recorded extensively for BMG, EMI, Philips, Virgin and Chandos.
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