CHRISTIAN JOST
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Born in Trier

Studies composition with Bojidar Dimov in Köln

Composition and conducting studies with David Sheinfeld at the
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Supported by scholarships from the German National Cultural Fund and the North Rhine-Westphalia Art and Culture Foundation

World premiere of "fragile eggshell mind" for speaker and chamber ensemble, as well as "Elegy" for trombone solo in San Francisco

World premiere "Konzertstück III" for piano in Bonn

World premiere "Odyssée surréale" for 23 solo strings at the Internationalen Fredener Musiktagen

Regular trips to the People’s Republic of China and intensive collaboration with various Chinese orchestras

World premiere "TiefenRausch" concerto for violin and orchestra No 1 in Koblenz

First "Composer in Residence" of the Beethovenhalle Bonn Orchestra: World premiere of "The End of the Game" for large orchestra in Bonn, as well as "UhrWerk - in memoriam Stanley Kubrick" Piano Quartet II.
World premiere of "One Small Step" for orchestra in Bremen.
World premiere of "Paradox" for soprano, English horn, viola, cello, and piano in Berlin, as well as "Ritual Returning" Piano Quartet I in Hanover

World premiere of "un lungo bacio" for soprano and orchestra in Hildesheim, as well as "Griechische Gesänge" for soprano and string quartet in Berlin

World premiere of the musical drama "Phoenix Resurrexit" for narrator, soprano, choir, and orchestra at the Mittelrhein Musik Momenten.
Concert premiere of the one-act play "Death Knocks," based on the play of the same name by Woody Allen, in Hanover.
World premieres of "Dies Irae," a concerto for trombone and orchestra, in Saarbrücken, "KOMA" for mezzo-soprano and piano in Bern, and "Der Gesang des Phoenix" for violin and piano in Berlin

World premiere of the concerto for percussion and orchestra "Cosmodromion" in Stettin

Ernst von Siemens Foundation Award
World premiere of "LuxAeterna," a concerto for saxophone and orchestra, in The Hague
World premiere of "Mascarade" for chamber orchestra in Munich

Composer in Residence of the Staatskapelle Weimar, premiere of the "Cocoon Symphony" for orchestra
Premiere of "Der explodierende Kopf" for soprano and piano in Hamburg

"Composer in Residence" at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf: World premiere of the opera "Vipern - eine mörderische Begierde in 4 Akten"
"Composer in Residence" at the Staatsorchester Rheinland-Pfalz: Premiere of the complete Requiem trilogy ("Pietà", "Dies Irae", "Lux Aeterna")
Premiere staged performance of the one-act opera "Death Knocks" at the Theater Erfurt. World premiere of "Adagio 12" for 12 solo cellos at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

World premiere of "Pieta - in memoriam Chet Baker" for trumpet and orchestra in Ludwigshafen, as well as "eingefroren" for violin, clarinet and piano in Freden and "Astralis" for orchestra in Stuttgart and "Adagio12 version for string orchestra" in Cordoba

World premieres of the choral opera "ANGST - 5 Gates of a Journey into the Inner World of Fear" in Berlin, the orchestral work "Miserere" in Kaiserslautern and "Mozart's 13097 Days", Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra in Winterthur

World premieres of "Concerto for Orchestra" in Brussels, clarinet concerto "Heart of Darkness" in Berlin and "Sepulchral City" for clarinet, cello and piano at the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival

World premiere of the opera "Die arabische Nacht" at the Theater Essen, as well as the Piano Quartet No. 3 "Spinnwebwald" - in memoriam Akira Kurosawa in Wiesbaden

Composer in Residence at the Komische Oper Berlin
World premieres of the orchestral work "Suspense" in Bremen, the opera "Hamlet" at the Komische Oper Berlin, and the orchestral work "CodeNine" at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

The opera "Hamlet" is chosen as the premiere of the year by the magazine "Opernwelt"

"Composer in Residence" at Oper Dortmund

World premieres of the Concertino for violin and chamber orchestra "The Magic Garden" in Ingolstadt and the children's opera "Mikropolis" at the Komische Oper Berlin as well as "Symphonic Toccata" for organ in Essen

World premieres of the opera "Rumor" at the Flemish Opera Antwerp, the dance theatre "DnA" at the Graz Opera, the orchestral work "TaipeiHorizon" in Amsterdam and "Hamlet-Echoes" for soprano, viola and piano in Schwetzingen

World premiere of the opera "Heart Sutra" in Taipei and "RumorImages" for cello and piano in Rutesheim

World premiere of the choral opera "Lover" for mixed choir and percussion in Berlin and "Portrait" for solo violin in Bayreuth

World premiere of the opera "Rote Laterne" at the Zurich Opera House and the "BerlinSymphonie" for large orchestra in Berlin

Composer in Residence at the Grafenegg Festival: World premieres of the brass piece "Fanfare" and "An die Hoffnung" for tenor and orchestra.
World premieres of "Lover-Skysong" for percussion, electric bass, piano, and string orchestra in Berlin, as well as "Konzertstück I and II" for piano in Munich

World premiere of "Dichterliebe" for voice and chamber ensemble in Berlin. World premiere of "Shanghai Odyssey - the Bund" for Chinese orchestra in Shanghai.
World premiere of "Ghost Song" for string orchestra in Berlin, and "Air" for string quartet in Bern.

World premiere of the orchestral piece "The Woman in the Gardens of Suzhou" in Suzhou (China)

World premiere of "Nocturnal Movements" for piano and ensemble, "Nachtfahrten und Sirenen" for piano and 12 instrumentalists, as well as "lautlos II" for solo cello and "Mondnacht" for violin, cello and piano in Berlin and "In Excelsis" for saxophone, marimba and piano in Hamburg

World premiere of the opera "Egmont" at the Theater an der Wien as well as the reduced version of the 2nd violin concerto "Concerto noir redux" in Berlin and "TagTraum und Landschaft" for soprano, viola and piano in Zurich "Diabelli-Variation Rock it Rudi" for piano in Vienna

World premiere of the orchestral work "Urbanica" in Berlin as well as movements 2, 3, 4 from "Pieces of a dream" for trumpet, vibraphone and piano in Cologne and "Solitude" for basset clarinet and string quartet in Schwetzingen

"Composer in Residence" with symphony orchestra Biel/Soloturn

World premiere of the 2nd Violin Concerto, "Concerto noir," in its original version, in Biel.
World premiere of the revised and expanded version of "Nocturnal Movements" for piano and orchestra in Berlin, as well as "Intermezzo Appassionato" for orchestra in Potsdam and "RequiemÆternam" for soprano and orchestra in Mannheim

World premiere of the opera "Voyage vers l'espoir" in Geneva and "Rapunzel-Die Frau im Turm" for vibraphone and guitar in Lambach, as well as "2 Melodies" for orchestra in Berlin

World premiere of "Eismeer" for saxophone quartet, vibraphone and string orchestra in Greifswald and "Lontano Doloroso" for cor anglais and orchestra in Biel, as well as of "Arrival" for orchestra in Osnabrück and "Guten Abend, gut' Nacht" for violin, cello and piano in Trier and "Portrait II" for cor anglais in Prague

World premiere of the two movements "Fog and Hail" from "Seasons" for cello and string orchestra in Berlin, as well as "The Screaming Bird" for solo cello in Verbier and the complete world premiere of "Pieces of a Dream" in Lugano