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Christian Jost has had a decisive influence on contemporary music in recent decades.
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The often pulsating and vital works of composer and conductor Christian Jost are atmospheric soundscapes. In his “BerlinSymphony” he captures the atmosphere of Berlin, in his “Nocturnal Movements” he dives together with the jazz pianist Michael Wollny in – according to Jost – in the “basin of freedom”. Among the composers who inspire him is Robert Schumann with his extreme emotional states. Jost composed his “Dichterliebe”, probing musical spaces already present in Schumann.
contemporary music scene
Christian Jost was born in Trier in 1963 and studied in Cologne and San Francisco. He has made a name for himself not only with his orchestral and chamber music works, but also as an opera composer and is one of the most important voices on the contemporary music scene.
A conversation with busy composer and conductor Christian Jost about his life and work.
A broadcast from Friederike Westerhaus.
