Informations
Facts
Born in Landsberg am Lech, Germany
Member since 01.02.1992
Biography
Christoph Hartmann was introduced to the oboe by his piano teacher, who suggested that he try the instrument. At the time, Hartmann was 13 years old. Just one year later, he was already studying with Georg Fischer at the Augsburg Conservatory. He went on to study with Günther Passin at the Munich Academy of Music, where he also taught after graduating.
He began his career as an orchestral musician in 1991 with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, moving to the Berliner Philharmoniker the following year. Christoph Hartmann, who has taught in the Orchestra Academy since 1993, founded the Landsberger Sommermusiken festival in 1999 together with colleagues, from which the Ensemble Berlin, which performs in Germany and abroad, emerged.
In recent years, Hartmann has done great service to the neglected oboe virtuoso Pasculli, whose compositions he rediscovered and recorded. In addition to music, Christoph Hartmann has another great passion: bicycles. He runs his own cycling shop and has developed his own bicycle brand, which he named – what else?! – Pasculli.
Awards
Prizes at the international competitions in Toulon, Geneva and Tokyo
Ensembles of the Berliner Philharmoniker
