Christmas at the GasteigConcert
This event is in the past.
Our festive highlight, Christmas at the Gasteig, is taking place again in the Isarphilharmonie on Christmas Eve this year. The KlangVerwaltung choir conducted by Christiane Büttig, together with other musicians, invite you on a musical journey from north to south, narrated by Andreas Kowalewitz on the piano, who also penned the arrangements. Come and join in song and let’s celebrate Christmas together!
This event is in the past.
Our festive highlight, Christmas at the Gasteig, is taking place again in the Isarphilharmonie on Christmas Eve this year. The KlangVerwaltung choir conducted by Christiane Büttig, together with other musicians, invite you on a musical journey from north to south, narrated by Andreas Kowalewitz on the piano, who also penned the arrangements. Come and join in song and let’s celebrate Christmas together!
With
- Christiane Büttig (artistic director, choir conductor)
- Andreas Kowalewitz (narration, arrangements, piano)
- KlangVerwaltung choir
- Christian Benning (drums)
- Manuel von der Nahmer (cello)
- Clément Courtin (violin)
Christiane Büttig is a versatile conductor who moves between choir and orchestra, between amateurs and professionals, between classical and popular music, always focussing on singing as the most human form of expression. Whether with the Unichor Dresden, which she has developed into an outstanding ensemble, as choir director at the Semperoper Dresden, as a singer with ensembles such as the Dresdner Kammerchor or as a conductor of baroque and symphony orchestras, her musical expertise and respectful work with people invariably result in musical experiences of a special kind. Since 2024, she holds a professorship for choral and ensemble conducting at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.
Andreas Kowalewitz studied piano and conducting in Hanover and conducted the Gärtnerplatz Theatre in Munich from 2003 to 2021. He has been a guest conductor at the Staatstheater Nuremberg and Kassel as well as the Münster Theatre. Kowalewitz is musical director of the Opern auf Bayrisch ensemble and was awarded the German Musical Theatre Prize for the best musical arrangement in 2015. He creates arrangements for broadcasters BR and WDR, the brass section of the Berlin Philharmonic, the Hanover State Symphony Orchestra, the Kiel Theatre, the Munich Radio Orchestra and the Munich Symphony Orchestra, among others.
The KlangVerwaltung choir was founded in 2000 by Enoch zu Guttenberg. Since his death, the ensemble’s focus has shifted to developing its own innovative formats in both concert and theatre settings as well as expanding its collaborations with nationally and internationally renowned festivals, orchestras and conductors. In the current concert season, they will perform debuts at the Festspielen Europäische Wochen Passau festival and in the Heilbronner Harmonie.
Multi-percussionist Christian Benning is considered a rhythmic genius (Die Zeit). Born in 1995, he has achieved international recognition as a formative personality of an innovative young generation of percussionists and impresses with his joy of playing and masterful technique. With his rousing solo performances and his percussion formation, he has made guest appearances all over the world – in the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, in Barcelona’s Sagrada Família and at the United Nations in New York City. Performances in 2024 include debuts in Boston, Washington D.C. and at the Venice Biennale.
Manuel von der Nahmer has been a cellist with the Munich Philharmonic since 1997. Born in Wuppertal, he completed his studies with Wolfgang Boettcher in Berlin in 1998 with a concert exam. Scholarships allowed him to study with Aldo Parisot at the Yale School of Music, USA, in 1994/95. Manuel von der Nahmer performs as a soloist with numerous orchestras in both Europe and the USA.
The violinist Clément Courtin was a scholarship holder in the Munich Philharmonic’s orchestra academy and has been a permanent member of the second violins since 2006. Born in Lille, Courtin studied in Paris and in Brussels with Igor Oistrakh. From 1997 to 2002, he was concert master of the Amadeus chamber orchestra in France, with which he also performed as a soloist in numerous countries, including Norway, China and Japan. In addition to his orchestral activities, Clément Courtin is involved in numerous chamber music projects.
