Hailed as one of today’s most exciting young conductors, Karel Mark Chichon was described by the New York Times as “A conductor of genius” and continues to thrill international audiences with his temperament, passion and musicianship. He is the new elected Chief Conductor of the from 2009 to 2012 and has beenChief Conductor of the Graz Symphony Orchestra since 2006.

Chichon's debut at the Wiener Staatsoper (Barbiere di Siviglia) in September 2008 was received to great acclaim by the demaning Viennese public and critics. His season continues with debut at the Deutsche Opera Berlin,  Bayerisches Staatsoper, Arena di Verona, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Philharmonia Orchestra London, Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna, SWR Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, WienerkammerOrchester, Russian National Orchestra, UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra, Basel Chamber Orchestra in Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Moscow, Barcelona, Valencia. He also returns to the Wiener Symphoniker, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, English Chamber Orchestra, Haydn Orchestra Bolzano, Latvian National Symphony and Seoul Philharmonic.

Born in London in 1971, Chichon hails from Gibraltar. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music (London) and was assistant conductor to Giuseppe Sinopoli and Valery Gergiev.

He has worked with artists such as José Carreras, Montserrat Caballé, Grace Bumbry, Edita Gruberova, José Cura, Juan Diego Flórez, Ramón Vargas and Carlos Álvarez.

Since 2003 he has been a regular guest conductor with the English Chamber Orchestra and in 2004 he was invited by the Wiener Philharmoniker to conduct concerts at their International Orchestra Institute in Salzburg and made highly successful return visits in 2005 and 2006.

He is a frequent guest conductor with leading orchestras throughout the world at venues such as the Musikverein Wien, Konzerthaus Wien, Royal Festival Hall London, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Paris, Berlin Philharmonie, Munich Philharmonie, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Alter Oper Frankfurt, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Auditorio Nacional de Musica Madrid and Seoul Arts Center South Korea.

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Date Last Edited: October 2008
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