Christian Karlsen Christian Karlsen
Born in Stockholm in 1985, Christian Karlsen started learning the violin at the age of four. At the age of 13 he started lessons with the Finnish maestro Jorma Panula, who encouraged Christian to continue conducting. One year later he conducted an orchestra with members of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
Orchestra. From 2001 until 2004 he regularly conducted the Södra Latin Youth Orchestra. Other engagements included conducting the opening concert at Stockholm New Music 2003 and Mozart Requiem at the Stockholm Music Festival.
Christian Karlsen has worked with the the Hague Philharmonic Orchestra Dutch Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Noord Nederlands Orkest, Eindhoven Philharmonic, the Sami Sinfonietta, the Nieuw Ensemble and Theo Loevendie’s Ziggurat Ensemble. He assisted Ed Spanjaard and Jac van Steen at the Dortmund Opera, The Hague Philharmonic, Musikkollegium Winterthur, the Limburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège and the Nieuw Ensemble.
Christian Karlsen had lessons with John Carewe in London and participated in international master classes given by Hartmut Haenchen and Jorma Panula. In 2008 Christian Karlsen had the opportunity to study contemporary music at the György Ligeti Academy with Reinbert de Leeuw. Since 2004 he has studied orchestral conducting with Jac van Steen at the Royal Conservatoire, The Hague. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in 2008