Christopher Warren-Green

Now in his eleventh season with the Charlotte Symphony, Music Director Christopher Warren-Green also serves as Music Director of the London Chamber Orchestra.

Warren-Green has worked extensively in North America, with key engagements including The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Detroit, Houston, St. Louis, Toronto, Milwaukee, Seattle and Vancouver symphony orchestras, the Minnesota Orchestra and Washington's National Symphony Orchestra. In Europe, he has worked with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, Iceland Symphony, Beethoven Orchestra Bonn and Tampere Philharmonic amongst others. And further afield, Warren-Green works with orchestras such as the NHK, Singapore and Sapporo symphony orchestras and the Hong Kong Philharmonic.

Maestro Warren-Green returns to the podium in Charlotte to open the 2020-21 season with virtual programs featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Brahms, and Dvorak. He also leads the CSO in "A Concert for Charlotte" at Truist Field, an event designed to celebrate Charlotte and help bring the community back together through music.

A product of community music education, Warren-Green plays a key role in the CSO's educational efforts, including two youth orchestras and Project Harmony, an El Sistema-based, nationally funded program providing afterschool music ensemble training in high-need areas.

In addition to his international commitments, he has been invited to conduct at the wedding services of TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, in 2005, TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Westminster Abbey in 2011 and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at St George's Chapel, Windsor, in 2018. He conducted the London Chamber Orchestra on the occasion of HM The Queen's 80th birthday and the Philharmonia Orchestra for Her Majesty's 90th birthday concert at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, as well as HRH The Prince of Wales' 60th birthday concert in Buckingham Palace.

A violinist by training, Warren-Green began his career at the age of 19 as concertmaster of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, followed by the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, having been a Professor there for eight years, and has appeared numerous times on television and radio. He has recorded extensively for Sony, Philips, Virgin EMI, Chandos, Decca and Deutsche Grammophon, and records with the London Chamber Orchestra for Signum Classics.