Christian Lindberg
Christian Lindberg’s achievements for the trombone can only be compared with those of Paganini for the violin or Liszt for the piano. September 2015 Christian Lindberg was voted “The Greatest Brass Player in History" by the worlds biggest classical radio station Classic FM, and in 2016 he received “International Classical Music Award Artist of the Year” previously given to Esa-Pekka Salonen, Krzysztof Penderecki and Charles Dutoit.
On top of his unrivalled career as a trombonist Lindberg has now also embarked on a highly successful conducting career, and his career includes major conducting engagements in Musikverein, Suntory Hall, at Beethovenfest, in Salzburg Festspielhaus, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Meistersingerhalle, Nürnberg and National Centre for the Performing Arts (The Giant Egg) in Beijing with orchestras such as Nippon Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, New Zealand Symphony, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Irish National Philharmonic and Ulster Orchestra to name a few.