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==Biography== Born in [[Hamburg]],<ref name="RHEINPFALZ Redaktion (rhp) 2016">{{cite web | title=Zur Person: Christof Prick – Landau | website=DIE RHEINPFALZ | date=19 October 2016 | url=https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/landau_artikel,-zur-person-christof-prick-_arid,719679.html | language=de | access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> Prick studied at the [[Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg|University of Music and Theater]] in his hometown Hamburg. He was appointed to the [[Theater Saarbrücken]] as Germany's youngest general music director in 1974.<ref name="Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe 2021">{{cite web | title=Christof Prick – Ensemble | website=Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe | date=12 July 2021 | url=http://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/ensemble/id/2233/ | language=de | access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> From 1977 to 1986, he was responsible for the [[Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe|Staatstheater Karlsruhe]] and the [[Badische Staatskapelle]] in the same position.<ref name="Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe 2021" /> He was ''Generalmusikdirektor'' of the [[Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover|Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester]] and of the [[Staatsoper Hannover]] from 1993 to 1996. His work in contemporary music has included conducting the premiere of [[Wolfgang Rihm]]'s opera ''Oedipus'' in October 1987.<ref>Robinson, Bradford, "Reports: Berlin" (January 1988). ''The Musical Times'', '''129''' (1739): pp. 38–43.</ref> Perick became Music Director of the [[Charlotte Symphony Orchestra]] in 2001. He stepped down from this post in 2010<ref>Steven Brown, "Symphony searches for a guiding hand". ''Charlotte Observer'', 26 August 2007.</ref> and served as the orchestra's conductor laureate for the 2010–2011 season.<ref name='CharlotteObserver 2010-04-16'>{{cite news | title=Christof Perick Bids Farewell To Charlotte Symphony Orchestra | date=16 April 2010 | publisher=The McClatchy Company | url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/article9035210.html | work=[[The Charlotte Observer]] | accessdate=17 April 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616043058/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/04/16/1380522/christof-perick-bids-farewell.html | archive-date=16 June 2012 | url-status=live}}</ref> From 2006 to 2011, Perick was Music Director of the Staatstheater Nürnberg, including the post of principal conductor of the [[Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg]]. In addition to his conducting posts, since 1999, he has been a professor of conducting at the [[Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg|Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg]].<ref name="Staatsoper 2007">{{cite web |title=Prick Christof | website=Bayerische Staatsoper | date=30 July 2007 | url=https://www.staatsoper.de/biographien/detail-seite/prick-christof.html | language=de | access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> In July 2015, the [[Beethoven Orchester Bonn]] announced the appointment of Perick as its interim ''Generalmusikdirektor'' for the 2016–2017 season.<ref name="Bonn 2017">{{cite web | last=Herzog | first=Fritz | title=Abschiedskonzert von Christof Prick: Der Chefdirigent des Beethoven Orchesters verabschiedet sich | website=General-Anzeiger Bonn | date=17 July 2017 | url=https://ga.de/news/kultur-und-medien/regional/der-chefdirigent-des-beethoven-orchesters-verabschiedet-sich_aid-43424301 | language=de | access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="Hartmann 2017">{{cite web | last=Hartmann | first=Bernhard | title=Gastspiel: Beethoven Orchester feiert Abschied in Amsterdam | website=General-Anzeiger Bonn | date=22 July 2017 | url=https://ga.de/news/kultur-und-medien/regional/beethoven-orchester-feiert-abschied-in-amsterdam_aid-43438685 | language=de | access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>
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