Christian Blex is a German conductor and currently serves as assistant conductor of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.

His career took a significant turn after winning the Siemens Conductor Scholarship, which led him to assist Kirill Petrenko at the Berliner Philharmoniker in addition to being a conducting scholar of the prestigious Karajan Academy. While there, Christian debuted with the Karajan Academy, stepping in at short notice for Daniel Harding at Schloss Esterhazy. He performed then in the Große Saal and the Kammermusiksaal of the Philharmonie Berlin. In addition to his work with Kirill Petrenko, Christian has had the opportunity to assist conductors such as Daniel Harding, Daniel Barenboim, Gustavo Dudamel, Christian Thielemann, Jakub Hrusa, Tugan Sokhiev, Daniele Gatti, Alan Gilbert, Sakari Oramo, Hannu Lintu, Ingo Metzmacher, and Kent Nagano, both in Berlin and with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.

Christian has worked with prestigious orchestras such as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Bamberger Symphoniker, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck, and the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra. He has participated in masterclasses with renowned conductors including Klaus Mäkelä, Peter Eötvös, Vasily Petrenko, Hannu Lintu, Jorma Panula, James Gaffigan, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Johannes Schlaefli, and Nicolas Pasquet. He has conducted ensembles such as the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra.

Currently, Christian is pursuing his studies under Ole Kristian Ruud at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He participated as an exchange student in the esteemed class of Prof. Johannes Schlaefli at the Zürich Academy of Arts and Prof. Nicolás Pasquet at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar. He has been a fellow of the German Forum Dirigieren and the Norwegian Dirigentforum.

Christian holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Warwick, a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge, and is currently a PhD student at the University of Oxford, benefiting from the Alan Turing Institute studentship.

Ole Wuttudal