Christopher Bochmann

Christopher Consitt Bochmann OBE ComIH (born November 8, 1950) is a British-born composer, conductor, music teacher, arranger and orchestrator who has lived and worked in Portugal since 1980.

Bochmann's official biography states that he began composing at age 14, and between 1975 and 1985 worked in "post-serial modernism of considerable complexity with frequent aleatoric elements".

His work and approach were described in 2022 by Ana Telles (Universidadede Évora/Centre for Studies of Musical Sociology and Aesthetics CESEM):"[his] pianistic language is based on a fairly conventional instrumental technique, inherited from the 19th century pianistic tradition, yet encompassing characteristic features developed by authors associated with the 2nd Viennese School and post-serialism, as well as significant experiences in the fields of free forms and aleatoric music.

"[5]Examples of his work on YouTube include: Em Homenagem (1984), Sinfonia (2005), Canzona III (2010), Talking of Jasmine (2018), and Essay XXI (2021).

Its world premiere[8] was on 3 June 2023 at the Teatro das Figuras in Faro, Portugal, with the concert performed by the Algarve Orchestra conducted by Bochmann, and with the participation of accordionist Gonçalo Pescada.

[9] In February 2023, Portuguese national public radio Antena 2 broadcast the 2021 Homenagem a Christopher Bochmann concert that he conducted to mark his association with the Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil.

[10] The concert, recorded in the Sala Luis Miguel Cintra at Teatro São Luiz on 31 October 2021, included his work Aphorisms (eleven miniatures for small orchestra).

[15][1] A book of essays about his music titled “Christopher Bochmann” by Pedro Rocha, Armando Possante, Ana Telles, Benoît Gibson and Carlos Marecos was published in 2018.

Bochmann aged around eight, playing the cello
Bochmann aged around eight years old, playing the cello
Rehearsing for opera
Rehearsing for his opera, 2008
Bochmann conducting
Bochmann conducting in 2021
Bochmann teaching circa 2013
Bochmann teaching circa 2013
Bochmann with his wife, the actress Celia Williams, in 2020