Philharmonica Hungarica

“One thing became evident: König has got the makings of a great conductor. We saw a musician who possesses everything: perfect technique, huge musicality and an infallible instinct for formal structures and sound.”

WESTDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG

Beethovenhalle Orchester

“In Bonn, it is above all Christoph König with the Orchester der Beethovenhalle who proves to be a brilliant advocate of this score…König treats the music with a sympathetic lightness, celebrates a passionate but unbombastic sound. He never falls into routine, but rather he allows the beautiful passages to flourish.”

BONNER GENERAL-ANZEIGER

Philharmonia Hungarica

“Let´s return once again to the Philharmonia Hungarica and its conductor. Christoph König is without any doubt a  discovery. In spite of his youth, he possesses security and even more: grandezza.  At the same time, he is elegant and relaxed, his precise and demanding gesture led orchestra and soloists in the harbour of  guardiance, and the resulting joy of playing reached  the public easily. With an astonishingly versatile program, the capability of the conductor to adapt became apparent: the playful grace at Devienne, the opulent and magic orchestral colours in Mahler, the vitality, bright power and tense energy at Beethoven. Standing ovations.”

MARLER ZEITUNG

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

"With Kevin Bowyer as soloist and Christoph Konig as conductor, the performance savoured the Frenchness of the music’s wit as well as its grander Bachian aspects…it showed the young German conductor to be someone worth watching."

THE HERALD