Stephanie Childress

Stephanie Childress
BornMay 1999 (age 27)
London, England
EducationUniversity of Cambridge
Musical career
OccupationConductor
InstrumentViolin
Websitewww.stephaniechildress.com

Stephanie Childress (born May 1999) is a Franco-British conductor. She is the Principal Guest Conductor for the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia.

Early life and education

Childress was born in London to a non-musical family and began her career as a violinist.[1] She attended the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, eventually leading the orchestra in 2015.[2][3][4][5] She was a string finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 2016 and 2018.[6][7][8][9][10] She made her solo Proms debut in the summer of 2019.[11][12]

In 2018, she graduated from the University of Cambridge with a bachelor's degree in music.[13][14][15][16][17][18]

Career

In 2018, Childress became professionally involved in opera, starting as the assistant conductor for British Youth Opera's 2018 production of Jeremy Sams' The Enchanted Island, before assisting on productions at Glyndebourne and at the English National Opera.[19][20][21] She conducted Anna Semple's opera The Next Station is Green Park at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2019, Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne in 2022 and 2023, and Missy Mazzoli's Breaking The Waves at Detroit Opera in 2024.[22][23]

In September 2020, Childress won second prize at the first edition of the ‘La Maestra‘ competition in Paris.[24][25][26] From 2020 to 2022, she made her debuts with the Philharmonia, the Liverpool Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Mozart Players, BBC Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de Montpellier among others.[27][28][29][30][31][32][33] She was the Assistant Conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) with Stephane Denève from 2020 to 2023.[34][35][36][37] Childress also served as the music director of the St Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra.[38][39][40][41]

In February 2022, she conducted the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia and was subsequently appointed Principal Guest Conductor in December 2023.[42][43][44][45] She was nominated in the category "Révélation chef d’orchestre" for the 2022 Victoires de la musique classique.[46][47][48][49]

In 2023, she made her German symphonic and operatic debuts with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and performances of Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Hamburg Staatsoper.[50][51][52]

In 2024, Childress made multiple North American debuts with orchestras such as the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa), Cleveland Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Baltimore Symphony and Minnesota Orchestra, as well as her Japanese debut with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.[50]

References

  1. ↑ "MusicalAmerica - New Artist of the Month: Conductor Stephanie Childress". www.musicalamerica.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Rush, Mike (21 January 2021). "Stephanie Childress, 21, on beginning as St. Louis Symphony's assistant conductor in the spring". Symphony. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Roberts, Jen (11 January 2021). "Meet Stephanie Childress, the new assistant conductor for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra". www.stlmag.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  4. ↑ Durchholz, Daniel (23 November 2021). "Globetrotting SLSO assistant conductor Stephanie Childress, 22, finds her lane in a fast-paced career". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Wise, Brian (13 May 2022). "Does it Matter If a Conductor Has a String-Playing Background?". Strings Magazine. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Stephanie Childress is in BBC Young Musician of the Year". Collingham College. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "An interview with new Associate Conductor, Stephanie Childress". Sun Valley Music Festival. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "BBC Four - BBC Young Musician, 2016, Strings Final". BBC. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  9. ↑ Bossick, Karen (15 April 2023). "Sun Valley Music Festival Appoints Stephanie Childress as Associate Conductor". www.eyeonsunvalley.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  10. ↑ Maddocks, Fiona (29 October 2022). "The week in classical: The Marriage of Figaro; Mahler Symphony No 8 review – phenomenal". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "BBC Four - BBC Young Musician, 2018 - Stephanie Childress". BBC. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Episode 82 - Stephanie Childress | a mic on the podium". amiconthepodium.podbean.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "BBC Four - BBC Young Musician, 2016 - Stephanie Childress". BBC. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Stéphanie Childress – Villa Albertine". Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  15. ↑ Klassik-begeistert (14 October 2023). "Interview: Dirigentin Stephanie Childress im Gespräch mit Jolanta Łada-Zielke klassik-begeistert.de, 14. Oktober 2023". Klassik begeistert (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  16. ↑ Thorpe, Charlie; Keir Baker (23 January 2017). "Vulture Introducing: Stephanie Childress". Varsity Online. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  17. ↑ Collins, Sarah (10 November 2017). "SJMS Beethoven 9 review: a night of 'skill, warmth and passion'". Varsity Online. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  18. ↑ "Meet violinist Stephanie Childress". www.leedslitfest.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  19. ↑ adminafo (23 September 2020). "[Portrait de cheffe d'orchestre] Stephanie Childress". AFO (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  20. ↑ CHANNEL, THE VIOLIN (11 October 2018). "19-Year-Old Violinist/Conductor Signed to Prestigious London Management Agency". World's Leading Classical Music Platform. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  21. ↑ "New Voices Theatre". New Voices Theatre. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  22. ↑ "Stephanie Childress". Sun Valley Music Festival. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  23. ↑ Fairman, Richard (14 November 2023). "Don Giovanni, Glyndebourne review — white-hot performances send lothario to hell". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  24. ↑ "Stephanie Childress nommée principale cheffe invitée à Barcelone". ResMusica (in French). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  25. ↑ "Stephanie Childress wins 2nd place at La Maestra!". HarrisonParrott.com. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  26. ↑ "Stephanie Childress : encore une cheffe française nommée aux Etats-Unis". Diapason (in French). 10 December 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  27. ↑ "Stephanie Childress – L'Auditori". www.auditori.cat. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  28. ↑ "Stephanie Childress". Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  29. ↑ Connors, Peter (17 December 2020). "Stephanie Childress conducts nocturnal fare in Liverpool". bachtrack.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  30. ↑ "Meet Stephanie Childress: The Newest Member of the SLSO Family". SLSO Stories. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  31. ↑ "Stephanie Childress - Paris Mozart Orchestra". Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  32. ↑ "Stephanie Childress with the London Symphony Orchestra - Jean Sibelius: En Saga, Op. 9". HarrisonParrott.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  33. ↑ Valencia, Mark (6 November 2020). "Stephanie Childress puts the LSO through its paces in Sibelius". bachtrack.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  34. ↑ "Symphony Review: Childress scores a palpable hit with her first New Year's Eve concert - KDHX". kdhx.org. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  35. ↑ "Review: Superlative Mozart and Respighi from Stephanie Childress and the SLSO - KDHX". kdhx.org. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  36. ↑ "Symphony Review: Stephanie Childress leads the SLSO in three boundary-crossing works - KDHX". kdhx.org. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  37. ↑ "Symphony Review: Stephanie Childress and pianist Lise de la Salle brighten a dark and stormy night - KDHX". kdhx.org. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  38. ↑ "Assistant Conductor Stephanie Childress Reflects on Her Tenure with the SLSO". SLSO Stories. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  39. ↑ "Stephanie Childress: A Classical Music Change Maker". Classical Music. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  40. ↑ Meinzer, Melissa (29 March 2022). "Stephanie Childress conducts with Ben Folds and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra this weekend". www.stlmag.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  41. ↑ Post-Dispatch, Daniel Durchholz Special to the (12 May 2023). "Stephanie Childress takes a final bow with SLSO ... for now". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  42. ↑ "NEWS · Stephanie Childress will be the principal guest conductor of the OBC starting next season – L'Auditori". www.auditori.cat. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  43. ↑ "Symphonic Elevation: Stephanie Childress Ascends As Principal Guest Conductor For Barcelona Symphony Orchestra's Next Musical Odyssey | Opera World". Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  44. ↑ Coll, Berta (2 May 2024). "La temporada 2024-2025 de L'Auditori gira la mirada cap a la natura". Ara.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  45. ↑ Brodeur, Michael Andor (5 April 2024). "Chicago Symphony Orchestra names Klaus Mäkelä as next music director". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  46. ↑ Jocteur-Monrozier, Côme (31 January 2022). "Stéphanie Childress, révélation des Victoires de la musique classique 2022". France Musique (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  47. ↑ Lopez, Louis-Valentin (6 January 2022). "Victoires de la musique classique : les nommés du cru 2022 dévoilés". France Musique (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  48. ↑ Rédaction, La; laredaction (10 February 2022). "Portrait : Stephanie Childress, cheffe d'orchestre". Diapason (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  49. ↑ "Les Victoires de la Musique Classique 2022 dévoilent les artistes en lice dans sa catégorie Révélations (Actualité) | Opera Online - Le site des amateurs d'art lyrique". www.opera-online.com (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  50. 1 2 "Stephanie Childress | Biographies". nac-cna.ca. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  51. ↑ "Operatic Inspirations - Valerie Barber PR". www.vbpr.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  52. ↑ Klassik-begeistert (17 October 2023). "W.A. Mozart, "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" Staatsoper Hamburg, 12. Oktober 2023". Klassik begeistert (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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