These concerts are Christopher Allen's debut with the North Carolina Symphony.

Recipient of The Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award, Christophen Allen has led performances with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera, Opera Philadelphia, English National Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Washington National Opera, Detroit Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Daegu Opera House in South Korea, and China National Opera Orchestra and Chorus. As The John L. Magro Resident Conductor for Cincinnati Opera, he has joined the company for three consecutive seasons, in addition to leading the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in the annual Washington Park Concert each summer.

In 2022, Allen conducted the broadcast of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Rising Stars concert and made his debut with the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap, followed by a subscription concert with the Korean Symphony Orchestra. Projects this season have included Opera Philadelphia’s film and audio recording of Poulenc’s La voix humaine and an album, Beneath the Sky, featuring works by American composers and Allen at the piano. Other highlights include Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo and appearances with the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra.

Allen’s career was launched by the Bruno Walter Conducting Award and Memorial Career Grant. As Associate Conductor at LA Opera, he led the musical preparation for John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles, which won a Grammy Award. In addition to earning recognition as a Musical America Artist of the Month and one of their “25 Stars Still Rising,” he recently received the Young Alumni Award from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Allen works with young artists at the Aspen Music Festival, New England Conservatory of Music, and A.J. Fletcher Institute at University of North Carolina School of the Arts, among others. Also a pianist, multimedia visual artist, and playwright, he resides in New York City.