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Conducting the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra in Debussy's 'La Mer' at the closing concert of a conducting masterclass with Maestro Arturo Tamayo
My arrangements of two traditional Luxembourgish Christmas songs (E Wonnerstir, Am Uewe potert d'Feier) were premiered at the Philharmonie de Luxembourg during the Christmas concerts of the Luxembourg Philharmonic
The 'Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg' recorded my symphonic work 'An Empire's Pride' thanks to my win at the LIVE SCORE BERLIN composition competition
Conducting the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra in Debussy's 'La Mer' at the closing concert of a conducting masterclass with Maestro Arturo Tamayo
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Season 2025/2026
In October 2025, the orchestra ‘Solistes Européens, Luxembourg’ will premiere Christophe’s latest symphonic work ‘The Moss Forest Suite’. It’s a 16-minute Suite for strings, woodwinds and percussion, which was commissioned by the orchestra, with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture in Luxembourg. In December, Christophe released a studio recording of his 7-minute eclectic symphonic composition with variations on the Jingle Bells theme. The premiere took place at the Philharmonie in Luxembourg City under the baton of Christoph König. In February 2026, Christophe participated in his second conducting masterclass, which was held by Maestro Arturo Tamayo. In June, Christophe will return to the Moravian Philharmonic for a masterclass with Maestro Martin Sieghart. The same month, he will work with the Camerata Belgrade at the Orchestral Conductors Academy, under the supervision of Danish Maestro Martin Akerwall.
Season 2024/2025
In October 2024, Christophe was one of 3 winners at the LIVE SCORE BERLIN composition competition. He won a 20-minute recording session with the ‘Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg’ (Berlin) for his film music score ‘An Empire’s Pride’. This recording is available on Christophe’s Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/iXY7Dk4oyh4
In July 2025, Christophe had also been chosen as one of the composers of the VIPA Festival in Valencia. The Mivos Quartet premiered his string quartet ‘Unruhe im Bienenstock’. The performance is available on his Youtube channel as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sEVFl3edUY
The season ended in August 2025 with Christophe’s debut as a conductor with the Athens State Orchestra.
Releases
List of selected Compositions and Arrangements
Compositions:
A Canary's Monologue (vln and str. orch.)
An Emperor's Pride (orchestra)
Awakening of the Night (string quartet)
Eisschmelze (orchestra)
Gewässer (string quartet)
Hawaii (violin, string octet, vocals)
Jingle Bells Variations (orch.)
KirschBachBlüten (piano)
Komoriuta Prelude (piano/violin and piano)
Liber esse (piano quartet)
Méditation (strings, piano, percussion)
Miroirs (violin, cello, horn, vibraphone)
String Octet No.1 (string octet)
Sonatine (violin, harp)
Stereotypes of a Soprano (sopr. + 9 instr.)
The Christmas Mingle (2 pianos)
TipToe (orchestra)
Songs:
13 Billion Years
Above
Ce livre époustouflant
Daydreamer
Everlasting Christmas
La météo avec M. Pédro
Le petit matin de Julien
Megalomania
Not the same anymore
Overshadowed
Reset Button
That One Step
Arrangements:
Beau soir (cello octet)
Capriccio (Poulenc) (vln, pn)
Chanson de Matin (string trio)
Elégie (Poulenc) (vln, pn)
Grande Sonate (Tchaikovsky) (orch.)
Intermezzo (Mascagni) (cello oct.)
5 Puccini Arias (cello octet)
On the Beach at Waikiki (str. octet)
Salut d'Amour (string quartet)
8 Christmas songs (vln and orch.)
Love is Easy (voice, vln, cll)
Nothing else Matters (vln, pn)
Perfect (orchestra)
Sweet Child O' Mine (vln, pn)
Schedule 2025
14 March 2025
20h00 - Sons littéraires
Leoš Janáček: String Quartet No.1
André Caplet: Conte Fantastique
Isaac Pérez, Christophe Mirkes violins
Renata van der Vyver viola
Tom Feltgen cello
Dina Nimax harp
Mierscher Theater
9-18 July 2025
Conservatorio Superior
Valencia International Performing Arts Summer Festival
premiere of my newest work for string quartet
performed by the Mivos Quartet
Valencia, ES
18-27 August 2025
Pilot Laboratory for Contemporary Music of the
Athens State Orchestra
debut as a conductor
Anargyrios and Korgialenios School of Spetses Foundation
Spetses, GREECE
27 September 2025
18h00 - Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor
Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No.1 in A Major
Johannes Brahms: Scherzo (FAE)
Christophe Mirkes violin
Anna Tonie Weber piano
Paris
10 October 2025
12h30 - Eglise Protestante
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor
Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No.1 in A Major
Johannes Brahms: Scherzo (FAE)
Christophe Mirkes violin
Anna Tonie Weber piano
Luxembourg City
20 October 2025
19h30 - Grand Auditorium
Christophe Mirkes: premiere of 'Die Mooswald Suite'
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto Nr.1
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 ('Scottish')
Solistes Européens, Luxembourg
Benjamin Kruithof, Cello
Christoph König, conductor
Philharmonie de Luxembourg
04 October 2025
Glacis
Luxembourg City
Open air concert at the festivities for the succession
of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg
19 December 2025
19h30 - Grand Auditorium
Chrëschtconcert 2025
Christmas concert of the Luxembourg Philharmonic
2 of my arrangements of Luxembourgish Christmas
songs will be performed:
- E Wonnerstir
- Am Uewe potert d'Feier
Choeur de Chambre du Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg
Pueri Cantores du Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg
Luxembourg Philharmonic
Pierre Nimax Jr., Conductor
Ivan Boumans, Conductor
Philharmonie de Luxembourg
20 December 2025
17h00 - Grand Auditorium
Philharmonie de Luxembourg
Schedule 2026
31 Jan - 06 Feb 2026
Reduta Concert Hall
Olomouc, CZ
Conducting Masterclass with Maestro Arturo Tamayo and
the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Programme:
Debussy: La Mer; Brahms: Symphony No.2; Berlioz:
Les Nuits d'Été
21 Jun - 26 Jun 2026
Reduta Concert Hall
Olomouc, CZ
Conducting Masterclass with Maestro Martin Sieghart
and the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Programme:
Dvorak: Symphony No.8; Schumann: Manfred Overture; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, String Serenade
28 Jun - 04 Jul 2026
Belgrade, SRB
Conducting Masterclass with Maestro Martin Akerwall
and the Camerata Belgrade
Programme:
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4; Beethoven: Symphony
No.1; Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture; Wagner: Siegfried
Idyll; Dvorak Serenade for Strings; Prokofiev: Symphony
No.1
Scores
BIO
Christophe is a classical violinist, pianist, composer, arranger as well as a singer/songwriter from Luxembourg.
His musical training began at the local music school in Echternach and had soon been continued at the Conservatoire of the City of Luxembourg. His passion for composing music himself had already emerged in his childhood and earned him a first prize in the composition competition ‘Artistes en herbe’ in 2010.
After completing his musical education in the Grand-Duchy and eager to go out into the world, Christophe decided to pursue his violin studies abroad. Starting out in Graz (AT), he completed the bachelor’s degree at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (AU), followed by a master’s degree in Barcelona (ES) the year after. So far, his live performances have included concerts as a soloist and chamber musician in all 3 disciplines, singing, violin and piano.
In recent years, Christophe had become more and more interested in songwriting as well as writing lyrics. This is why he decided to take on another master’s degree in Popular Music Practice at BIMM Berlin (DE). Eight of his own productions have been officially released since 2021. He also appears as a violinist and singer in one scene in the award-winning movie Corsage (2022) by Marie Kreutzer.
Since February 2023, Christophe is a part-time radio presenter and journalist in the classical music department of Luxembourgish radio station radio 100,7 + opus 100,7.
