Spotlight: Christopher Warren-Green

Celebrating Twelve Years of Musical Excellence in Charlotte

This month marks Christopher Warren-Green’s final concerts as Music Director after twelve seasons at the helm of the Charlotte Symphony — a tenure that has been marked by a broadening of repertoire and innovative programming. As we celebrate his legacy in Charlotte, we look back on a few of his many achievements.

May 2009

The Charlotte Symphony announces that Christopher Warren-Green will become its eleventh Music Director.

November 2011

Warren-Green works with students at Winterfield Elementary — a program that would eventually grow into Project Harmony, which now serves more than 200 students.

March 2014

Warren-Green leads a performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor featuring his good friend and polymath, Stephen Hough, as soloist.

September 2016

In the wake of the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, Warren-Green and the CSO welcomes the community to “One Charlotte: A Performance for Peace,” a free concert featuring Copland’s Lincoln Portrait and Johnson’s Lift Every Voice.

May 2017

An avid proponent of Mahler’s works, WarrenGreen concludes the 2016–17 season with the massive Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” part of The Mahler Journey — an exploration of the composer’s most epic Symphonies.

April 2018

A collaboration between Warren-Green and Charlotte Ballet Artistic Director Hope Muir, The Rite of Spring: Reinvented Project brings together the CSO, the Ballet, and students from the Ballet’s Reach program.

October 2019

Itzhak Perlman joins Warren-Green and the CSO for the Opening Gala of the 2019–20 season.

October 2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CSO and Warren-Green release their first streamed concert, featuring Grieg’s Holberg Suite for Strings and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings.

March 2022

In honor of the CSO’s 90th birthday, WarrenGreen leads a program of English works, including Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem, which was dedicated to the courage strength, and resilience of the Ukrainian people.

Visit charlottesymphony.org/celebrating-christopher-warren-green to explore our full celebration of Christopher Warren-Green.