Christian Jost

In this trio, as in most of his compositions, Jost has pictures and associations with true incidents, films and novels in his mind. What inspired him to write this piece was Joseph Conrad's novel 'Hea...

Jost's piano quartet is an homage to the outstanding Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa and his adaptations of three Shakespeare tragedies ('Hamlet', 'King Lear', 'Macbeth'). Although 'Spinnwebwald...

There is no other work more closely associated with the organ than Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata in D minor. During my compositional preparation, I repeatedly found myself returning to this work. I...

'Hamlet-Echos' comes from the full-length opera 'Hamlet' in which Christian Jost interprets Shakespeare's tragedy as 'story of a surreal journey inward'. By having Hamlet sing in a female voice, Jost...

Originally, Christian Jost wanted to be an astronaut, but it did not work out. Instead, he became one of the most successful composers of the younger generation. His latest chamber music work, eingefr...

Jost has set to music 'Melancholy' and 'Afternoon', two tender poems by Kiki Dimoula, the most important contemporary Greek lyricist. Combining the human voice with the sound of a string quartet, he t...

Originally, Christian Jost wanted to be an astronaut, but it did not work out. Instead, he became one of the most successful composers of the younger generation. His latest chamber music work, eingefr...

Kafka's œuvre is interspersed with moments of utter anxiety. Moments in which, induced by adrenalin, the blood pressure rises. Blood vessels which seem to constrict, pump enormous quantities of blood...

Kafka's œuvre is interspersed with moments of utter anxiety. Moments in which, induced by adrenalin, the blood pressure rises. Blood vessels which seem to constrict, pump enormous quantities of blood...

Frauenchor a cappella (SSSAAA)

Frauenchor a cappella (SSSAAA)

The Brunnen-Arie is the central scene of the opera Rote Laterne which, together with the operas Die arabische Nacht and Rumor, forms a trilogy that centres on young modern women who are trapped in an...

The Brunnen-Arie is the central scene of the opera Rote Laterne which, together with the operas Die arabische Nacht and Rumor, forms a trilogy that centres on young modern women who are trapped in an...

Ein Liebespaar, unter deren Gier der Boden nachgibt und deren Lust zu Treibholz wird: dies ist das Herz von Hans Thills Gedicht Paradox und stellt den ersten Moment der Inspiration für Christian Jost...

Ein Liebespaar, unter deren Gier der Boden nachgibt und deren Lust zu Treibholz wird: dies ist das Herz von Hans Thills Gedicht Paradox und stellt den ersten Moment der Inspiration für Christian Jost...