Christian Lindberg

Biography

Christian Lindberg’s achievements for the trombone can only be compared

with those of Paganini for the violin or Liszt for the piano. Having

premièred over 300 works for the trombone (including more than 30

composed by Christian himself), recorded over 70 solo CD’s, and having

an international solo competition created in his name in Valencia,

Spain, Christian Lindberg is today nothing less than a living legend. At an early stage of his career he joined Yo Yo Ma and Gidon Kremer as

the BBC Music Magazine’s soloist of the year. In 2000, together with

Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis, he was voted by an international poll

the greatest brass players of the 20th century. He was th...