Christoph Eglhuber

Christoph Eglhuber attended the Musical High School in Freising with lessons in piano, guitar, trombone and music theory. During this time he also turned to early music, learned to play the basso continuo on keyboard and plucked instruments, and participated in appropriate ensembles. This was followed by studies at the Munich Academy of Music (state examination in school music and artistic diploma in guitar with Johannes Klier) and at the Ludwig Maximilian University in musicology. In 1986 and 2006 Eglhuber was awarded the cultural promotion prize of the district of Freising.

In his concert activities as an instrumentalist and ensemble leader, he has specialized in the playing of historical plucked instruments, in particular in basso continuo and ensemble playing with various types of lute and theorbo, up to and including early guitar instruments.

He is leader or member of various early music ensembles, including. Cantare e sonare, Attiorbanda, BarockBand München, La Chanterelle, Concerto Vocale München, I Buffoni Dispettosi and participates in corresponding special ensembles in southern Germany: La Banda, Arsatius Consort, Neue Hofkapelle Munich, Die Gruppe für Alte Musik Munich, Parthenia Baroque, Lyra Ensemble of the Orpheus Chamber Choir, Baroque Ensemble Sans-Souci, Stimmwerck, L'Academia giocosa, Ensemble Phoenix Munich, Neue Freisinger Hofmusik, cosi facciamo.

He also performs in projects of renowned Munich orchestras, including the Munich Philharmonic, BR Chamber Orchestra, Radio Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Bach Collegium, Bach Orchestra, Residence Orchestra, Klangverwaltung, and has received invitations from the State Opera, the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz and the Munich Chamber Orchestra as well as South German orchestras, the Nuremberg State Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Augsburg, Ulm City Theater, Lower Bavaria State Theater, Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt, Hof Symphony Orchestra. He has also participated in numerous radio, record, television and film productions.

As a continuo player, Eglhuber stood as accompanist next to such renowned soloists as S. Gabetta, H. Grimaud, F.-P. Zimmermann, D. Oberlinger, Ch. Gerhaher, J. Banse, Ch. Pregardien, P. Schreier, M. Volle, S. Kermes or C. Carpenter.

From 1991 to 2006 he was a lecturer at the University of Music in Munich in the subjects of basso continuo playing and history of guitar music. Since 2001 he has been a full-time lecturer at the Institute for Musicology and Music Education at the University of Regensburg.