CP Productions

Acclaimed Sydney-based cellist and CP PRODUCTIONS director, Christopher Pidcock, enjoys a diverse career playing as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician. Stalwart in contributing to the evolution of contemporary classical music, Christopher has worked with composers such as Georges Lentz, Alan Holley, Jon Rose, Hollis Taylor, Alex Pozniak, Celeste Oram, Kim Cunio, Mary Finsterer, Ross Edwards, Peter Sculthorpe and Steve Mackey, as well as several young and emerging composers.

Christopher has performed as part of the Euro Arts Festival in Wuppertal, the International Music Institute in Darmstadt, as well as recitals in New York, Leipzig, Chicago, Tel Aviv and Moscow. Christopher’s awards include 2007 Gisborne International Music Competition (New Zealand) 1st prize, a Churchill Fellowship in 2008, the 2009 Nelson Meers Foundation Scholarship at the Sydney Eisteddfod, and Semi-finalist in the 2010 ABC YPA.

Christopher received his BM in Tasmania under Christian Wojtowicz, his MM under Uzi Wiesel in Sydney, and his Concert Exam with Hans Jørgen Jensen at Northwestern University, where he was also a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, working with Yo-Yo Ma and Riccardo Muti. Christopher became a full member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 2013, which has fostered his love for contemporary music, especially under the artistic leadership of their chief conductor, David Robertson.

Christopher is a doctoral candidate at the University of Sydney, focussing on 19th century German romantic performance techniques and applying these to the late Beethoven cello sonatas.

Christopher is passionate about bringing together musicians and composers in Australia, to further strengthen (and reflect upon) our collective Austral musical language.