Ellen Rostker
Sending healing prayers hugs love and light at this very difficult time for you all. May Christopher’s memory be a blessing to you all, always! 🙏🙏🙏
Dear Chris, It is difficult for me to find the right words. You were far too young to leave this world behind and it is absolutely shocking and heartbreaking to read of your sudden death. To write these words feels surreal and painful. I will remember you as a smiling soul, a great talent, a…
My dearest Zeke, Yesterday your death seemed like some sort of surreal nightmare. Then Owen innocently wondered why I was crying and asked “will Uncle Zeke ever come back?” And when I cried even harder and squeezed him ever so tightly, he put his little head on my shoulder and patted my back and said…
I’m in total shock after the terrible news that Chris has left us. We’ve worked together at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. Chris’s smile, positivity, kindness were always so heart warming. We hadn’t been in touch in years, when he randomly wrote me about a month ago to congratulate me on a performance he had…
Chris war unser Dirigent von 2011 bis 2014 und Ehrenmitglied des MiO. Am 18. Juni 2020 verstarb er im Alter von 36 Jahren. Lieber Chris, als Du im Oktober 2011 unser Dirigent geworden bist, hast Du uns alle sofort menschlich und musikalisch in Deinen Bann gezogen. Du hast das MiO-Leitmotiv “International. Social. Exciting.” des damals…
Wir können es nicht in Worte fassen und auch nicht glauben das ein so wunderbarer, lebenslustiger und herzensguter Menschen schon so früh gehen musste😔 Christopher ich bin mir sich das dort wo du jetzt bist auch alle mit deiner Offenherzigkeit begeistern wirst. Ich Wünsche dir eine gute Reise. Für deine Familie viel Kraft um diesen…
During the two years I first knew Zeke at Dartmouth (his first and second years), he was voraciously curious, unfailingly kind, and unstoppable in his quest to learn. His extraordinary gifts spanned music and languages in particular, and he was an amazing teacher. Zeke sang in Handel Society, took conducting, and served as an assistant…