Eirian Lewis

I’m so sorry to hear the news.  I had a chance to get to know Christopher when I was studying in Mainz, Germany as an exchange student in the winter semester 2003-2004\. He led me and other students (Sonja, Elaine and Aimee) to see ballet in Wiesbaden and that was amazing! We were spending the…

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…

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! 🙏🙏🙏

Here is a video of a premiere of mine that Christopher conducted.  I originally wrote this piece for the conducting auditions at the RCM, which is when we first worked together.  Before that, we would hang out around the RCM, go to concerts, or go to Imperial for a drink (and none of that changed!)…

I met Zeke in my sophomore year at Dartmouth through my friends Alexia Huffman and Peter Verovsek at the Amarna house. I was always in awe of him and the charismatic splendor and gregariousness he brought to every space he inhabited. Whether that be conducting a robust orchestra of young musicians at the lakeside retreat…

Zeke : la luce di un genio.. Un privilegio raro averne incrociato il cammino ! Conoscendolo non si poteva che amarlo.. la sua vitalità, ironia, originalità  e la sua sconfinata nobiltà d’animo toccavano direttamente il cuore di ciascuno .. Una presenza per sempre !