At the age of ten, Christoph Hartmann acquired his first oboe, marking the beginning of his musical journey. By the age of twelve, he was already under the tutelage of Georg Fischer at the conservatory in Augsburg. Continuing his training under Günther Passin at the Munich Musikhochschule in 1984, Hartmann excelled and eventually became an instructor after passing his final examination. His orchestral career commenced in 1991 with the Stuttgart Philharmonic, followed by a move to Berlin the next year. Since 1993, he has served as a teacher in the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Orchestra Academy. In 1999, Hartmann co-founded the Landsberger Sommermusiken (Landsberg Summer Music), which later evolved into the Ensemble Berlin. In recent years, his focus has shifted towards research, particularly in discovering and enriching his repertoire with compositions by the once legendary, now nearly forgotten oboe virtuoso Antonino Pasculli.
