Christian Olson is a versatile and innovative conductor who has been invited to perform in prestigious venues and festivals in both in the US and Europe, including the Musikverein in Vienna and the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in California. Mr. Olson was most recently the Conducting Fellow with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Assistant Conductor at Indiana University where he conducted numerous staged operas and symphonic repertoire. He has also served as assistant conductor at the Chicago Summer Opera. Mr. Olson has participated in the Lányi International Conducting Competition, the Lake Como International Conducting Competition, and the German Institute of Conducting Competition. Conductors he has studied under and worked with include Sir Roger Norrington, Franz Welser-Möst, Osmo Vänskä, Stéphane Denève, Robert Spano, Nicolás Pasquet, and Giancarlo Guererro. His primary teachers include Arthur Fagen, Thomas Wilkins, and Dr. Paul C. Phillips.