美國指揮家 克裡斯托弗·羅塞爾 (Christopher Russell) 被《洛杉磯時報》譽為——“一位具有超強技術，又極富戲劇性表現力的指揮家。”羅塞爾現任南加州阿蘇薩太平洋大學（Azusa Pacific University，簡稱APU）音樂學院副教授、音樂表演藝術系主任，同時也是享譽國際的APU交響樂團指揮兼音樂總監。羅塞爾的指揮學生成果遍布海外，他們已經成功地指揮了了美國，加拿大，巴西以及中國的樂團。有的學生在攻讀博士學位，並入選了世界知名的指揮比賽。

羅塞爾曾指揮過的交響樂團覆蓋了美國和眾多國家，包括澳大利亞、奧地利、巴西、英格蘭、捷克、俄羅斯和斯洛伐克。也曾在享譽世界的卡內基音樂廳、悉尼歌劇院、倫敦中央大廳和維也納金色大廳等指揮音樂會演出。羅塞爾曾多次受邀到訪中國北京、大連、哈爾濱、香港、青島和鄭州。在2019年，羅塞爾作為特邀指揮家在哈爾濱交響樂團與薛蘇裡獨奏家舉辦音樂會。

羅塞爾先生也是洛杉磯愛樂樂團駐華特·迪士尼音樂廳（Walt Disney Concert Hall）特聘的定期音樂會前導賞講師。

Conductor CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL has been called “a forcefully dramatic conductor with a strong technique” by the Los Angeles Times.  Russell serves as Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Performance department at Azusa Pacific University (APU) in Southern California and conducts their internationally-recognized Symphony Orchestra.  He is head of the graduate Orchestral Conducting program. His students have successfully gone on to lead orchestras in the US, Canada, Brazil, and China. Some have entered doctoral programs and been selected for prestigious conducting competitions.

Russell has conducted throughout the United States and many foreign countries including Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, England, Russia, and Slovakia. Prestigious concert halls he has conducted in include Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House, London’s Central Hall and the Glass Hall of Vienna’s Musikverein. Russell’s musical projects in China have been in Beijing, Dalian, Harbin, Hong Kong, Qingdao, and Zhengzhou. In 2019, Russell guest conducted the Harbin Symphony Orchestra with soloist Suli Xue.

Russell is also a regular pre-concert lecturer for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at Walt Disney Concert Hall.