Christopher Reutinger (born September 10, 1946 in San Diego, California) is an American musician, composer, arranger, author and teacher. He is a violinist. Reutinger began to study music composition at the age of seven with his English mother Joan Reutinger, 5th cousin of Lady Diana Spencer and a famous Berkeley and San Diego concert pianist. At the age of nine, he began to study violin, and by the age of 12 his compositions were being performed by the San Diego Symphony. In 1957 the San Diego Symphony performed his original composition: "18th Century", and the following year, in 1958, the San Diego Symphony orchestra debuted his original composition "Gigue". His senior year at Point Loma High School, he was selected to be the Concertmaster of the San Diego All City's High School Orchestr