CONDUCTOR

Sergio Alapont

Born in Spain, Sergio Alapont is noted for his passionate and

inspirational conducting and is as experienced on the

symphonic stage as in the opera pit. A former winner of the

Granada Conducting Competition, in 2016 he was named Best

Conductor at the annual awards of the web magazine

GBOPERA. His repertoire ranges from early music to modern,

with a particular feeling for the Italian opera repertoire.

Conrad van Alphen

Conrad van Alphen is known as much for his entrepreneurial

spirit and depth of preparation as he his is for performances that

combine exceptional sensitivity, vision and freshness. His clear,

efficient yet kind and communicative rehearsal and

performance style have made him popular with orchestras and

audiences alike. At the turn of the millennium Conrad founded

Sinfonia Rotterdam, of which he remains Chief Conductor and

Artistic Director.

Noam Aviel

Noam Aviel has emerged as a dynamic conductor on the

international scene. Hailed for her artistic excellence, versatility,

and charismatic stage presence, Noam Aviel has been

recognized for her deep understanding of stylistic approaches in

a wide range of repertoire including opera, symphonic, and jazz

with a rare sensitivity to the needs of the artists with whom she

collaborates. Her upcoming engagements also include a

symphonic debut in Sweden with the Norrköping Symphony

Orchestra and an operatic debut with Opera Orlando in the US

conducting performances of a contemporary work Lizbeth by

Thomas Albert.

Anja Bihlmaier

Anja Bihlmaier’s strong musical instinct, abundant charisma

and natural leadership have propelled her to the forefront of

recently established conductors both on the symphonic and

operatic stages. In August she assumes the role of Chief

Conductor of the Residentie Orkest in The Hague alongside her

position as Principal Guest Conductor of the Lahti Symphony

Orchestra.

David Björkman

David Björkman is one of the latest in a distinguished line of

Nordic musicians to move from the concertmaster’s chair to the

conductor’s podium. He was a prizewinner at the 2008

Prokofiev International Conducting Competition in St

Petersburg and has been a recipient of the Swedish Conductors

Award. In the 2022/23 Season David returns to the Royal

Swedish Opera, Piteå Chamber Opera and Norrbotten NEO and

conducts the Scandinavian première of Missy Mazzoli’s opera

Breaking the Waves at the Vadstena Academy.

Nathan Brock

Canadian conductor Nathan Brock trained in Europe and has

worked at some of the continent’s most distinguished opera

houses and orchestras. It was in Canada that he started his

career, when he was appointed Resident Conductor of the

Montreal Symphony Orchestra in 2009 by Music Director Kent

Nagano.

Fredrik Burstedt

Following extensive experience as a concertmaster and violin

soloist, Fredrik Burstedt is in increasing demand to lead

orchestras and opera productions as a conductor. Fredrik has

worked with all the professional orchestras in Sweden and

many more across the Nordic region, including the Trondheim

Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kristiansand

Symphony Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra and

Aalborg Symphony Orchestra in addition to the Staatskapelle

Weimar, Nürnberg Sinfoniker and I Pomeriggi musicali.

Gudrun Dahlkvist

A breath of fresh air on the conducting scene, Gudrun Dahlkvist

studied in Stockholm and Paris and has over a decade of high-

level professional experience on the Swedish and French music

scenes. Still under 30, she is an orchestral leader to watch. She

has conducted the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and

Norrköping Symphony Orchestra in professional engagements

(both of which she will return to) and the Swedish Radio

Symphony Orchestra and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in

masterclasses. Her rapidly spreading reputation has led to

recent bookings from the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Nordic

Chamber Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra and Östgöta

Wind Orchestra.

David Danzmayr

Danzmayr is Chief Conductor of the Zagreb Philharmonic

Orchestra and Music Director of the ProMusica Chamber

Orchestra, as well as the Artistic Advisor of the Breckenridge

Music Festival. Previously, David Danzmayr served as Music

Director of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra in Chicago. David

has won prizes at some of the world's most prestigious

conducting competitions, including a 2nd prize at the

International Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition and prizes

at the International Malko Conducting Competition.

Andreas Delfs

A native of Flensburg, Germany, and graduate of the Hamburg

Conservatory and Juilliard School of Music, Andreas Delfs has

established himself as a pre-eminent force in the classical music

world and one of the finest conductors of his generation. He has

held chief artistic posts with orchestras in Europe and North

America. At the age of 20, he became the youngest-ever Music

Director of the Hamburg University Orchestra and Musical

Assistant at the Hamburg State Opera. Throughout his 12

seasons as Musical Director of the Milwaukee Symphony

Orchestra, Delfs drew larger audiences to Uihlein Hall, selling

out a record 40 concerts there during the 2000-2001 Season.

Marzena Diakun

From September 2021, Marzena Diakun is Artistic Director and

Chief Conductor of the Orquestra de la Comunidad de Madrid

(ORCAM) and Chief Conductor of the Orchestre Symphonique

de l’Opéra de Toulon. Recent engagements have taken Marzena

to the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Royal Liverpool

Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prague Radio Symphony

Orchestra, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Katowice, the Warsaw Philharmonic and many others.

Marzena is a dedicated exponent of contemporary music and

has given the first performances of numerous works.

Jurek Dybał

Jurek Dybał is General Director and Chief Conductor of

Sinfonietta Cracovia in the city of Kraków and a member of the

string section of the Vienna Philharmonic. He has appeared

with ensembles including the Beethoven Orchester Bonn,

Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique

de Monte Carlo, L'Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova,

Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Concerto Köln, Bavarian Chamber

Orchestra, Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, Czech National

Symphony Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish

National Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice, Polish Radio

Orchestra and the Philharmonic Orchestras in Poznań, Kraków,

Łódź and Gdansk.

Emil Eliasson

Swedish conductor Emil Eliasson is in the midst of a

breakthrough that has seen him work with some of the most

respected musicians of our time and conduct major ensembles

throughout the Nordic region. Emil enjoys ongoing relationships

with the Royal Swedish Opera, the Royal Stockholm

Philharmonic Orchestra, the Norrköping, Helsingborg and Gävle

Symphony Orchestras, the Nordic Chamber Orchestra,

Dalasinfoniettan, the orchestras of Norrlandsoperan and

Wermlandsoperan and the Royal Swedish Navy Band.

Christoph Eschenbach

In his earlier days Christoph Eschenbach, then a pianist, was in

high demand worldwide by famous concert halls and orchestras.

Here he met George Szell who invited him to tour with the

Cleveland orchestra. In the same period Eschenbach developed

a great artistic collaboration with Herbert von Karajan as well.

Successful conducting studies passed in Hamburg and the

influence of Szell and Karajan, the two mentors, naturally led

him to initiate his carrier as a conductor, and he debuted in the

USA in 1975 with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

Today, Eschenbach is in demand as a distinguished guest

conductor with the finest orchestras and opera houses

throughout the world, as well as prestigious festivals. His grand

classic repertoire is ranging from J.S. Bach to music of our time

and reflect his commitment to not just canonical works but also

to the music of the late 20th and early 21st century.

Roberto Forés-Veses

Valencia-born conductor Roberto Forés Veses conducts at

many of the world’s leading orchestras and opera houses. And

the forthcoming months will see debuts and returns with,

among others, the English Chamber Orchestra (at London's

Cadogan Hall), Russian State Symphony orchestra « Evgeny

Svetlanov”, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Sinfonico di Milano

Giuseppe Verdi ('La Verdi'), Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Sinfonietta

Lausanne, Orchestra National de Pays de la Loire (ONPL);

Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Orquesta de Valencia;

Filharmonia de Galicia. He will lead a national tour of the Israel

Camerata, will tour the Orchestre National d’Auvergne to Monte-

Carlo, and will lead a co-production of Bellini’s La Sonnambula at

four French opera houses.

Simon Gaudenz

Simon Gaudenz is Music Director Designate of Jena

Philharmonic Orchestra. During recent years he has made a

name for himself particularly as an interpreter of the classical

repertoire. A fresh, new approach against the background of

historically informed performance practice characterizes his

concerts and recordings. In keeping with this philosophy, he is

currently forming and shaping the musical profile of the

Hamburg Camerata and was celebrating the 30 years

anniversary season of this chamber orchestra looking back on a

rich performance tradition.

Sascha Goetzel

Sascha Goetzel was trained in Vienna. He is currently Music

Director Laureate of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic

Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Sofia Philharmonic

Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Orchestra for Peace (El-

Sistema Turkey). Sascha began the 2020/21 Season

conducting a Beethoven cycle with the Orchestra del Teatro

Petruzzelli, also making his debut at the Grafenegg Festival with

the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra. In the same season he made

his debut with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo

with immediate invitations to return, recorded for Warner

Classics and continued his work with orchestras in Sofia and

Istanbul in live concerts, radio broadcasts and web streaming.

Johannes Gustavsson

Johannes Gustavsson is noted for his energy, charisma, poise

and sensitivity – qualities that have put him in serious demand

as a symphonic and operatic conductor across the Nordic region

and beyond. He works regularly with all the major orchestras in

his native Sweden including the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic,

Swedish Radio Symphony and Gothenburg Symphony

Orchestras. In Norway he enjoys relationships with the Oslo

Philharmonic and Kristiansand Symphony Orchestras and

KORK, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Johannes has recently

conducted the Helsinki and Turku Philharmonic Orchestras in

Finland and is soon to appear with the Odense and South

Jutland Symphony Orchestras in Denmark.

Jukka Iisakkila

Finnish conductor Jukka Iisakkila’s versatility and skill have

taken him to symphony orchestras, chamber orchestras,

contemporary ensembles, rock arenas and innovative music

clubs throughout Europe and beyond. He is Founder and Artistic

Director of the Sääksmäki Soi! Music Festival in Finland. A

regular guest with all the Finnish orchestras and many of the

leading ensembles in Scandinavia, Jukka was Chief Conductor

and Artistic Director of Pori Sinfonietta from 2004 to 2012. He

works regularly with the Turku Philharmonic, Oulu Symphony

and Tapiola Sinfonietta in Finland and with the Stavanger

Symphony Orchestra in Norway. He has enjoyed close

associations with the Danish Radio Sinfonietta and the Nagoya

Philharmonic in Japan. Jukka conducts the Metropole Orchestra

in Holland in contemporary crossover projects and is Professor

of Conducting at the Stavanger University in Norway.

Alexander Joel

Alexander Joel is renowned for the integrity of his approach to a

varied range of operatic and symphonic repertoire. He draws

uncommon depth of sound and colour from orchestras and

inspires them to achieve freedom within the context of the

particular musical architectural. His abilities have led to regular

guest appearances with distinguished ensembles around

Europe, including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Per Otto Johansson

Per Otto Johansson is one of the busiest conductors in the

Nordic region and is increasingly in demand on the European

mainland. His concentrated performances have drawn press

acclaim and audience delight, from the Royal Opera in

Copenhagen to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. From the

2022/23 Season, he begins his tenure as

Generalmusikdirektor at Landestheater Detmold, where his first

season will include new productions of Madama Butterfly, Lady

Macbeth of Mtsensk and Don Giovanni, five orchestral concerts

and a tours to Bregenz, Bern and Zurich.

Risto Joost

The young Estonian conductor Risto Joost excels by his

specialized versatility and has gained widespread recognition

for his work both in the opera pit and on concert stage. The

trained singer and Conductor in Residence of the Estonian

National Operahas already held major artistic positions, such as

Chief Conductor of the Tallinn Chamber Orchestraand Artistic

Director of the MDR Leipzig Radio Choir from 2015 to 2019.

Garrett Keast

With distinct performances leading over sixty symphony

orchestras and more than twenty opera companies across four

continents, the conductor’s experience on the podium

showcases extraordinary range. His symphonic repertoire

extends from Haydn and Brahms to Adams, Britten and 

Widmann. In the opera house, Keast has led masterworks of

American composers such as Bernsteinand Glass to

contemporary and iconic pieces by Unsuk Chin, Puccini, R.

Strauss and Wagner.  Keast launched his career in New York

City, quickly followed by international demand for his presence

as a guest conductor. He regularly appears at venues including

the Opéra National de Paris, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Munich’s

Gasteig, the Staatsoper Hamburg, and Germany's largest

concert house, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. Described as

drawing out “refined and concentrated playing” with “assured

sensitivity” (Financial Times), Keast has conducted successful

performances with orchestras such as the Tonkünstler

Orchester Vienna, MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Rundfunk-

Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Belgian National Orchestra, as well as 

conducting performances at Hamburg’s renowned

Elbphilharmonie for its inaugural season. 

Christopher Lichtenstein

Christopher Lichtenstein has been Music Director of the Danish

National Opera since September 2020 and first conducted the

company in the much-discussed Scandinavian premiere of

Weinberg’s The Passenger in 2018. Since taking up his

position he has led performances of Verdi’s Rigoletto and the

world premiere of Karsten Fundal’s Inkognito Royal. In the

2021/22 season, he conducts the company in new productions

of Verdi’s Aida and Léhar’s The Count of Luxembourg.

Christopher has been a regular guest conductor with

Staatstheater Kassel, Theater Wolfsburg and the Regensburg

Philharmonic.

Mateusz Moleda

Since his debut at the age of 19, Mateusz Molęda has proved

himself a conductor of rare maturity, rigour and discernment. He

has a distinct and proven ability to find new perspectives and

deep interpretative insights in a wide range of repertoire and

musical styles. Recent seasons have taken Mateusz to debuts

with the London Mozart Players and the Aalborg and Aarhus

Symphony Orchestras in Denmark, where he has also

consolidated his relationship with the Odense Symphony

Orchestra. In Denmark, he conducted the world premiere of the

Concerto for Hammond Organ by Anders Koppel, the first

concertante work for the instrument. He has worked with the

Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Nuremberg Symphony

Orchestra, Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, Heidelberg

Philharmonic Orchestra, Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen

and Staatskapelle Schwerin.

Daniela Musca

Acclaimed for the individuality and passion of her

interpretations, her tireless dedication to sound and her

attention to detail, Italian conductor Daniela Musca is sought

after as both a symphonic and operatic conductor. Daniela has

worked with orchestras including the Gothenburg Symphony

Orchestra, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Norrköping

Symphony Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Casco

Phil, Würzburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Oulu Sinfonia,

among others. From the 2018 Season she was associated with

the Hessisches Staatstheater Wisebaden where she conducted

new productions of L’elisir d’amore, The Count of Luxembourg

and Eugene Onegin in addition to revivals of repertory works.

Rafael Payare

Since winning the Malko Competition in 2012, Payare has

quickly developed into one of the most sought after young

conductors, with recent debuts with the Vienna Philharmonic,

Munich Philharmonic, London Symphony and the Chicago

Symphony at the Ravinia Festival. Other highlights includes the

City of Birmingham Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Seoul

Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony and

the Los Angeles and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic orchestras.

2014-15 also saw his acclaimed opera debut conducting

Madame Butterfly at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.

Andris Poga

Andris Poga is the Chief Conductor of the Stavanger Symphony

Orchestra since 2021/22 season. He was the Music Director of

the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO) from 2013

till 2021. The season of 2021/22 includes the regular

subscription series with both the SSO and LNSO. Andris returns

to the Oslo Philharmonic, WDR Symphony Cologne, Deutsches

Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, RAI Torino, Aarhus Symphony,

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic as well as debuts with the

Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Deutsche

Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Bergen Philharmonic.

Patrik Ringborg

Patrik Ringborg is one of Sweden's most prolific conductors with

well over 80 conducted operas and vast concert repertory. He

was Music Director in Freiburg until 2006. Subsequently, he

was appointed General Music Director at the State Theatre in

Kassel 2007 and remained in this position for a decade. He

worked at the Staatsoper Dresden, the Volksoper in Vienna, the

Deutsches Nationaltheater in Weimar, by the Deutsche Oper

Berlin and by the Norwegian National Opera and many others.

Tobias Ringborg

Tobias Ringborg has appeared with all Swedish and several

Scandinavian orchestras, often both as soloist and conductor.

As an operatic conductor he made his debut in 2001 at the

Stockholm Folkoperan and has since then been closely

associated with the Royal Swedish Opera. He has also led

productions at Malmö Opera, the Norwegian Opera, the Danish

National Opera and Oper Leipzig. In 2005 he made his London

debut, with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Barbican. In

2021/22 Ringborg will conduct Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers

in Oslo, Don Giovanni at Welsh National Opera and Così fan

tutte at Garsington Opera. In 2010 he was awarded the Herbert

Blomstedt Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, of

which he since 2011 is a member.

Marie Rosenmir

Marie Rosenmir’s route to conducting via an impressive career

as a professional organist, pianist and singer has made her an

operatic and orchestral leader of rare sensitivity and versatility.

She has been praised for her charisma, diligence, vibrancy and

character and for the space, breadth and detail with which her

performances unfold. Marie began her conducting career on the

music staff of the Gothenburg Opera, where she conducted

Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, and went on to lead opera productions

at Folkoperan in Stockholm. In 2017 she made her conducting

debut at the Royal Swedish Opera with Mozart’s Die

Zauberflöte. During the 2018/19 Season she was invited back

to the Gothenburg Opera and in 2021 she returned to

Folkoperan, Stockholm, to lead a new production. As a

symphonic conductor Marie works regularly with all the major

Swedish orchestras.

Ola Rudner

Swedish conductor Ola Rudner started his career as a violinist,

as a prizewinner at the Paganini Competition, becoming

concertmaster of the Camerata Salzburg, Vienna Volksoper and

Vienna Symphony Orchestra. He moved to conducting as an

assistant to the legendary Sandor Vègh. In 1995, Ola founded

Philharmonia Wien. He has served as Chief Conductor of the

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano

and Württembergische Philharmonie in Reutlingen –

transforming the latter into one of the finest regional ensembles

in Germany and taking it on extensive tours throughout Europe

and the world. He has conducted all the major Australian

orchestras including the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony

Orchestras and the orchestras of Queensland, Adelaide and

Perth. He has been a guest of most of the major orchestras in

the Nordic region.

Elena Schwarz

Swiss-Australian conductor, Elena Schwarz (b. 1985) is forging

a reputation across different continents; her appointment in the

newly created role of Associate Conductor to the Tasmanian

Symphony Orchestra alongside a Dudamel Fellowship with the

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and guest conducting

engagements in Germany, Scandinavia, Belgium, Switzerland,

France, the UK and the USA have laid the foundations for a

promising international career.

Anna Skryleva

Anna Skryleva has worked in some of Germany’s most

distinguished opera houses and in the 2019/20 Season took up

the position of General Music Director at Theater Magdeburg.

As a guest conductor, Anna has appeared at houses including

the Dallas Opera and the Hessian State Theater, Wiesbaden. In

the 2019/20 Season she made her debut at The Royal

Swedish Opera with Mozart's The Magic Flute. On the concert

stage, Anna has worked with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony

Orchestra, the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Phil,

South German Philharmonic Konstanz, North German

Philharmonic Rostock and Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM in

Mexico City. She recently made her debut with the Deutsches

Sinfonie Orchester Berlin.

Marc Soustrot

Marc Soustrot is known as an inspiring orchestra leader, an

exacting opera conductor and a recording artist of distinction.

He has worked with some of the most renowned musicians and

ensembles in Europe and beyond since his debut over four

decades ago. Marc is currently Chief Conductor of the Aarhus

Symphony Orchestra in Denmark’s second city, and in 2019

completed a noteworthy tenure as Chief Conductor of the

Malmö Symphony Orchestra in Sweden. From 2021 he took up

his tenure as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Real

Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla (ROSS).

Andreas Stoehr

Andreas Stoehr is an extremely versatile conductor from and

has held major posts at Opera Graz, Theatre St Gallen, the

Prague State Opera and the Opéra Comique in Paris. He has

enjoyed a long relationship with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in

Düsseldorf where he introduced historically informed playing

techniques and original instruments to the resident Düsseldorf

Symphony Orchestra, and where he took charge of a critically

acclaimed cycle of the Monteverdi operas before moving on to

Scarlatti, Handel and Mozart.

Peter Szilvay

Peter Szilvay is a conductor of energy and charisma and a

notable interpreter of new music. He has conducted the St

Petersburg Philharmonic, the Orchestre Philharmonique de

Radio France and the Royal Danish Orchestra. In Norway, Peter

has worked with the KORK, the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra,

the Arctic and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestras, the Trondheim

and Kristiansand Symphony Orchestras, the Oslo Philharmonic

and the Stavanger Symphony Orchestras. He has also

conducted the Oslo, Trondheim, Bødo and Arctic Sinfoniettas.

Peter is furthermore an experienced opera conductor.

Gabriella Teychenné

Gabriella Teychenné has been praised for her ‘terrific

intelligence, clarity and musicality’ and for her ‘radical passion’

for music and the arts. In the 2022-23 Seasons, she debuts at

the Royal Danish Opera and the Norrkoping Symphony

Orchestra while joining the music staff of the Bavarian State

Opera as assistant conductor to Vladimir Jurowski. Gabriella

has conducted the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, Oulu

Symphony, BBC Symphony and Kuopio Symphony Orchestras

as well as Het Residentie Orkest, L’Orchestre de Chambre de

Genève, Orchestre de Picardie, L’Orchestre Philharmonique de

Radio France, Ensemble Contrechamps, Covent Garden Sinfonia

and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. As assistant

conductor at the London Philharmonic Orchestra she worked

closely with music directors Vladimir Jurowski and Edward

Gardner.

Wolfgang Wengenroth

Wolfgang Wengenroth has held positions as Kapellmeister at

the theaters in Hildesheim-Hannover, Wiesbaden and most

recently Mannheim (2016-2019). He is a frequent and

welcome guest on international stages. Engagements lead him

regularly to the major opera houses in Scandinavia, Japan and

South America: After successful debuts, he received re-

invitations to Copenhagen (Magic Flute) Stockholm (Madama

Butterfly), Malmö (La Traviata) and Gothenburg (Swan Lake). In

the season 2019/2020 he again conducts at the opera houses

in Stockholm and Gothenburg and at the Teatro Colon Buenos

Aires.

Cathrine Winnes

Cathrine Winnes’s reputation extends beyond the conductor’s

podium – where she works with many of the major Nordic

orchestras and theatres – to the wider world of the media and

the campaign for a more inclusive repertoire. She has worked

with the most distinguished orchestras in Scandinavia and

appeared in her own television series as both conductor and

presenter. Since 2015 Cathrine has been Chief Conductor and

Artistic Leader of the Swedish Wind Ensemble, a contract that

was recently extended to 2023.

Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer

Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer is Music Director of the Swiss

Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Bern Bach Choir and from

2022, Artistic Director of Andermatt Music at the new

Andermatt Concert Hall. She is fast building a reputation as a

conductor of meticulous technique, contagious passion and rare

intellectual insight.

Christian Øland

Christian Øland is one of the Nordic region’s most promising

young conducting talents. In the season 2021/22, Christian

Øland will, among others, return to conduct Magdeburg

Philharmoniker, South Denmark Philharmonic, The Nordic

Chamber Orchestra, and the Copenhagen Phil for several

concerts and he will have his debut with Wermland Opera

Orchestra.