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Award winning conductor Andreas Eriksson Hjort have during these past years distinguished himself as one of the most prominent and versatile Swedish  conductors of his generation.

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During the season of 2024/2025 Andreas will make his debut at Gothenburg Opera House, conducting Swan Lake by P. I. Tchaikovsky with the Royal Swedish Ballet and Gothenburg Opera Orchestra.

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Andreas has a close collaboration with Malmö Opera as house conductor and conducted his first opera production as 1st conductor during the season of 2023/2024.

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Andreas debuted at the Royal Opera in Stockholm in 2021 conducting Swan Lake in the legendary Nureyev production.

 

Andreas was recently awarded "Hans Björklunds Stipendium" during a ceremony at the Royal Opera in Stockholm. He was previoulsy awarded the Crusell Award thereby joining a talented group of previous recipients such as Stefan Solyom, Daniel Blendulf and Olof Boman. ​

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Being a devoted opera and stage music-conductor, Andreas is the founder and conductor of his own opera festival; Varberg Summer Opera Festival, featuring some of Sweden’s most prominent young opera singers such as Sofie Asplund, Erik Rosenius, Sabina Bisholt, and Sanna Gibbs. The latest production in 2022 of Don Giovanni received high praise from both critics and audience. This summer will feature an newly composed production of baroque and early music. 

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Andreas has appeared and worked with orchestras such as the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, 

The Royal Swedish Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini and Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. He is also a recurrent guest conductor at Wermland Opera in Karlstad and Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra.

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In 2017 Andreas was selected for the prestigious 10th Arturo Toscanini International Conducting Competition in Parma, the lone Scandinavian and placing himself among twelve young talented conductors.

 

Andreas was awarded a Master of Music in orchestral conducting from the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm in 2015. He studied with Professor B. Tommy Andersson as well as for renown conductor Daniel Harding.

 

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                                                                                                 (Photos by Marthe Veian)