Andreas Eriksson Hjort
About
Andreas made his debut at Gothenburg Opera House in 2024, conducting Swan Lake by P. I. Tchaikovsky with the Royal Swedish Ballet and Gothenburg Opera Orchestra.
Andreas was recently awarded "Hans Björklunds Stipendium", hosted by CEO of the Royal Opera Fredrik Lindgren during a ceremony at the opera in Stockholm. Andreas was previoulsy awarded the Crusell Award thereby joining a talented group of previous recipients such as Stefan Solyom, Daniel Blendulf and Olof Boman.
Andreas has a close collaboration with Malmö Opera, conducting his first opera production as 1st conductor during the season of 2023/2024.
Andreas made his debut at the Royal Opera in Stockholm already back in 2021, conducting Swan Lake in the legendary Nureyev production.
Andreas is also 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 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.
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.
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.
(Photos by Marthe Veian)
"Andreas Eriksson Hjort har under de senaste åren gjort stora framsteg som dirigent och vi ser en lysande karriär framför honom inom både opera- och orkestervärlden"
Hans Björklunds stipendiefond
"Här driver musiken extra, men över lag tar Göteborgsoperans orkester med dirigenten Andreas Eriksson Hjort ledningen under kvällen. Tjajkovskij sätter stämningen i alla lägen."
Lis Hellström Sveningson, Göteborgsposten
"The concluding piece of the concert - Jean Sibelius Finlandia, was magnificient! Such a glorious orchestral sound full of passion and pathos"
Gunnar Ekermo