Swedish conductor Jon Svinghammar is renowned for his dynamic approach and fresh interpretations. He was praised as a “judicious and emotionally gripping conductor” for his work on the acclaimed production of “Carmen” at the Slovenian National Theatre in Maribor (Online Merker, 19.3.2022). Known for drawing vibrant performances from orchestras, the Kleine Zeitung noted “lively tempi and great beauty of sound under his direction.” The Auditorium wrote about his recent concert in Vienna’s Golden Hall: “He wasted no time immersing the audience as he conducted Stravinsky’s “The Firebird”, Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2, and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major. His precise yet exhilarating rhythm made the audience’s hearts overflow with joy. His hand gestures, with a broad expressive range, even made the audience’s hearts flutter in large-scale works such as Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2.” (The Auditorium, 08.2024 Printed edition).
Since 2018, Svinghammar has served as the Artistic Director of ensemble-N, a contemporary music group awarded the Boris Pergamenschikow Prize and the Special Prize of the Hanns Eisler Foundation in Berlin in 2022. He was also the Director of the Coaching Staff and Conductor at Austria’s Festival Oper Burg Gars from 2018 to 2023. In 2021, he made significant contributions as a lecturer and conductor, and in 2022, he took on the role of Artistic Director for the Accademia Vicino project, which was honored with the European State Prize for Culture by the Austrian government. Svinghammar has conducted memorial concerts for notable figures such as artist and composer Hermann Nitsch at the Nitsch Museum and writer Leo Mazakarini at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. He also conducted the opening concert of the 2021 World Congress of the Inter-Parliamentary Union at the Vienna Hofburg. His extensive experience includes serving as Musical Assistant to Johannes Fritzsch and Johannes Wildner for opera productions and orchestral concerts and providing musical assistance at the Hamburg State Opera under Kent Nagano. Additionally, he led musical rehearsals for “I Pagliacci” and “Cavalleria Rusticana” at the Romanian National Opera Bucharest. Svinghammar has conducted prestigious orchestras, including the South Denmark Philharmonic, Wiener Akademische Philharmonie, Plovdiv Philharmonic, Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, Savaria Symphony, Girardi Ensemble, Graz Festival Strings, Klangvereinigung Wien, Orchesterverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, Platypus Ensemble, LJO Tirol, and JSO Niederösterreich.
In 2018, Svinghammar was a laureate of the Luigi Mancinelli Opera Conducting Competition in Orvieto, Italy. He studied percussion, piano, improvisation, and composition at the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava and pursued conducting studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, as well as the Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar. He continued postgraduate studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and attended masterclasses with Uroš Lajovic, Mark Heron, Clark Rundell, and Marc Albrecht. Another important mentor of his was Maestro Eliahu Inbal.
09/2024
