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Orchestras conducted
Sweden
NyKo Sinfonietta (chief conductor since 2018),
Orkestern Filialen,
Norrlands nations Salongsorkester,
Kamus Stråkorkester,
Uppsala Blåsarsymfoniker,
Södra Latinsgymnasium symfoniorkester,
Bergslagenskammarsymfoniker
Great Britain
Royal Scottish National Orchestra,
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,
Edinburgh University String Orchestra,
Red Note Contemporary Ensemble,
Copernicus Festival Orchestra,
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Symphony Orchestra,
The Cambridge Modern Orchestra (founder, music director)
Switzerland
Festival Strings Lucerne
Canada
Peterborough Symphony Orchestra,
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra,
Orchestre de la francophonie canadienne,
Les Violons du Roy,
L'Orchestre symphonique du conservatoire de musique de Montreal,
McGill University Contemporary Music Ensemble
Russia
Classica Symphony Orchestra
Mexico
Orquestra Filharmonica del Estado de Chihuahua
Czech Republic
Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra
Germany
Thueringen Philharmonie
USA
Bard Institute Orchestra,
Rose City Chamber Orchestra
Choir directorships
Atinakören (Sweden)
Pro Musica Västerås (Sweden)
Animakören (Sweden)
Education
Master of Music in Conducting - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (2008 - 2010)
Sir Alexander Gibson Conducting Award
Principal professor: Alasdair Mitchell (student of Igor Markevitch and Franco Ferrara) Additional tuition from Luke Dollman, James Lowe, and Robin Page
Assistant conductor for Martyn Brabbins, Baldur Brönnimann, Nicholas Cleobury, Lutz Koehler, Timothy Dean and Garry Walker
Scottish Opera
Postgraduate Diploma in Conducting - Conservatoire de musique de Montréal (2006 - 2008)
Principal professor: Raffi Armenian (student of Hans Swarovsky in Vienna in the 1960s)
Assistant conductor of Luigi Nono Festival under the music director, Véronique Lacroix
Voice lessons with Prof. Gabrielle Lavigne
Travel grant from Canada Council for the Arts
Bachelor of Music in Composition and Piano - McGill University (2000 - 2004)
Principal composition professors: Brian Cherney, Jean Lesage, and John Rea
Principal piano professor: Marina Mdivani (prize-winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition. Student of Emil Gilels)
GPA 3.91 out of 4.00, High Distinction, Dean’s Honour List, Faculty of Music Award, Levain & Viner Memorial Award, McGill Faculty of Music Scholarship
Conducting masterclasses
Bernard Haitink, Donald Runnicles, Kenneth Kiesler, Leonid Korchmar, Gustav Meier, Kirk Trevor, Johannes Schlaefli, Harold Farberman, Marin Alsop, Leon Botstein, Raymond Harvey, Apo Hsu, Eduardo Navega, Sydney Rothstein, Jacob Chi, Benjamin Loeb, Oleg Proskurnya, Colin Metters, Christopher Zimmerman, och Kenneth Woods