Magnus Larsson

INTRODUCTION

Magnus Larsson is a Danish orchestra and opera conductor. He has already established himself on the professional stage in Denmark and Sweden and has both conducted and assisted in several orchestra and opera productions such as Bizet’s Carmen, Offenbach’s La Belle Helene, Verdi’s Otello and La Traviata, Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Kalmán’s Countess Mariza, Brahms’ Requiem and Mozart’s Le Nozze de Figaro and Così fan tutte.

RECENT AND FUTURE HIGHLIGHTS

In the 2020/21 season, Magnus Larsson makes his debut at the Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen, and will in addition be working with several of the Danish Regional Orchestras including Copenhagen Phil, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Danish Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Sønderjyllands Symphony Orchestra, and Aalborg Symphony Orchestra.

In June 2021, Magnus Larsson leads the Aarhus Symfoniorkester in the summer concert ‘Sommer i Europa’.

BIOGRAPHY

In recent seasons Magnus Larsson has conducted concerts and performances with several of the Danish and Swedish Regional Orchestras including The Danish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Phil, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Sønderjyllands Symphony Orchestra, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, NorrlandsOperaens Symphony Orchestra, Dalasinfoniettan, The Band of Royal Danish Life Guards, The Royal Swedish Army Band, KammerensembleN, Norrbotten NEO, Prinsens Musikkorps. Furthermore, he has been conducting North Czech Philmarmonia Orchestra.
He was assistant conductor at NorrlandsOperan in their production of Verdi’s La Traviata and at Malmö Opera in the musical Matilda.

Besides his work as a conductor, Magnus Larsson is also a composer, as well as an assistant organist in Frederiks Church (The Marble Church) in Copenhagen.

EDUCATION

Magnus Larsson is currently studying at the Advanced Post Graduate Degree at The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen under Professor Giordano Bellincampi and Honorary Professor Michael Schønwandt. Since 2019, he is holding a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in orchestra conducting from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm under Professor B Tommy Andersson, Glenn Mossop and Professor Fredrik Malmberg.

He has furthermore been participating in masterclasses with Alexander Vedernikov and Fabio Luisi, among others.

AWARDS

In August 2017, he won The EMA First Prize in the International Opera Conducting Competition in Prague, Czech Republic and with the award he obtained engagements with the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and at the Opera House in Plzen.