Swedish conductor Sergej Bolkhovets has established himself as a compelling artist on the podium, building upon his already extensive international career as a violinist, including with the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Highlights of the 2025/26 season include his debut with the Dresden Philharmonic, as well as a close collaboration with the Helsingborg Symphony, comprising four concert productions. Bolkhovets returns in subscription to the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, with whom he shares a long-standing collaboration. He conducts concerts with the Malmö Symphony, Norrköping Symphony, Wermland Opera and Romanian Radio National Orchestra. L‍ast season Bolkhovets made debuts with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Staatstheater Kassel and Volkstheater Rostock. He returned to the Royal Swedish Opera and the Gothenburg Opera, where he previously held the Kapellmeister position from 2020 to 2022, as well as to the Malmö and Helsingborg Symphonies. Further recent conducting engagements include performances with the Bayerische Staatsoper, Luzern Sinfonieorchester, Bamberger Symphoniker, Philharmonisches Orchester Hagen, BBC Scottish Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, Hallé in Manchester, Manchester Camerata, Scottish Opera, Red Note Ensemble, Dalasinfoniettan, Stockholm Folkoperan, NorrlandsOperan and the Gävle Symphony.

Bolkhovets was the Conducting Fellow at the Royal Northern College of Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and Verbier Festival, having studied orchestra conducting at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar and the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He served as Assistant Conductor at the BBC Scottish Symphony in 2019-20, and has participated in masterclasses and conducting workshops with a.o. Paavo Järvi, David Zinman, working with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Swedish Radio Symphony, Royal Scottish National, and the London Sinfonietta.

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