Magnus Loddgard

Magnus Loddgard, born 1979, studied piano with Sigurd Slåttebrekk and conducting with Ole Kristian Ruud at the Norwegian Academy of Music, and conducting with Lutz Köhler at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. Loddgard is an exceptionally versatile artist, and has worked within many genres as pianist, repetiteur, vocal coach and conductor, and he is also director of “Fjøsfestivalen”, an art festival in his native Melhus, outside Trondheim. Loddgard has focused his piano career on the contemporary music scene. He…

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Magnus Loddgard, born 1979, studied piano with Sigurd Slåttebrekk and conducting with Ole Kristian Ruud at the Norwegian Academy of Music, and conducting with Lutz Köhler at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. Loddgard is an exceptionally versatile artist, and has worked within many genres as pianist, repetiteur, vocal coach and conductor, and he is also director of “Fjøsfestivalen”, an art festival in his native Melhus, outside Trondheim. Loddgard has focused his piano career on the contemporary music scene. He has held solo recital and been soloist with Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra and Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, he has premiered many pieces, and he is the pianist of Ensemble Ernst. He is also active in chamber music and as an accompanist. He has conducted most of the symphony orchestras in Norway, but also works often with smaller ensembles. He is the conductor of ensemble neon in Oslo, and has also repeatedly worked with Oslo Sinfonietta, Ensemble Ernst and Bodø Sinfonietta. But mostly his career has been within opera. He was a repetiteur at the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet for seven years, where he has conducted several productions, both opera and ballet. Loddgard’s opera repertoire spans from Monteverdi to contemporary opera, and he has conducted premieres of several operas.

Feb. 2013