Prague | ADDA·Alicante Symphony Orchestra | Rune Bergmann, Guest Conductor

Mozart, *The Magic Flute*. Overture

Mozart, Symphony No. 38 “Prague”

Sibelius, Symphony No. 1

**Rune Bergmann – Guest Conductor**

Rune Bergmann is a renowned Norwegian conductor, currently serving as Music Director of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (Canada) since the 2017/18 season, Principal Conductor of the Argovia Philharmonic (Switzerland) since 2016/17, and Music Director of the Peninsula Music Festival in Wisconsin since 2022/23. He has been Artistic Director of the Fjord Cadenza Festival in Norway since its founding in 2010. He also served as Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Szczecin Philharmonic (Poland) between the 2016/17 and 2023/24 seasons.

He has built a distinguished international career, frequently invited by major orchestras across North America, including the Baltimore, Colorado, Utah, Houston, Pacific, and Buffalo Symphonies. In Europe, he has worked with the Oslo Philharmonic, the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic, Beethovenorchester Bonn, ADDA Simfònica, Valencia Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Staatskapelle Halle, and Wrocław Philharmonic, among others. He has also conducted in Sweden, Denmark, and Lithuania.

In opera, he has led productions of *Il barbiere di Siviglia* and *La traviata* at the Norwegian National Opera, and made his US debut with Britten’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* with Yale Opera in a production directed by Claudia Solti.

Bergmann has collaborated with some of the world’s most prestigious soloists, including Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Renée Fleming, Truls Mørk, Leif Ove Andsnes, Mischa Maisky, Jeffrey Bronfman, James Ehnes, Branford Marsalis, and Anna Fedorova.

In 2018, he released his first recording with the Szczecin Philharmonic, featuring Mieczysław Karłowicz’s Symphony in E minor “Resurrection,” a work that has become central to his repertoire. He has also recorded with the Argovia Philharmonic, including Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major and Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major.

Early in his career, he was First Kapellmeister and Assistant Music Director at Augsburg Theatre, where he conducted operas such as *La traviata*, *Der fliegende Holländer*, and *Die Fledermaus*. He also served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra (Lithuania).

Bergmann studied choral and orchestral conducting with Anders Eby, Jin Wang, and Jorma Panula at the Royal College of Music in Sweden, and graduated with honors from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where he was a student of maestro Leif Segerstam.