Øyvind Bjorå held from 2014 to 2016 the postion of Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of one of the ensembles of the Arctic Philharmonic – the Sinfonietta in Bodø. He conducted an extensive repertoire with this flexible ensemble, ranging from new music with the sinfonietta to opera and ballet performances with the symphony orchestra. In May 2015 and October 2016 he conducted a highly successful production of the opera “Mozart and Salieri” by Rimsky-Korsakov.
After he finished conducting studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music with professor Ole Kristian Ruud, he has had a rising career as a conductor. He has conducted Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the symphony orchestras in Trondheim, Stavanger and Kristiansand, the Arctic Philharmonic, the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and the Military Bands in Oslo and Trondheim.
In December 2015 Bjorå made his debut at the Norwegian National Opera, conducting three performances of Mozart’s Magic Flute, and in September 2017 he was asked to conduct five performances of this opera.
Crescendi Artists management collaborates with Øyvind Bjorå. https://www.crescendiartists.com/portfolio/oeyvind-bjoraa/
Bjorå is a well-known Concertmaster (see Violinist). After a concert in Carnegie Hall where he led Bartok’s Divertimento for strings with Risør Festival Strings, the New York Times wrote: “…I cannot recall a more persuasive account, conducted or otherwise.”
Conductor Calender
2024
December 13th-15th: Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra
January 27th: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony no. 7
https://harmonien.no/program/2024/1/den-magiske-7-symfonien/
January/February: The Opera in Kristiansund
Edvard Fliflet Bræin: Den Stundesløse, opera in three acts
https://oik.no/arrangement/den-stundeslose-2/
2023
October 21st – 22nd: Marinemusikken
Midgard-competition concert
September 9th: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Soloist: Sandra Lied Haga
Tchaikovsky: Rococco Variations
Beethoven: Symphony no. 5
https://www.tso.no/program/konserter/beethoven-tsjajkovskij-steinkjer
May 8th – 15th: Jönköping Sinfonietta
Stravinsky: Firebird
https://www.smot.se/eldfageln-skola/
February 16th – 18th: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
«LYDO»
https://sso.no/konsert/lydo-familiekonsert-puls-og-rytme/
2022
December 15th – 16th: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Christmas Concerts
https://sso.no/konsert/julekonsert-med-marita-solberg-og-stavanger-symfonikor/
November 25th – 26th: Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
https://arktiskfilharmoni.no/events/notteknekkeren-2022/
October 5th-8th: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
«Tottori» Film concerts
https://sso.no/konsert/filmkonsert-tottori-sommeren-vi-var-alene
June 2nd: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
«Den norske sangskatten»
Nidarosdomens Jentekor
https://www.tso.no/program/konserter/den-norske-sangskatten
April 29th: The Opera in Kristiansund, sinfonietta
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Soloists: Astrid Nordstad and David Danholt
January 7th– 10th: Marinemusikken (Cancelled, Covid-19)
New Years Concerts
2021
December 10th-12th: Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra
Adam: Giselle
https://arktiskfilharmoni.no/events/giselle/
October 19th-21st: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra “The Magic 7. Symphony”
Beethoven: Symphony no. 7
https://www.tso.no/program/konserter/familiekonsert-den-magiske-7-symfonien
September 24th: Barratt-Due Symphony Orchestra
Bartok: Divertimento
Stravinsky: Symphonies for winds
Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1, “Classical”
September 16th-19th: Opera in Kristiansund, sinfonietta
Festspel i Geiranger
September 1st-3rd: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
recording session, film music
July 23rd: Gran Canaria Philharmonic (Cancelled, Covid-19)
Soloist: Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet
Bach: Brandenburg concerto no. 2
Grieg: Holberg Suite
Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4, “Italian”
May 8th-12th: Copenhagen Phil
“Klassisk fra start”
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Sigurd Barrett: “Verdens beste instrument”
https://www.copenhagenphil.dk/koncerter/2021/5/8/16/klassisk-fra-start
April 23rd-25th: Opera in Kristiansund, sinfonietta (Cancelled, Covid-19)
February 18thand 19th: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony no. 7
https://www.tso.no/program/konserter/familiekonsert-den-magiske-7-symfonien-1
2020
December 9thand 10th: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Christmas Concerts
December 3rdand 4th: Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra (Cancelled, Covid-19)
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
November 7th: Opera in Kristiansund, sinfonietta
July 17th: Gran Canaria Philharmonic (Cancelled, Covid-19)
Soloist: Thierry Caens, trumpet
Grieg: Holberg Suite
Arrangements of film music, for trumpet and orchestra
Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4, “Italian”
March 18th, 19thand 20th: Copenhagen Phil (Cancelled, Covid-19)
“Musik På Tværs”
Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Prokofiev
https://www.copenhagenphil.dk/koncerter/2020/3/18/10/musik-paa-tvaers
January 24th: Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra
“Viva Mozart”
Mozart: Divertimento in F-major
Mozart: Flute and Clarinet concerto
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart: Symphony no. 29
https://filharmonia.szczecin.pl/events/1208-VIVAT_MOZART
January 6th, 7th, 9thand 10th: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
New Years Concerts
https://harmonien.no/english/programme/2020/01/bergens-tidendes-new-years-concert/
2019
December 11thand 12th: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Christmas Concerts
https://www.tso.no/program/klassisk-julekonsert-4
December 6th,7thand 8th: Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty
https://www.arktiskfilharmoni.no/konserter/tornerose
September 25th: Trondheim Sinfonietta
Thoresen: Løp, lokk og linjar
https://www.kamfest.no/nb-no/program/concert/100+thoresen.html
September 13th: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Kulturnatt: Speed date med TSO
March 28thand 29th: Det Norske Blåseensemble
“Grieg – Mozart – Gounod”
http://dnbe.no/konserter/grieg-mozart-gunoud
January 28thand 29th: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Soloists: Mari Haugen Smistad og Henning Sommerro
https://www.tso.no/program/voi-voi-festival-1
2018
December 7th 8thand 9th: Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
https://www.noso.no/en/concerts/christmas-ballet
November 7th 8thand 9th: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Soloists: Eldbjørg og Ragnhild Hemsing, Einar Olav og Gjermund Larsen – violins
http://tso.no/program/symfonisk-folkemusikk
September 14th: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Kulturnatt: Speed date med TSO
http://tso.no/program/kulturnatt-speeddate-tso-på-20-minutter
June 4thand 5th: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Recording, soundtrack ”Skjelvet”, composer: Magnus Beite
2017
December 8th, 9th and 10th: Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra
Prokofiev: Cinderella
http://www.noso.no/konserter/førjulsballett
September 19th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 26th: The Norwegian National Opera
Mozart: Magic Flute
http://operaen.no/Forestillinger/tryllefloyten2/
February 11th: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
https://ofo.no/no/konserter/2017-02-11/familiedag-14-30
February/March: assistant conductor, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Verdi: Otello
http://www.tso.no/program/otello
January 31st: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
«Trygghet i symfoni», music by Gershwin, Bernstein, Mozart
http://www.tso.no/program/trygghet-i-symfoni-2
January 23rd-27th: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Patterson: Little Red Riding Hood
2016
December 19th-22nd: Arctic Philharmonic Chamber orchestra, BIS recording
Rolf Wallin: Violinconcerto Under City Skin, soloist Peter Herresthal
December 8th-12th: Arctic Philharmonic Sinfonietta, BIS recording
Eivind Buene: Miniatures for ensemble
November 16th: Oslo Camerata
Rolf Wallin: Violinconcerto Under City Skin, soloist Peter Herresthal
http://www.oslocamerata.no/konserter/tidligere-konserter/
October 20th: Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra
Opera: Rimsky-Korsakov: Mozart and Salieri
http://www.noso.no/program/mozart-salieri-1
September 17th: Oslo Camerata, Ultima festival
World Premiere of Rolf Wallin: Violinconcerto Under City Skin, soloist Peter Herresthal
http://www.ultima.no/events/oslo-camerata-og-det-norske-solistkor
March 29th – April 1st: Arctic Philharmonic Sinfonietta, Recording, Wallin and Buene
March 9th and 10th: Arctic Philharmonic Sinfonietta, «Im wunderschönen Monat Mai», soloist Tora Augestad
http://www.noso.no/program/im-wunderschönen-monat-mai
February 18th : Arctic Philharmonic Sinfonietta, Saariaho & Wagner, soloist Peter Herresthal
http://www.noso.no/program/saarihao-wagner
January 5th and 8th: The Norwegian National Opera, Mozart: Magic Flute
http://operaen.no/Forestillinger/tryllefloyten-host15/
FALL 2015
September 23rd-24th: Arctic Philharmonic Sinfonietta
Løp, lokk og linjar, Lasse Thoresen
October 15th: Arctic Philharmonic Sinfonietta
Britisk aften (Britten, Elgar, Adés)
December 10th, January 5th and 8th
The Norwegian National Opera: Mozart The Magic Flute
December 4th-17th
Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra
Ballet: Delibes Coppélia