Niklas has already conducted Swedish professional orchestras in Umeå, Västerås and Falun. He has been assistant conductor at the Royal Opera in Stockholm and currently does the same thing at Norrlandsoperan. As an advocate for new music he has premiered many pieces, including the opera Clownen Jac by up and coming Swedish composer Alfred Jimenez. In the summer of 2016 he conducted Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana at an opera festival in northern Sweden and has since then been principal conductor of the festival. In 2016 Niklas was chosen to conduct for Simon Rattle in a special masterclass as a part of the Berlin Philharmonic in Michigan.
Professional experience
• Assistant conductor at Norlandsoperan Augusti-October 2017 (Faust)
• Conductor of Höga Kusten Operafestival 2016 (Cavalleria Rusticana) and 2017 (Suor Angelica) and
Dido and Aeneas 2018.
• Assistant Conductor of University of Michigan Life Science Orchestra
• Conducting experiences with symphony orchestras, opera companies and new music groups in
Sweden, Germany, Italy and Spain and the US
• Assistant conductor at the Royal Swedish Opera (2014, Stockholm)
• Founder and artistic director of the opera festival Opera på Österbybruk
• Artistic director of award winning choirs in Stockholm
• Soloist and orchestra player on violin and viola with different orchestras in Sweden (2000-2014)
Educational background
• MM conducting, University of Michigan (prof: Kenneth Kiesler) 2015-17
• BM conducting Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Sweden 2011-2014 (Glenn Mossop)
• Guest studies conducting, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague 2013 (Tomas Koutník, Norbert
Baxa, Charles Olivieri-Munroe)
• Violin studies in Sweden and USA
Masterclasses
Simone Young 2018, Sir Simon Rattle 2016, Kenneth Kiesler (2013 and 2014), Jorma Panula (2013), Gian Luigi Zampieri (2014), B Tommy Andersson (2013-14), Thomas Søndergård (2014).
Festivals
• Höga Kusten Operafestival 2016, 2017, 2018
• Lyckåkammarmusikfestival2013
• Jacobs School of music summer festival 2011
• AuroraChamberMusicfestival2007-10
Important recent scholarships
• Thanks To Scandinavia, Victor Borge Music Scholarship. 2016.
• Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse 2016
• Gålöstipendiet 2016
• Thanks to Scandinavia 2016 and 2017
• University of Michigan Graduate fellowship 2015-17

• Anders Sandrews musikstipendium 2015
• Royal College of Music in Stockholm, 2009-2013
• Jacobs School of Music 2010
• Royal Swedish Academy of Music, 2002-12
• Makarna Woldrichs stipendiefond 2011
• Kempe-Carlgrenska 2013, 2014 and 2015
• Conductors Retreat at Medomak 2014
• Erasmus scholarship 2013
Choral conducting
Jerry Blackstone (2016), Mats Nilsson (2010-12)
Violin studies
Henryk Kowalsky, Marja Inkinen, Øivor Volle
Piano
Staffan Scheja
Voice
Christina Billing 2013-14, Luke Randall 2017
Language skills
Swedish – native
Russian – native
English – fluent
German – good
French – good
Italian – moderate, diction proficiency Czech – moderate