After completing his studies at the Royal Music School in Stockholm, Olof Boman was able to establish himself as one of Sweden’s most prolific and interesting conductors. He has enthusiastically devoted himself to the music of the 18th century and is well versed in crossing the divisions separating the genres of ancient and contemporary music.
Olof Boman has conducted many of Sweden’s best-known orchestras, including the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, and the Norrlands Operan Orchestra. He made his Berlin orchestral debut with the Konzerthausorchester, Berlin in 2010 and has also worked closely with the Kammerakademie Potsdam. His work with internationally renowned choirs such as the Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericsson Chamber Choir, RIAS Chamber Choir in Berlin and Vocalconsort Berlin has also helped him establish his reputation as a specialist for vocal music, landing him regular invitations as an opera conductor. He was the musical director for numerous opera productions, including the Vadstena Akademien, where he has had a long-standing partnership. In spring 2011 he entered as chief conductor of the Danish National Vocal Ensemble, DR (Danish Radio) VokalEnsemblet.
His passionate interest for 18th century music took him to studying harpsichord as well as focus on historical performance practice of Baroque and Classical music. This lead to working together with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin at the Köthen Bach Festival in 2006, where he stepped in for René Jacobs, as well as performances with the Akademie at the Glogerfestsspillene, Norway. In June 2009 Olof Boman directed Haydn’s marionette opera Philemon and Baucis at the Music Festival at Potsdam Sanssouci also with the Akademie.
The season 2011/12 also includes a large number of concerts in Scandinavia and Germany as well as several opera productions; such as Semele by Georg Friedrich Handel in Hannover (KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen), staged by Ludger Engels and with costumes made by the fashion creator Vivienne Westwood, Calandro by Giovanni Alberto Ristori at Musikfestspiele Sanssouci in Potsdam but also a unknown opera by Gaetano Donizetti at the Vadstena Akademy, Sweden.
As the artistic director of the Glogerfestspillene in Kongsberg, Norway, together with Isa Gericke, Olof is well known for coming up with unusually unique program ideas. |
