Conductors & Leaders

Ron started as one of El Sistema's violinists in his home country of Venezuela. Today, he is a household name in musical learning and travels around the world as a conductor and ambassador for El Sistema. In 2017 he was nominated for the prestigious Global Teacher Prize. Ron is the mastermind behind the Dream Orchestra project and one of Side by Side's artistic advisers. In 2020 he was awarded Göran Lagervalls pedagogstipendium by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

Birgitta is active in Gothenburg, where she manages a comprehensive choir organisation for children and youths in Härlanda Parish. In 2016 she was named Sweden's Children's and Youth Choir Leader of the year and today she is a well received guest conductor throughout the country. Birgitta helped establish El Sistema in Sweden and is one of Side by Side's artistic advisers.

Emil has in a short period of time established himself as one of the most exciting conductors of his generation. He has worked with large ensembles throughout the Nordics, like the Royal Philharmonics, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and the Nordic Chamber Orchestra. Emil has been awarded Kungliga Musikaliska Akademins Nationella Musikstipendium three years in a row. In 2015 he won the Crusell scholarship and in 2019 he was awarded one of Sweden's most prestigious music scholarships: Sixten Gemzéus stora musikstipendium.

Anders has double degrees in the recorder and a past in musical science. He has his musical home in medieval and renaissance music both as a musician and a sought-after teacher. In addition to the recorder, Anders also plays several other medieval instruments and is a member of the Medieval Ensemble Ambrosia.

Maria is a trained choir conductor and has studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the University of Vienna, and the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She is the leader of the Swedish Youth Choir (SVUK) as well as lead singer for Allmänna Sången, in addition to this she teaches the prestigious Adolf Fredrik's Music Classes in choral singing and lectures internationally. At the Vienna Competition for Young Choir Conductors, Maria was awarded the prize for "Best interpretation of a romantic work".

Ron started as one of El Sistema's violinists in his home country of Venezuela. Today, he is a household name in musical learning and travels around the world as a conductor and ambassador for El Sistema. In 2017 he was nominated for the prestigious Global Teacher Prize. Ron is the mastermind behind the Dream Orchestra project and one of Side by Side's artistic advisers. In 2020 he was awarded Göran Lagervalls pedagogstipendium by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

Birgitta is active in Gothenburg, where she manages a comprehensive choir organisation for children and youths in Härlanda Parish. In 2016 she was named Sweden's Children's and Youth Choir Leader of the year and today she is a well received guest conductor throughout the country. Birgitta helped establish El Sistema in Sweden and is one of Side by Side's artistic advisers.

Anders has double degrees in the recorder and a past in musical science. He has his musical home in medieval and renaissance music both as a musician and a sought-after teacher. In addition to the recorder, Anders also plays several other medieval instruments and is a member of the Medieval Ensemble Ambrosia.

Marjolein has a double degree in flute and wind band conducting. She grew up in the southern Netherlands where there is a big tradition in wind band music, and she has worked a lot with youth orchestras. Marjolein is a flutist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and has attended Side by Side for several years as an instructor and conductor for the older participants.

Magnus has solid experience as a music teacher, musician and music therapist in Sweden and abroad. He works with Angered School of the Arts and has been course leader at the music teacher program as well as a teacher in music didactics for lower ages at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg.

Ron started as one of El Sistema's violinists in his home country of Venezuela. Today, he is a household name in musical learning and travels around the world as a conductor and ambassador for El Sistema. In 2017 he was nominated for the prestigious Global Teacher Prize. Ron is the mastermind behind the Dream Orchestra project and one of Side by Side's artistic advisers. In 2020 he was awarded Göran Lagervalls pedagogstipendium by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music..

Birgitta is active in Gothenburg, where she manages a comprehensive choir organisation for children and youths in Härlanda Parish. In 2016 she was named Sweden's Children's and Youth Choir Leader of the year and today she is a well received guest conductor throughout the country. Birgitta helped establish El Sistema in Sweden and is one of Side by Side's artistic advisers.

Anders has double degrees in the recorder and a past in musical science. He has his musical home in medieval and renaissance music both as a musician and a sought-after teacher. In addition to the recorder, Anders also plays several other medieval instruments and is a member of the Medieval Ensemble Ambrosia.

Simon is from England and has studied in Cambridge, London, Munich, and Manchester. He lives in Gothenburg and has won several international awards with the Swedish Chamber Choir. Simon is the artistic leader and conductor for the Gothenburg Symphony Youth Orchestra VÄGUS as well as the Fall Break Choir—in addition to this, he also does opera conducting at Läckö Castle each summer.

Alexander is choirmaster of the Gothenburg Symphony Choir and the Gothenburg Symphony Vocal Ensemble. At the international Grand Prix of choral singing in May 2015 Tours, France, made Alexander Einarsson festival’s director prize in memory of Arthur Oldham and in 2018 he was named choir conductor of the year by Föreningen Sveriges Körledare.

Anja kommer från Tyskland och har på kort tid etablerat sig som en respekterad symfoni- och operadirigent i Europa. Mellan 2015-2018 var hon 1:a kappelmästare och vice musikdirektör på Kassel Stadsteater, men har även hunnit med gästinspel hos bland annat Trondheims Symfoniorkester, Folkoperan i Wien och Göteborgsoperan.

Ron is from Venezuela and one of El Sistema’s many talents. He started his career as a violinist and is now internationally active as conductor and ambassador of El Sistema. He is the artistic director of El Sistema Sweden and initiator of the attentive Dream Orchestra.. In 2017 he received the prestigious Global Teacher Prize.

Birgitta is active in Gothenburg, where she manages a comprehensive choir organisation for children and youths. She was named Sweden's children's and youth choir leader of the year in 2016. Birgitta has been involved in the establishment of El Sistema in Sweden and is an artistic advisor for Side by Side.

Hanna har en masterexamen i orkesterdirigering. Hon har varit gästdirigent för bland annat Norrköpings Symfoniorkester, Gävle Symfoniorkester och NorrlandsOperans Symfoniorkester, samt i Tyskland Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen och Philharmonische Kammerorchester Dresden.

Anders har dubbla examina i blockflöjt och en bakgrund i musikvetenskap. Han har sin musikaliska hemvist i medeltids-och renässansmusik både som musiker och som efterfrågad lärare. Anders spelar förutom blockflöjter även flera andra medeltida instrument. och är en del av Medeltidsensemblen Ambrosia.

Måns and Elvira are both singers and musicians. They work as culture school teachers with singing and rhythm for the youngest children. They like to sign many altogether and welcomes everyone to sing along with them at Side by Side this summer.
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Sten is a musician and composer, with a passion for folk and world music from different cultural backgrounds. Sten teaches folk and world music at the University of Gothenburg. Erika is musician, teacher and professional violinist. She has studied classical violin at the Conservatory of Music in Falun and at the Royal Danish Music Conservatory in Copenhagen as well as world music at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg.

Magnus har gedigen erfarenhet som musikhandledare, musiker och musikterapeut i Sverige och utomlands. Han arbetar med Angereds kulturskola, har varit kursledare på musikhandledar-utbildningen och lärare i musik-didaktik för lägre åldrar på Högskolan för scen och Musik.