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.

Daniela was born in Rome and is a trained orchestra conductor. She has been hired by the Belgian Chamber Philharmonic, the HR Symphony Orchestra, the Frankfurt Opera och Frankfurt Museum Orchestra. In 2017 she was a semi finalist at Georg Solti Conducting Competition in Frankfurt and her interpretation of Eugen Onegin at Staatstheater Darmstadt (2017) was awarded the prize for best musical interpretation at Hessian Theatre Days.

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".

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.

Christel is a music teacher and music therapist. She works in Partille School of the Arts with choir and orchestra for students with special needs and also teaches music in the elementary and special-aid elementary schools. She likes using images, signs and colors as teaching-aids.