Patrik Ringborg
Swedish conductor
Patrik Ringborg (born 1 November 1965) is a Swedish conductor, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
Career
Born in Stockholm, as a student Ringborg attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. After studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and with Kurt Bendix, Ringborg was a répétiteur at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm from 1989 to 1993, also assisting the music director and conducting performances in the Royal Opera House. He also assisted the music directors at the Semperoper in Dresden (1988) and at the Canadian Opera Company (1992).
From 1993 to 1999, Ringborg worked as staff conductor with the Freiburg Opera, where his position in 1997 was elevated to deputy music director. From 1997 to 2003, he conducted at the Aalto Theatre in Essen, where in 1999 he was appointed principal conductor. After Ringborg's first year in Essen, critics named him the "season's best conductor" together with John Fiore and Essen's music director Stefan Soltesz. Ringborg made his debut at the Gothenburg Opera in 1998 with Tannhäuser, and later was named its principal guest conductor. There he also conducted the much acclaimed world premiere of Notorious by Hans Gefors in 2015. He also was the artistic director of the German Kurt Weill Festival 2000.
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