Christian Øland

Christian Øland is one of the Nordic region’s most promising young conducting talents. From the 2025/26 season, Christian Øland will hold the post of Principal Conductor of the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra. The 2024/25 season includes notable reengagements with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, the Copenhagen Phil, Theater Magdeburg, and the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, Øland will debut with the Danish National Opera, conducting Poul Schierbeck’s Fête galante. In 2023/24, he conducted the Copenhagen Phil in the world premiere of Leaning Tree by Signe Lykke, nominated for the Reumert Prize for ‘Best Dance Performance’. That season also included debuts with the Gothenburg Symphony, the Helsingborg Symphony, and the Iceland Symphony. Øland has worked with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Danish Orchestra, the Royal Swedish Orchestra, the Magdeburg Philharmoniker, and more. He has conducted ballets like Mats Ek’s Juliet and Romeo, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, and The World of John Neumeier . In opera, he has led Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dreamand worked at the Savonlinna Opera Festival. Born in Denmark in 1994, Øland studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and became Assistant Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra after only one year of studies. As a bassonist he has played in the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2016, he received the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Talent Award and the Arne Hammelboe Travel Scholarship. His reputation continues to grow through new artistic collaborations.