Rolf Gupta
Conductor and composer Rolf Gupta is General Music Director of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra. He has been Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Norwegian Baroque Orchestra, and was Artistic Director of MAGMA2002 Berlin.
Rolf’s repertoire extends from baroque to contemporary works. He has collaborated with composers including Berio, Lindberg, Wallin, Nørgård, and Henze whose works he has conducted with the Sharoun Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, WDR Cologne, Nationale ReisOpera and RSO Berlin.
Rolf has also worked with orchestras and ensembles including RSO Frankfurt, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, BBC Symphony, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, Gothenburg Symphony, Orchestra della Toscana, RSO Leipzig, Finnish Radio Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Klangforum Wien, Rémix, and Ensemble InterContemporain, with solists including Truls Mørk, Antje Weithaas, Jean-Guihen Queyras and Leif Ove Andsnes.
In opera, Rolf has conducted a number of world premieres including Bernard Lang’s Der Alte vom Berge at the 2007 Schwetzingen Festival and Theater Basel. Other opera productions have included La Traviata for Nationaltheater Mannheim, Die Zauberflöte for Frankfurt Opera, and Grieg’s Peer Gynt at Valery Gergiev’s White Nights Festival.
Rolf has recorded a number of CDs including Tango Ballet with Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica for Teldec, and Olav Anton Thommessen´s BullsEye with the Oslo Philharmonic for BIS.
