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Giacomo Puccini, Turandot
Christian Øland, conductor
Magdeburgische Philharmonie
Peter Tschaikowsky, The Nutcracker Op. 71
Copenhagen Phil
Peter Bo Bendixen, choreography
Königin Margrethe, technical, staging
Danish Philharmonic Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven, Egmont Ouverture Op. 84
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Georg Philipp Telemann, Hamburger Ebb und Flut
Carl Nielsen, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Overture “The Hebrides”, Op. 26
Claude Debussy, La Mer
Thomas Kapun, flute
Philip Glass, Symphony No.4 "Heroes based on music of Eno and Bowie"
Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 Op. 95
Ballett Theater Magdeburg, ballet
Jörg Mannes, choreography
Gabriel Fauré, Requiem op. 48
Peter Maxwell Davies, Eight Songs for a Mad King
Béla Bartók, Bluebeard's Castle
Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème
Sarah Nemtsov, Tikkun
Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61
Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Roman Simovic, violin
John Williams, Star Wars Suite for Orchestra
Gustav Holst, The Planets, Op. 32
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Sinfonieorchester
With a commanding and distinctive musical voice, the 31-year-old Danish conductor Christian Øland moves with great ease between different styles, genres, and periods. His repertoire ranges from Haydn and Beethoven to Mahler, Strauss, and Bruckner, Nordic classics such as Nielsen and Sibelius, and 20th-century works by Poulenc and Martinů, to world premieres of new compositions. Debuts and return engagements have taken him to leading orchestras including the Oslo Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Royal Swedish Orchestra, Royal Danish Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
As Chief Conductor of the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra and General Music Director of the Magdeburg Philharmonic and Theater Magdeburg, Christian Øland is conducting a wide range of major symphonic programmes in the 2026/27 season. Highlights include Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 in Magdeburg and Holst’s The Planets with the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra. With the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, he will conduct Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 as well as Respighi’s Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome at the opening of the season in Tivoli, while with the Odense Symphony Orchestra he will perform Nielsen’s Symphony No. 5. This season also sees him working with soloists including Christian Tetzlaff and Denis Kozhukhin. Further highlights include a concert with the Magdeburg Philharmonic at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and the revival of the acclaimed production of The Nutcracker at Tivoli Copenhagen with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. At Theater Magdeburg, he will conduct a double bill pairing Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King with Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, alongside a new production of Puccini’s La bohème and a revival of Turandot.
Christian Øland has also established himself as a conductor of dance and music theatre productions. In the 2024/25 season, he conducted Poul Schierbeck’s opera Fête Galante at Danish National Opera, the work’s first complete performance since the 1960s. In 2023, he led the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra in the world premiere of Leaning Tree, a commission by Danish Dance Theatre with music by Signe Lykke. The production was subsequently nominated for the prestigious Reumert Award, Denmark’s national theatre prize. Other notable productions include Mats Ek’s acclaimed choreography Julia and Romeo with the Royal Swedish Ballet, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker with the Royal Danish Ballet and The World of John Neumeier with Hamburg Ballet. With the Helsinki Sinfonietta, he conducted Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and in 2024 he conducted Bizet’s Carmen at Theater Magdeburg. Following three concerts with the Magdeburg Philharmonic, he was unanimously elected General Music Director by the orchestra’s members.
Born in 1994, Christian Øland studied piano and bassoon before, at the age of 18, being admitted to the conducting class at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. His teachers and mentors included Atso Almila, Hannu Lintu, Leif Segerstam, Jorma Panula, Herbert Blomstedt and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Just one year later, he became Hannu Lintu’s assistant at the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he soon went on to conduct concerts of his own. In 2016, Christian Øland received the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Talent Award
2026/27 season
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“Øland clearly brought out the dynamic and modern aspects of the work. Under his flexible baton, the orchestra responded with a cohesive, precise string sound and warm, virtuosic wind parts.”
Concerti, Susanne Bánhidai, 6 October 2026
"In the concert it was clear that Øland is a versatile musician, embracing Mozart's gallantry, the temperament of Carl Nielsen as well as advanced Finnish music from the turn of the millennium."
Kristeligt Dagblad
“The new GMD Christian Øland and his Magdeburg Philharmonic throw themselves into the French musical idiom with all their might. Øland is able to make the shimmering sadness of Massenets score appear in the lightness of the music, while also impressing the listener through the lively, rather dance-like passages.”
Concerti, Joachim Lange, 4 May 2026
Carl Nielsen: Violinkonzert
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Violin: Vera Panitch
Edvard Grieg: In the Hall of the Montain King (Peer Gynt)
Conductor: Christian Øland
Danish National Symphony Orchestra