Winner of the 2021 Neeme Järvi Prize, Swedish conductor Andreas Patrik Hansson held the position of assistant conductor with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester in Switzerland during the season of 2022-23. Andreas is also establishing himself within the field of 19th-century performance practice, bringing a fresh historically informed approach to the romantic symphonic repertoire. He has a keen interest in contemporary performance and has premiered several contemporary works. Most recently the Jazz Concerto for Violin, Jazz trio and Chamber Orchestra by Gàbor Barta together with the Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne. In December 2020 he premiered and recorded the chamber orchestra version of Martijn Padding’s Unequal Parts with pianist Rutger Janssen as soloist. In 2023, Andreas van Tol made his official debut with Die Zauberflöte together with Opera2Day on their tour spanning the entire Netherlands.

Andreas has previously worked as assistant conductor with both the Norwegian Radio Orchestra on Hänsel und Gretel and the Residentie Orkest on Die Fledermaus, and, in the spring of 2022, assisted a production of The Apocalypse together with Opera2Day and The Netherlands Bach Society. He was also chosen as a conducting fellow at Bergen National Opera’s festival Opera By The Fjord in the summer of 2021.

In April 2022 Andreas van Tol made his debut with Philharmonie Südwestfalen to great reviews. The fall season also saw his debut, in October, and return, in November, with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. In November he was also chosen as the first assistant conductor of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, starting from January 2023. Additionally in November, he was reinvited for the third time for concerts with the Norwegian Army Band. In December 2022 he was invited to the coveted masterclass with maestro Riccardo Muti on Verdi’s Requiem.

As a symphonic conductor, Andreas has considerable professional experience, having conducted concerts with a range of professional orchestras. 2018 saw him conducting concerts with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, and Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra. 2019 brought another project with Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, as well as concerts with the Nordic Chamber Orchestra and a tour with the aforementioned Norwegian Army Band. In 2021 he was reinvited for another tour with the Norwegian Army Band as well as debuted with the Residentie Orkest in The Hague, Netherlands.