Andreas van Tol – Conductor

“Conductor Andreas van Tol accompanies the ensemble of strings and wind instruments in an exemplary manner. He gives ample space to the palette of quotations (including Verdi, in addition to those already mentioned) that make up Spyckerelle’s composition. Gradually, his score becomes increasingly personal, with a beautiful interweaving of instrumental and vocal elements.”

Theaterkrant.nl, 2025

“Furthermore, there is the excellent, sharp, and precise ensemble direction of conductor Andreas van Tol. And, as with the musically sensitive panorama of the various fragments, it is performed by a beautiful-sounding instrumental and vocal ensemble..”

Operamagazine.nl, 2025

“Unagitated and clear, [van Tol] mediates between soloists and orchestra, shapes the tutti passages, continues agogic developments with such naturalness that they initially go unnoticed. Only at the end of the concert does it become clear that he has offered two and a half hours of masterly work.”

Luzerner Zeitung, 2023

“Delightful interplay between conductor and orchestra … [van Tol] leads the musicians through the movements in a seemingly effortless manner.”

Ålandstidningen, 2023

“Speechlessly beautiful”

Westfalenpost, 2022

Swedish conductor Andreas van Tol (formerly Andreas Patrik Hansson) has established himself as one of the most promising conductors of the next generation and is working extensively across Europe. Over the past few years Andreas has debuted with orchestras such as the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Residentie Orkest, Danish Chamber Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, and many more.

Andreas has been invited to many of the worlds most prestigious competitions, including in recent years the Mahler competition, the Malko competition, the Donatella Flick competition, and the ICCR, and has received several awards, including winning the Neeme Järvi Prize in 2021, and most recently held the position of assistant conductor with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester in Switzerland during the 22-23 and 23-24 seasons. As part of this position, he had the opportunity to work with a wealth of acclaimed conductors and soloists, including their chief conductor Michael Sanderling, Charles Dutoit, Marta Argerich, and Johan Dalene. He has also been granted several concerts with the orchestra, most notably the 25th anniversary concert of the KKL concert hall.

As an opera conductor Andreas made his official debut in 2023 with Die Zauberflöte together with the Ludwig Orchestra and Opera2Day on their tour spanning the entire Netherlands. In 2025 he returned to the Netherlands for a world premiere tour of The Hidden Page by Ernst Spyckerelle with the Intercontinental Ensemble to great critical acclaim. He has furthermore worked as assistant conductor on a range of productions, including with Bergen National Opera, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, the Residentie Orkest, and Opera2Day and The Netherlands Bach Society.

Andreas completed his master studies in the Netherlands at the Dutch National Master of Orchestral Conducting (NMO) with professors Jac van Steen, Kenneth Montgomery, and Ed Spanjaard. Through the program, he enjoyed assistantships and masterclasses with major orchestras of the Netherlands and abroad, including the BBC Wales Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, the Dutch National Ballet Orchestra, and many more.

Before moving to the Netherlands, Andreas completed his bachelor in conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music for professors Ole Kristian Ruud and Sigmund Thorp. During his time in Norway, he also won the prestige filled Opptakt, Norway’s top initiative for young conductors, through which he worked with most major orchestras of the country, including Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, and Trondheim Symphony Orchestra. Furthermore, Andreas has participated in a large range of masterclasses for such esteemed teachers as Riccardo Muti, Jaap van Zweden, Neeme and Paavo Järvi, Vasily Petrenko, Joshua Weilerstein, Martyn Brabbins, Antony Hermus, Johannes Schlaefli, Nicolás Pasquet, Christian Ehwald, and Mark Stringer.

Andreas also holds the position as Artistic director of Polstjärnepriset Symphony Orchestra, one of the top youth orchestras of the Nordics, which is backed by all the major professional orchestras of Sweden, and they have performed with great success in many of Swedens most prestigious halls together.

Updated January 2026