Ingar Bergby is one of Norway's leading conductors, with many achievements within classical music, opera, contemporary and crossover music. He has distinguished himself as an artist with the power to shape ideas and with great dedication to his work.

Ingar Heine Bergby was born on 4 February 1964 in Sarpsborg, where his musical family brought him into the corps movement. He is a trained clarinetist with professor Richard Kjelstrup at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Later, Bergby studied orchestra conducting with Professor Karsten Andersen at the same place, and at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula. He took a diploma in orchestra conducting in 1991.

Contemporary music

Opera and ballet

Orchestral music

Crossover

Positions

2015 - 2020: chief conductor of the Norwegian Navy Music Corps

2009 – 2010: Norwegian profile conductor in the Broadcasting Orchestra (KORK), and regular engagements from 1993

2008 - 2014: chief conductor of the Royal Norwegian Marines Music Corps

2003 - 2006: 1st guest conductor for Det Norske Blåseenseble

2003 - 2008: permanent guest conductor for the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra with responsibility for Norwegian and Nordic repertoire

1999 - 2005: chief conductor of the Värmland Opera and the Värmland Sinfonietta

1991 - 2003: chief conductor of the Bit20 ensemble and Opera Vest (now Bergen National Opera - BNO)

From 1994 - dd: Engagements as guest conductor at all the Norwegian symphony orchestras, the Norwegian Opera and Ballet, leading Nordic symphony orchestras such as Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and in orchestras in Iceland, Germany and the Czech Republic.

Awards