Niklas Willén

Niklas Willén (1961 - ) is a Swedish conductor. He was born in Stockholm and studied conducting and composition there at the Royal College of Music. His conducting teachers were Professors Jorma Panula and Kjell Ingebretsen and his composition tutors were Ingvar Karkoff and Daniel Börtz.

Niklas Willén has served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Chief Conductor of the Sundsvall Chamber Orchestra in Sweden and of the Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester in Denmark. Willén has worked with major orchestras and opera houses in Scandinavia, the rest of Europe and the USA. He has recorded for a number of labels including Naxos, BIS and Hyperion. He has 4 children, Linnéa, Julius, Hugo and Ossian.

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