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British conductor Adam Hickox has been named the new Chief Conductor of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra.

Starting in 2025-26 season, Hickox will be responsible for planning and directing symphonic productions and contributing to overall strategic planning. Earlier this year Hickox visited the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, where he conducted Verdi’s “Requiem.”

Since graduating from the Royal Academy of Music in 2019, Hickox has made debuts with orchestras across Europe including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestre de Paris and Gävle Symphony Orchestra. Hickox has conducted “Tosca” with Opera North, a new production of “Hansel and Gretel” at the Royal Scottish Conservatoire, and “Candide” at the Norwegian National Opera, among others. He was Assistant Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic from 2019-2022. In 2021 he was invited to Tanglewood as one of the Festival’s two Conducting Fellows.​

Director of Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Opera Anne Kathrine Slungård expressed the company’s excited by saying, “We look forward to this new and exciting chapter with Adam Hickox as our Chief Conductor.” Slungård continued, “Under our current Chief Conductor Han-Na Chang, the orchestra has experienced strong artistic growth, and we are confident that Hickox will continue to develop and strengthen this direction, says.”

The conductor’s packed 2024-25 season will features both opera and symphonic performances. Notably, Hickox is scheduled to return to Glyndebourne as Principal Conductor of the Glyndebourne Sinfonia to conduct opera productions, as well as concert performances.