For the future and its opportunities!
My first experience of collaborating with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra felt truly electric. The chemistry was immediate, and the performance of Verdi’s Requiem left a profound impression on me. Therefore, I’m delighted to have been asked to take on the role of Chief Conductor. Together we will explore a great variety of repertoire and aim to give audiences unforgettable experiences, whilst continuing to deepen our relationship to the community. In a world where we need the expressive power of music more than ever, it is the greatest privilege to now call these brilliant musicians my colleagues.
Adam Hickox
Bakgrunn og karriere
Adam Hickox er ny sjefdirigent for Trondheim Symfoniorkester & Opera fra sesongen 2025/2026 etter å ha tatt både orkesteret og publikum med storm med Verdis Requiem under Olavsfest i 2024. «Jeg kommer aldri til å glemme den følelsen med å være en del av den konserten og kjenne på intensiteten og kraften i musikken. Det var helt enestående.» (Adressa, 22.11.2024)
Nå får vi altså gleden av å Hickox på scenen i Olavshallen framover, og nyte godt av den spesielle kjemien som oppsto mellom oss og den nye sjefdirigenten vår, og arbeide med å sammen søke nye høyder og nye horisonter med gamle mesterverk og nye stjerneskudd.
Britiske Adam Hickox er stadig mer etterspurt blant orkestre verden over, og er høyt anerkjent for sine uttrykksfulle og utmerkede tolkninger. Han har vært 1. gjestedirigent ved Glyndebourne Sinfonia siden desember 2023.
Han har en spesiell interesse for, og kompetanse innen, både opera og symfonisk musikk, og har dirigert flere av de store, som Dresdner Philharmonie, Orchestre National de Lille, Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Royal Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National, BBC Symphony samt Statsoper Hamburg, i tillegg til kritikerroste operaproduksjoner her hjemme som Candide ved Den Norske Opera & Ballett og Tosca med Opera Nord.
Hickox er utdannet ved Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, der han studerte musikk og komposisjon med Robin Holloway, og ved Royal Academy of Music, der han studerte komposisjon med Sian Edwards. Han var assisterende dirigent ved Rotterdam Philharmonisch Orkest 2019-2022, hvor han samarbeidet tett med sjefdirigent Lahav Shani.
Biography in English
British conductor Adam Hickox is praised repeatedly for his masterful and expressive interpretations and is in increasing demand across the world both on the concert platform and in the opera house. In September 2025 he takes up his position of Chief Conductor of the Trondheim Symphony, he continues his tenure as Principal Conductor of The Glyndebourne Sinfonia and he makes several major operatic and symphonic debuts.
Throughout the 25/26 season in Trondheim and elsewhere, Hickox will conduct a characteristically wide range of repertoire and will perform with soloists such as Vilde Frang, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Lawrence Power and Paul Lewis. Season highlights include his debut with the Dresden Staatskapelle, Frankfurt Radio and Hamburg Symphony orchestras, the Oslo Philharmonic in their annual televised summer concert at the Royal Palace and with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Return guest engagements include the Deutsche Symphonie Orchestra Berlin, the Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and BBC Philharmonic orchestras. In previous seasons, Hickox has conducted orchestras such as the Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Dresdner Philharmonie, Danish National Symphony, London Philharmonic and BBC Symphony, many of whom are re-inviting him in the coming seasons.
Hickox is equally committed to the opera house and in 25/26 will make his debut at Dutch National Opera conducting Weinberg’s The Passenger, a revival of the Tobias Kratzer production that received its premiere at the Bavarian State Opera (Munich) in 2024. He will also conduct Floris Visser’s production of La boheme at Glyndebourne in Autumn 2025. Recent opera productions have included Candide at Norwegian National Opera, Hänsel und Gretel at Staatsoper Hamburg, Tosca at Opera North and La Traviata as part of Glyndebourne’s Autumn season.
Hickox studied music and composition with Robin Holloway at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, and conducting with Sian Edwards at the Royal Academy of Music. He was Assistant Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic from 2019-2022 working closely with Lahav Shani, and in 2021 he was invited to Tanglewood as one of the Festival's two Conducting Fellows.
