Anna-Maria Helsing
Conductor
Bio
Anna-Maria Helsing has gained an outstanding reputation with leading Scandinavian orchestras and opera houses with her special affinity for the sound and style of modernism and contemporary music.
Anna-Maria Helsing has been appointed as Chief Conductor of BBC Concert Orchestra for three years from 2023/24 further to her highly successful partnership with the orchestra as Principal Guest Conductor since 2020. In 2025 she has started her position as Chief Conductor of the Vaasa City Orchestra in Finland. Currently she holds the position as Artistic Director of the high-profile chamber music festival Rusk in Jakobstad, Finland.
The Swedish-Finnish conductor has conducted major Scandinavian orchestras including Finnish Radio, Swedish Radio, Gothenburg, Malmö, Nörrköping, Stavanger, Trondheim, Odense, Aalborg and Iceland Symphony, Royal Stockholm, Helsinki, Tampere and Arctic Philharmonic, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Lahti Sinfonia, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Finnish National, Royal Swedish, Gothenburg and Malmö Opera Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta and Lahti Sinfonia.
Anna-Maria Helsing gave her operatic debut at the Finnish National Opera. In addition she was in the pit of Royal Danish Opera, Folkoperan Stockholm, Icelandic Opera and Savonlinna Opera Festival etc.
Furthermore she was at the rostrum of Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra and Musikkollegium Winterthur among others. With the BBC Concert Orchestra she returned to the BBC Proms in 2025.
The 2025/26 season includes a concert with BBC Concert Orchestra at Moravian Autumn Festival Brno celebrating the 100th aniversary of former Principal Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, her debuts with South Denmark Philharmonic and Wiesbaden State Orchestra as well as the world premiere of the opera “Jordens Hjärta” by Britta Nyström with the Royal Swedish Opera in autumn 2025 among others. In 2026/27 Anna-Maria Helsing will conduct the new ballet production “Hamlet” at the Finnish National Opera featuring music by Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saëns.
Anna-Maria Helsing began her career as a violinist and completed her studies as conductor at Sibelius Academy Helsinki. In addition she has attended masterclasses with Jorma Panula, Vladimir Jurowski and John Carewe.
