​Tobias Gjedrem Furholt has recently conducted orchestras such as the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and assisted Semyon Bychkov with the Oslo Philharmonic. Tobias is part of Talent Norges' Dirigentforum.

 

Alongside his conducting career, Tobias remains an active chamber musician and orchestral percussionist. He regularly collaborates with orchestras such as Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Modern and Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart.

 

Born in 2001, Tobias made his first appearances as a conductor at age 14 and soon became a student of Professor Bjarte Engeset. He went on to complete both his bachelor´s and master´s degrees in percussion at HMDK Stuttgart. Continuously developing his conducting skills while mainly an instrumentalist, he was selected for the Nordic Dirigentforums´ 2024/25 season and was a Conducting Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and School in 2025.

 

Tobias is currently pursuing postgraduate studies in conducting with Giordano Bellincampi and Michael Schønwandt at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen.