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Cellist and conductor

Hjörtur Páll Eggertsson

An Icelandic cellist and conductor. He took his master's degree at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with Morten Zeuthen and Toke Møldrup, and then studied conducting at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. He plays in the chamber ensemble Elja and has appeared at chamber music festivals across Europe. He was chosen for the Danish National Symphony Orchestra's Malko conducting academy from 2020 to 2022, and has since taken part in Dirigentløftet, a Danish scheme for young conductors. He first played with the Iceland Symphony as a cellist in 2019, having won its competition for young soloists, and has been in the orchestra's conducting academy since 2023.

Hjörtur Páll Eggertsson conducting with an arm extended and a baton in his hand.

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