Rasmus Hella Mikkelsen

Assistant Conductor

Rasmus’ position as Assistant Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra will include
his debut with the orchestra in the autumn of 2025, as well as several performances
throughout the season. He will also make his debut with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, the
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Opera and the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra in 2025
– 2026. Rasmus has previously been engaged as assistant conductor a number of times,
including with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. He
has performed at the Bergen International Festival on several occasions, most recently in May
2025 at this year’s festival.

Rasmus is currently a participant in Talent Norway’s Dirigentforum, the elite programme of
Dirigentløftet. Through this initiative, he has the opportunity to conduct orchestras such as the
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Trondheim
Symphony Orchestra, in masterclasses with prominent international conductors, such as
Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Sakari Oramo. He has also participated in several masterclasses with
Jorma Panula.

Rasmus has received his conducting education through various programmes at the Barratt
Due Institute of Music, where he studied under the mentorship of Alf Årdal and Eivind
Aadland. He has a Bachelor of Music Performance from the Barratt Due Institute of Music,
where he studied with Stephan Barratt-Due, and a Master of Music Performance from the
Norwegian Academy of Music, where he studied with professor Elise Båtnes, concertmaster
of the Oslo Philharmonic. From 2022 to 2024, Rasmus held an internship with the Oslo
Philharmonic as a violinist.

Originally from Bergen, Rasmus began playing the violin at Bergen Kulturskole, and later
continued his studies at Langhaugen Upper Secondary School, with Per Gisle Haagenrud as
his teacher. He was also a violinist in the Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.

Photo: Nikolaj Lund