Erika Gundesen, conductor & répétiteur
Canadian pianist and conductor Erika Gundesen is a distinguished graduate of the University of British Columbia and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. She completed an assistant conductor fellowship at the Guildhall and was subsequently a National Opera Studio and Britten Pears Young Artist, and a Scottish Opera Emerging Artist. Named as a BBC Music Rising Star in 2019, Erika now works in London as a freelance pianist and music director in musical theatre and opera, with a particular passion for contemporary and newly-written works. She is also the music director of Virtually Opera, lately featured in the Tête-a-Tête and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. Recent credits include: Broken Wings (Charing Cross Theatre), The Rhythmics (Southwark Playhouse), La princesse de Trébizonde (New Sussex Opera), Hansel and Gretel (Waterperry Opera), The Gondoliers, L’Elisir d’amore, The Magic Flute, Káťa Kabanová, Rigoletto (Scottish Opera), Seven Deadly Sins/Mahagonny (Royal Opera House), Gianni Schicchi (Random Opera), A Christmas Carol (Dominion Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (Young Actors Theatre), Queen of the Mist (Charing Cross Theatre), Come Bargain With Uncanny Things, We Sing/I Sang, The Perfect Opera (Virtually Opera), Sweeney Todd, My Fair Lady (Geoids Musical Theatre), Whistle Down the Wind, Little Shop of Horrors, RENT, Parade, Carrie, West Side Story, Oliver! (Vivo d’Arte), and Songs for a New World (Jazzhands Optional.)