Eva Ollikainen

Conductor Eva Ollikainen leads the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra della Toscana. She was the first woman to serve as chief conductor of both these ensembles. Ollikainen won the Jorma Panula Conductors' Competition in 2003. In 2005, she made the first of several guest conducting appearances with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. In 2017, Ollikainen made her recording debut, appearing on the album Molly Kien: Pyramid; Song of Britomartis; Smarginatura with Sweden's Västerås Sinfonietta. That year, she was named chief conductor of the Nordic Symphony Orchestra. In 2020, Ollikainen became principal conductor of the Orchestra della Toscana, and in 2021, she ascended the podium at the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. In 2023, she made her recording debut with that group on the album Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Archora; Aiōn.