Conductor Joachim Gustafsson is active in both opera and orchestral music around Scandinavia and beyond. Gustafsson co-founded the Zorn Trio in 1985 and made his debut recording in that group in 1996 on the album The Zorn Trio Plays Mats Johansson. From 1994 to 2004, he was concertmaster of the Gothenburg Opera Orchestra in Sweden. In both opera and orchestral music, Gustafsson has championed contemporary works. At the Jyski Opera in Aarhus, Denmark, he conducted the opera The Picture of Dorian Gray by Thome Agerfeldt Olesen. As a violinist and conductor, he has given the premieres of some 200 works. Gustafsson first appeared as a guest conductor with Colombia's Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogotá in 2011. In 2021, he was named the orchestra's artistic director. Gustafsson's recording debut with the orchestra came in 2023 on an album of works by composer August Nenna.