About
Anton Holmer is a Swedish conductor working regularly with leading orchestras in Sweden and across Europe. He is known for his natural leadership, close engagement with the score, as well as a precise and collaborative approach in rehearsal.
Recent and upcoming highlights include debuts with the Gulbenkian Orchestra and the Belgian National Orchestra. Holmer maintains a close relationship with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, where he will return twice during the 2025–2026 season.
He has previously appeared with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Royal Swedish Opera, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and Orchestre National de Metz.
In recent years, Holmer has been working closely with his compatriot and legendary conductor Herbert Blomstedt, an experience that has had a lasting influence on his approach to conducting.
He has a deep interest in questions of style and performance practice, and is passionate about integrating these ideas into his work with modern symphony orchestras – particularly in late eighteenth-century repertoire, where his interpretations have been widely praised.
From 2021 to 2023, he served as the Assistant Conductor of the Orchestre National de Lyon, conducting a wide range of repertoire.
Holmer studied conducting at the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart with Prof. Per Borin. He further developed his skills through masterclasses with Bernard Haitink and Jorma Panula. Before focusing on conducting, he studied organ, piano, and choral conducting at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon. He also holds a master’s degree in organ performance from the Musikhochschule Stuttgart.
He is a recipient of several scholarships from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, including the Crusell Scholarship, and was a semi-finalist in the Nicolai Malko Competition and the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition.
Holmer speaks six languages and also crafts his own conducting batons.
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Gulbenkian Symphony Orchestra
Grand Auditorium C. Gulbenkian
May 17th, 2026
Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite n°1
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre
Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Tchaikovsky – Suite from Swan Lake, Op.20a
Tickets – Sold out
Gulbenkian Symphony Orchestra
Grand Auditorium C. Gulbenkian
May 16th, 2026
Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite n°1
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre
Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Tchaikovsky – Suite from Swan Lake, Op.20a
Tickets – Sold out
Dalasinfoniettan, Sweden
Mora Kyrka, Mora
February 7th, 2026
Schubert – Italian Ouverture in D
Schubert – Orchestrated songs
(soloist, Arvid Eriksson – baritone)
Schubert – Symphony n°3
Tickets
Dalasinfoniettan, Sweden
Kulturhuset, Falun
February 6th, 2026
Schubert – Italian Ouverture in D
Schubert – Orchestrated songs
(soloist, Arvid Eriksson – baritone)
Schubert – Symphony n°3
Tickets
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Konserthuset Stockholm
October 29th, 2025
Tebogo Monnakgotla – The Robin
Mozart – Violin Concerto n°5
(soloist, Arabella Steinbacher)
Schubert – Symphony n°6
Tickets – Sold out
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Konserthuset Stockholm
October 30th, 2025
Tebogo Monnakgotla – The Robin
Schubert – Symphony n°6
Tickets
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Stockholm City Hall, Nobel Prize Banquet Hall
August 17th, 2025
Elfrida Andrée – Andante quasi recitativo
Poulenc – Organ Concerto
(soloist, Mattias Wager)
Grieg – Holberg Suite
Orchestre National de Metz
Arsenal de Metz
July 5th, 2025
Kodaly – Galanta Dances
Massenet – Ballet music from “Le Cid”
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Malmö Sommarscen
June 14th, 2025
Beethoven – Coriolan Overture
Mendelssohn – Suite from Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mozart – Don Giovanni Overture
Brahms – Serenade n°2
Tchaikovsky – Symphony n°5 – Finale
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Pildammsparken, Malmö
June 15th, 2025
Beethoven – Coriolan Overture
Mendelssohn – Suite from Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mozart – Don Giovanni Overture
Brahms – Serenade n°2
Tchaikovsky – Symphony n°5 – Finale
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Malmö Live Konserthus
March 20th, 2025
Smetana – Má Vlast, Moldau
Tan Dun – Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra
(soloist, Johan Bridger)
Schumann – Symphony n°3 “Rhenish”
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Malmö Live Konserthus
March 22nd, 2025
Smetana – Má Vlast, Moldau
Schumann – Symphony n°3 “Rhenish”
Orchestre Royal Philharmonique de Liège
Salle Philharmonique, Liège
January 22nd, 2025
Haydn – Symphony n°45 “Farewell”, 4. Presto
Mozart – Symphony n°36 “Linz”, 4. Finale
Schoenberg – Suite for string orchestra, 5. Gigue
Moussorgsky – Tableaux d’une exposition, excerpts
Lehar – Gold und Silber Walzer op.79
Orchestre Royal Philharmonique de Liège
Salle Philharmonique, Liège
January 23rd, 2025
Haydn – Symphony n°45 “Farewell”, 4. Presto
Mozart – Symphony n°36 “Linz”, 4. Finale
Schoenberg – Suite for string orchestra, 5. Gigue
Moussorgsky – Tableaux d’une exposition, excerpts
Lehar – Gold und Silber Walzer op.79
Royal Swedish Army Orchestra
Gripsholm Castle Theater
September 20th, 2024
Mozart – Gran Partita
Royal Swedish Army Orchestra
Edsbergskyrkan, Sweden
September 19th, 2024
Mozart – Gran Partita
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra
Royal Opera, Stockholm
August 23rd, 2024
Schreker – Kammersymphonie
Mahler – Rückert-lieder
(soloist, Jens Persson Hertzman – baritone)
Mahler – Adagietto, from Symphony n°5
Orchestre National de Lyon
Auditorium-Orchestre National de Lyon
April 16th, 2024
Dvořák – The Noon Witch
Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye (suite)
Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain (version Rimsky-Korsakov)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Konserthuset Stockholm
April 5th, 2024
Debussy – Prélude à l’après-midi d’un Faune
Dutilleux – Tout un monde lointain
(soloist, Victor Julien-Laferrière)
Valborg Aulin – Tableaux Parisiens
Ravel – Bolero
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Konserthuset Stockholm
April 4th, 2024
Debussy – Prélude à l’après-midi d’un Faune
Dutilleux – Tout un monde lointain
(soloist, Victor Julien-Laferrière)
Valborg Aulin – Tableaux Parisiens
Ravel – Bolero
Uppsala Chamber Orchestra
Uppsala Konserthus
March 14th, 2024
Andrea Tarodi – Paradise Birds I
Martinů – Sinfonietta “La Jolla”
Beethoven – Triple concerto
Västerås Sinfonietta
Västerås Konserthus
February 1st, 2024
Benjamin Staern – Wave movements
Mozart – Piano Concerto n°22 K.482
Schubert – Symphony n°6 in C-major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Johannebergskyrkan, Göteborg
August 23rd, 2023
Karl-Birger Blomdahl – Adagio
Saint-Saëns – Rondo Capriccioso
Dvořák – Symphony n°8
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Göteborgs Konserthus
August 24th, 2023
Karl-Birger Blomdahl – Adagio
Saint-Saëns – Rondo Capriccioso
Dvořák – Symphony n°8
Press
“With both singers and orchestra, Anton Holmer succeeds to continuously fuel the dramatic intensity of the score”
Der Neue Merker
“It is exquisite when Anton Holmer takes care of the finesse in Bolero. He impresses greately at the Stockholm Concert Hall, and the audience gives him and the Philharmonic standing ovations”.
Dagens Nyheter
“Equally well-balanced, clear and sensual is Claude Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, in Holmer’s interpretation”
Dagens Nyheter
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