Andrej Nikolaevs path in the service of music began at an early age. The violin became the obvious choice of instrument and through studies at, among others, the London Royal College, he graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm as a violin soloist.

Andrej has served as concertmaster and leader in several Swedish orchestras. As a soloist, he has played Paganini’s first violin concerto together with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Mats Rondin.

As a conductor, he has led concerts, ballet and opera performances at, among others, the Berwaldhallen, the Royal Opera House, the Royal Palace, Confidence, the Großer Saal at the Berliner Philharmoniker and at the opera house in Krajova in Romania.

An important person for Andrej was the legendary concert pianist and professor at the Royal Academy of Music, Greta Erikson. She came to his concerts and expressed her appreciation for Andrej’s way of conducting orchestras. That support means that he has Greta in grateful remembrance every time he conducts.

He has toured Europe as a conductor and collaborated with soloists such as Marianne Mörck, with the Royal Opera’s court singers such as Hillevi Martinpelto, Katarina Karnéus, Daniel Johansson and Karl-Magnus Fredriksson and together with the soprano saxophonist Anders Paulsson he has made several disc recordings.

In 2021, Andrej conducted Stockholm’s Strauss Orchestra’s exuberant New Year’s concerts for the first time, and now before the New Year’s concerts in 2023, he is back at the desk, ready to waltz with the orchestra and the audience.