Tobias Ringborg – conductor, soloist and chamber musician – began his career as a violinist in 1994 when he won the prestigious Soloist Prize. He completed his violin studies at The Julliard School in New York. As a violin soloist, he has visited all Swedish symphony and chamber orchestras, and has performed at recitals and orchestral concerts around Europe and the United States.
In 2001 he made his debut as an opera conductor at Folkoperan, Stockholm. He made his debut the same year at the Royal Swedish Opera with La bohème, where he has since led performances of Carmen, L’elisir d’amore, Manon Lescaut, Tosca, Turandot, Jevgenij Onegin, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte, Don Carlos, Rigoletto, Fedora and Löftet/The Promise. He has also conducted a number of performances at the Göteborg Opera, Malmö Opera, Värmlandsoperan, Norrlandsoperan and Den Norske Opera in Oslo.
In 2008 he made his German debut at Oper Leipzig, in 2009 his British debut at Scottish Opera. Other engagements include Opera North, Welsh National Opera, Garsington Opera, New Zealand Opera, Wellington Opera, State Opera South Australia, Victorian Opera in Melbourne and Aalborg Opera Festival.
Tobias Ringborg has explored the symphonic repertoire with all Swedish symphony and chamber orchestras, a number of Nordic orchestras and internationally. In 2005 he made his London debut with the English Chamber Orchestra in the Barbican, both as soloist and conductor.
He has led concert performances of Sven-David Sandström's The Book of Life (world premiere) in Norrköping and Naumann’s Gustaf Wasa in Stockholm Concert Hall. From 2012 to 2015 he was Chief Conductor of the Dala Sinfonietta. On CD he has recorded operas such as Cristina Regina di Svezia by Jacopo Foroni and Helena Munktells In Firenze.
