Joseph Swensen - conductor
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Joseph Swensen currently holds the posts of Principal Guest Conductor & Artistic Adviser of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Conductor Emeritus of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and Founder and Artistic Director of Unity Hills Arts Centers International (U-HAC). He has also served as Principal Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (1996-2005) and the Malmö Opera (2005-2011).
Unity Hills Arts Centers International, known as U-HAC, is a non-profit aid charity is dedicated to providing the arts to deprived and disaster hit areas across the world in a similar way that UNICEF provides food and Médecins Sans Frontičres provides medicine. U-HAC'S home base, located in rural Vermont USA, is a unique combination of school for the arts, retreat centre, artists colony and arts festival.
Swensen is often described as a 'musician's musician' and is known for his communicative music-making and passion. He is a regular guest-conductor with orchestras throughout the world including the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Netherlands Symphony, Malmö Symphony, London Mozart Players and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestras. Swensen is a committed musician, who also composes, teaches and plays chamber music. He combines a capacity for reflective thought and philosophy with seemingly boundless energy.
