Thomas Rimul

About Thomas Rimul

Thomas Rimul received his diploma in conducting from the Norwegian Academy of Music in 1998. He is artistic director for Ensemble Ernst, one of Scandinavia's leading contemporary music ensembles, chief conductor of Arktisk Sinfonietta in Tromsø, and he has established himself as a distinguished interpreter of contemporary music. With these, and with other orchestras and ensembles, he has conducted first performances of over a hundred works. The Norwegian Society of Composers honoured the conductor, together with Ensemble Ernst, with its 'Performer of the Year Award' in 2011.

Rimul has conducted most of Norway's major orchestras and regularly accepts invitations from professional bands and other institutions associated with Norwegian musical life. He has recorded with Ensemble Ernst, Bodø Sinfonietta, and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, and received Spellemannprisen (Norway's Grammy) for 2017 together with Ensemble Ernst. Rimul has taught at the Norwegian Academy of Music and in 2017 completed a two-year fellowship at the University of Stavanger. Through his involvement in the project 'Transposisjon' he has on a number of occasions conducted Vietnam's national symphony orchestra and taught Vietnamese conductors.