Ludvig Nilson

"Ludvig Nilsson is principal percussionist at the Royal Swedish Opera with GMD Maestro Alan Gilbert.
“The Royal Swedish opera is a repertoire house with 12 operas and 6 ballets a season where I need a big selection of excellent instruments to create the perfect sound for each dramatic moment.""
The Royal Swedish Opera has one of the oldest orchestras in the world established in 1526.

Besides of the Royal Swedish Opera Ludvig is active in Japan and played with the Mito chamber Orchestra 2007-2009 including their Europe tour and played chamber music at the Toppan hall and the Tokyo Opera City.
Ludvig is playing with the Saito Kinen Orchestra at Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival since 2005 and played at the Carnegie hall with Maestro Seiji Ozawa in 2010 and received a Grammy Award 2016 with the Saito Kinen Orchestra.

Ludvig has also performed chamber music together with percussion soloist Mika Takehara, in Sweden, Italy and Japan.

Ludvig is sponsored by SABIAN cymbals in Canada and Pearl Drums Japan."