Ragnheiður Ingunn Jóhannsdóttir

Conductor

Ragnheiður Ingunn Jóhannsdóttir completed a Master's degree in singing at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 2023 and graduated from the Malko Conducting Academy in Copenhagen in 2024, and is currently studying conducting at the Oslo Academy of Music. Known for her ability to sing and conduct simultaneously, she attracted wide attention for her performance of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire at the Opera Days festival in 2024, earning nominations for both Singer of the Year and Performer of the Year at the Icelandic Music Awards 2025. In 2023 she was named Brightest Hope at the same awards.

Ragnheiður Ingunn plays regularly as a violinist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and has conducted the orchestra in masterclasses, lunchtime concerts, and children's concerts, as well as participating in the orchestra's conducting academy under the guidance of Eva Ollikainen.