As a symphonic conductor, Marit Strindlund regularly appears with orchestras such as the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, NorrlandsOperan Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, and Wermland Opera Sinfonietta, amongst others. Together with Artistic Director Melika Mellouani, she has also curated Opera Showroom—a festival of contemporary and experimental opera.

She has worked with renowned chamber ensembles such as the Spectra Ensemble, B’Rock Orchestra, I Solisti del Vento, KammarensembleN, and Gageego.

Previously, Marit has conducted numerous opera productions in Belgium, the U.K., and Norway, including a very successful Pelléas et Mélisande in a co-production for Muziektheater Transparant in Antwerp, Bergen National Opera, and Flemish National Opera; the acclaimed Songs of Wars I Have Seen for Muziektheater Transparant and Operadagen Rotterdam; La rondine at the Peacock Theatre and Sadler’s Wells Theatre, The Turn of the Screw and Hänsel und Gretel for Opera Garden in Aberdeen, and La bohème and The Magic Flute at Wermland Opera.

For several seasons, Marit has worked as cover conductor at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden for various ballet productions.

Her strong interest in contemporary music has led her to conduct many premieres of new symphonic works and chamber operas by Swedish, British, and Belgian composers. She has initiated and conducted a Nordic concert series of contemporary music called Inversion. The Swedish national television broadcaster, SVT, made a documentary about the series and broadcast one of its concerts.

Marit has appeared many times together with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Swedish Radio Choir in concerts broadcast on SR PS, a Swedish national radio channel.

Marit was appointed by the Swedish Minister for Culture as a member of the artistic board of the national Swedish Performing Arts Agency.

Marit studied orchestral conducting at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with Jorma Panula, and at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, specializing in opera, with Mark Elder and Mark Shanahan.