Arnold Östman, former artistic director and conductor, has died at the age of 83

Arnold Östman was active at Ulriksdal’s palace theater as conductor and artistic director from 2007 to 2018. He conducted operas by Mozart, Monteverdi and Gluck, playing only on time-honoured instruments. The operas were performed, for the first time in modern times, by candlelight as in the 18th century.

According to Kerstin Dellert, then director of theater at Confidencen, “Arnold was as close to the musical world of the 18th century as you could get”

The choreographer and director Ulf Gadd and the court dancer Per Arthur Segerström staged his sets and they had a close collaboration.

Arnold Östman has been an important link in Confidencen’s history and we remember him with affection and warmth.