About

Hans-Otto Ehrström
Hans-Otto Ehrström is a vocal coach and pianist from the Finnish National Opera and Wiener Staatsoper.
Ehrström studied at the Sibelius Academy and the Lyon Conservatory, and he graduated with distinction as a soloist in 1998.
He has been the official accompanist at all the major Finnish singing competition, and he has performed as a soloist and chamber and recital pianist in several European countries, as well as in Russia and Japan. He has also won the Pentti Koskimies song contest together with his singing partner.
Ehrström was a repetiteur at the Finnish National Opera from 2000 to 2023 and at the Savonlinna Opera Festival since 2003. From 1998 to 2000, Ehrström worked as a repetiteur at the Zurich International Opera Studio. He has also worked as assistant conductor at the Finnish National Opera. He now works as a repetiteur at the Vienna State Opera.
Ehrström has made recordings with various ensembles for radio and television in Finland, Hungary and Croatia. He has also recorded lieder by Kuula, Schubert, Mussorgsky and Sibelius, among others.
Hans-Otto Ehrström has been attending Opera by the Fjord as a part of the faculty since 2022.