Canadian pianist and conductor Erika Gundesen is a distinguished graduate of the University of British Columbia and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. She works in opera and theatre in the UK and is currently assistant musical director on the West End production Operation Mincemeat. Other recent credits include: La bohème, L’elisir d’amore (Longborough Opera), The Snowmaiden, Blond Eckbert, Tutankhamun’s Shoes (English Touring Opera), The Lehman Trilogy (National Theatre), Salome, Lohengrin, Mavra/Pierrot lunaire, Seven Deadly Sins/Mahagonny (Royal Opera House), Broken Wings (Charing Cross Theatre), La Donna del lago (Buxton Opera), Hansel and Gretel (Waterperry Opera), Parade, RENT, West Side Story (Vivo d’Arte.)