Konserthuset Stockholm

We unfortunately have to announce that the concerts Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert on June 2 & 3, 2023 are cancelled.

The concerts were originally supposed to take place in June 2020, but were moved due to the pandemic first to August 2021 and then to the current date of June 2023. During this period our original contracting party has gone bankrupt, the company that took over the rights has changed the concept to an arena performance that unfortunately cannot be performed in the Concert Hall. We have been trying to find a solution for a long time, but it has not been possible. We deeply feel sorry for this, as we know that the concerts were highly anticipated and that many customers followed through several date changes.

Tickets are refunded by the box office. Affected customers are contacted with more detailed information on how this is done.

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At last! Experience the magical music of Studio Ghibli films live at Konserthuset Stockholm, together with a selection of clips on the screen.

This concert is a tribute to the successful and close collaboration between two legendary artists: the composer Joe Hisaishi and the director Hayao Miyazaki. This magical concert experience will reach Stockholm in June – and Joe Hisaishi himself will participate on stage as both conductor and piano soloist.

Joe Hisaishi and Hayao Miyazaki has created unique cinematography together for over 30 years. Their artistic collaboration has reached world-fame through the film from the Japanese animation production house Studio Ghibli.

My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle… the list of animated masterpieces is long, and the Studio Ghibli films are beloved by audiences all over the world. Joe Hisaishi’s moving and personal music makes a powerful contribution to the character of the movies. Or, in the words of legendary Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki: “Joe Hisaishi is the only match for Miyazaki’s anime.”

The concert will include music from about ten of the most popular Ghibli movies. Under the leadership of Maestro Hisaishi, the music will be performed by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Katarina choirs and a number of vocal soloists, while sequences from the movies are projected onto a screen.

This lavish production has been a hit in Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia. In Europe, it has been presented in Paris, Lyon, Brussels and Prague. The concerts at Konserthuset Stockholm will thus be the Scandinavian premiere of the Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert – a unique opportunity for all Ghibli fans.

Age-limit from 6 years.

Konserthuset Stockholm at Hötorget is one of Sweden’s great architectural masterpieces. Created during a period of expansion in Stockholm, by the Swedish architect Ivar Tengbom, it opened in 1926. Konserthuset Stockholm was built for the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and has since the start been the dedicated venue for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony as well as many other prestigious events.

• The guided tour is held in Swedish.
• Maximum 25 persons/tour.

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Gustaf Wasa unfolds during the Danish siege of Stockholm in the early 1520s. It reaches a macabre peak at the coronation banquet of the Danish king, Christian the Tyrant, and the subsequent Stockholm Bloodbath. The Danes threaten to continue the bloodbath with women and children if Gustaf Wasa does not give up the struggle for freedom.

The music was composed by German composer Johann Gottlieb Naumann, who was summoned to Sweden when Gustav III had an idea for an opera. Court poet Johan Henric Kellgren wrote the text, following detailed sketches by Gustav III. Gustaf Wasa had its world premiere in 1786 and it was Sweden’s national opera for a long time. 

Naumann combined the best of Italian and French styles in the music. “If the elevated and magnificent aspects of French opera are joined with the melodic elements of Italian opera, this will be the most beautiful art it could be,” he wrote in a letter. The opera was a hit and was the most played Swedish opera over the years – but then fell into obscurity.

This gem is now being performed in a concert version, with vocalists who are among the best in Sweden. They include soprano Elin Rombo and Hillevi Martinpelto, tenors Michael Weinius and Joel Annmo, and baritone Karl-Magnus Fredriksson. The Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir is also participating. Tobias Ringborg conducts, and has led the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra on numerous occasions before. He often spotlights both older and newer works from the Swedish repertoire.

In collaboration with the Swedish Academy.

Cecilia Bartoli is unique. With her masterful vocal control, intensity of feeling and exciting repertoire, she has been a top international star for more than 30 years.  She offers the best of the world of opera: powerful emotion with drama and theatrical immediacy – and of course, an impressive voice. This has made her one of the best-selling classical artists of our time.

Her Konserthuset Stockholm debut was in 1998 and she performed in Scandinavia and at Konserthuset most recently in 2015, at which time a critic concluded: “Cecilia Bartoli has created her own niche, where vocal gold is extracted from the archives and used for the personal, extremely powerful and precise coloratura that is the Italian singer’s specialty.” This performance is her seventh at Konserthuset.

Joining her is her own masterful baroque ensemble, Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, which is associated with the opera in Monaco. Founded in 2016 under Cecilia Bartoli’s artistic leadership, the ensemble comprises specialised musicians on period instruments. Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco is led by its principial conductor since 2019, Italian Gianluca Capuano.

In collaboration with ICO ApS (opens in a new window)