For several seasons, Gustavo Gimeno has been chief conductor of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra; he has also guest-conducted ensembles including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He will now appear with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra with soloist Lisa Larsson, a soprano whose flexible voice spans an uncommonly broad repertoire. She has sung on stages such as La Scala and the Royal Opera House in London, and with conductors including Claudio Abbado and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Ich denke Dein... from 2014, by Rolf Martinsson, was the result of a close collaboration between the composer and Lisa Larsson. The piece consists of poems by Goethe, Eichendorff and Rilke set to music, with the common theme of love. These texts, according to Martinsson, are already filled with music. In the orchestra, the vibraphone, harp, piano and celesta play especially important roles.

Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 is a sunny orchestral work with ringing bells and occasionally rustic string sections. Mahler wrote to a friend that he had many ideas for beautiful titles for the movements, but because he did not want the critics to misunderstand him, he kept them to himself. For the scherzo, however, we have a clue from his wife Alma, who wrote that while Gustav was composing the movement, he was enchanted by Arnold Böcklin’s self-portrait, in which death plays the fiddle in the artist’s ear.

Formed in 1997, the Kungsbacka Piano Trio has gained an enviable reputation as one of the most outstanding ensembles of its kind. The trio now performs at our Grünewald Hall in an exciting programme entirely dedicated to the music of Robert and Clara Schumann: solo pieces (piano), duos and trios.

Having established its credentials early on by winning First Prize in the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, they went on to join the Young Concert Artists’ Trust, the BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists’ scheme, and became "Rising Stars" with the European Concert Halls Organisation, performing at venues including New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Konzerthaus in Vienna.

For several seasons, Gustavo Gimeno has been chief conductor of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra; he has also guest-conducted ensembles including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He will now appear with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra with soloist Lisa Larsson, a soprano whose flexible voice spans an uncommonly broad repertoire. She has sung on stages such as La Scala and the Royal Opera House in London, and with conductors including Claudio Abbado and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Ich denke Dein... from 2014, by Rolf Martinsson, was the result of a close collaboration between the composer and Lisa Larsson. The piece consists of poems by Goethe, Eichendorff and Rilke set to music, with the common theme of love. These texts, according to Martinsson, are already filled with music. In the orchestra, the vibraphone, harp, piano and celesta play especially important roles.

Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 is a sunny orchestral work with ringing bells and occasionally rustic string sections. Mahler wrote to a friend that he had many ideas for beautiful titles for the movements, but because he did not want the critics to misunderstand him, he kept them to himself. For the scherzo, however, we have a clue from his wife Alma, who wrote that while Gustav was composing the movement, he was enchanted by Arnold Böcklin’s self-portrait, in which death plays the fiddle in the artist’s ear.

Peter Asplund – trumpet player, vocalist, composer and more – in a tribute to Jerome Kern (1885–1945). With Songwriters’ Guide, a series of portraits of top songwriters begins, all of which are presented by Peter Asplund’s trio Aspiration, with Hans Andersson on bass and Johan Löfcrantz Ramsey on drums. Each portrait concert also features two guests: a vocalist and an instrumentalist.

This time, Aspiration will welcome Rigmor Gustafsson and pianist Lars Jansson in a tribute to Jerome Kern, whose oeuvre includes 700 songs and the music to tons of Broadway shows and Hollywood movies. Kern’s trove of songs is its very own Great American Songbook. Enjoy titles such as All the Things You Are, Smoke Gets Into Your Eyes and Ol’ Man River, songs that have been performed by all the great singers in a majestic musical legacy. An especially successful collaboration emerged with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II.

The Songwriters’ Guide vignette is only partly about role models and sources of inspiration for musicians and songwriters; these concert portraits with Aspiration and guests are primarily a guide for the audience to the world of legendary composers. In the future, expect portraits of Irvin Berlin, Cole Porter and more!