Interviews and portraits

Meet the people behind the music – musicians in conversation about the profession and the music they play.

Genre: Interviews and portraits

Mankind and Music, episode 1

“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

Genre: Interviews and portraits

Mankind and Music, episode 2

“My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.” (Clara Schumann)

Genre: Interviews and portraits

Mankind and Music, episode 3

“A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.” (Nadia Boulanger)

Genre: Interviews and portraits

Mankind and Music, episode 4

“There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.” (Pythagoras)

Genre: Interviews and portraits

Mankind and Music, episode 5

“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” (Gustav Mahler)

Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Interviews and portraits

In conversation with Ryan Bancroft

Get to know Chief Conductor Ryan Bancroft.

Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Interviews and portraits

Oramo & Sibelius

Sakari Oramo’s last concerts as chief conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra were an in-depth journey through the musical landscape of Jean Sibelius. A finale now turned into a documentary.

Genre: For the younger, Interviews and portraits

El Sistema meets Emilia Hoving

How do you become a conductor? Kids from El Sistema Södertälje ask questions – and get answers from conductor Emilia Hoving.