Photo: Mats Lundqvist
The RSPO Orchestra Academy and the Sibelius Academy
Musicians of the RSPO Orchestra Academy meet the Finnish percussion class.
Since 2016, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (RSPO) offers one year of training on site at Konserthuset Stockholm. The RSPO Orchestra Academy aims to give participating musicians heightened knowledge and understanding of the profession by giving them the possibility to work with – and alongside – one of Europe’s leading symphony orchestras.
The young musicians receive individual tuition on their instrument by tutors that are predominantly leaders and principals of the orchestra. In addition, extensive chamber music playing is a vital part of the course. In this case, percussion of the RSPO Orchestra Academy in collaboration with percussion students of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
Read more about RSPO Orchestra Academy
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This production is supported by the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation
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The music
Approximate times -
Tim Ferchen Mallet Quartet15 min
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Karl-Birger Blomdahl Dance Suite No. 2 for clarinet, cello and percussion8 min
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Luiz Antônio/Djalma Ferreira Recado, version for two mallets arr Max Leth5 min
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Intermission25 min
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Lou Harrison Concerto No. 1 for flute and percussion8 min
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Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic Meccanito from Trio per Uno6 min
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Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic Contemplativo from Trio per Uno8 min
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Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic Molto energico from Trio per Uno5 min
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Jason Treuting Thank you ( ___ )6 min
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Participants
- Astrid Lagg flute
- Urska Zupan clarinet
- Hillevi Rasmusson Klingberg cello
- Atte Karhinen percussion
- Sampo Kuusisto percussion
- Daniel Kåse percussion
- Touko Leinonen percussion
- Andreas Nyström percussion
- Eero Tekoniemi percussion
- Tiia Toivanen percussion