Nobel Prize Concert

Semyon Bychkov is one of the most respected conductors of our time. He is Chief Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, and his award-winning discography reflects fruitful collaborations with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam and the Orchestre de Paris. Now an American citizen, Bychkov was also among the first Russian-born artists to speak out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Bychkov conducts the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky – without doubt one of the most famous works in the classical repertoire. The music depicts ten paintings by artist Viktor Hartmann, and with the well-known promenade theme we are guided through the “exhibition”. We hear the lush and very colourful orchestration by Maurice Ravel.

The young Spanish violinist María Dueñas makes her eagerly awaited debut at Konserthuset Stockholm. She is one of today’s most talked-about violinists, captivating audiences with both technical brilliance and artistic depth. She performs Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Violin Concerto in e minor – one of the most beloved in the genre, known for its heavenly beauty.

The concert opens with Open Ground by Stockholm-based composer Victoria Borisova-Ollas. The work is inspired by Salman Rushdie’s novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet and poses a compelling question: how solid is the ground beneath our feet, and what happens when it suddenly begins to shake? Borisova-Ollas was the featured composer in Konserthuset’s Composer Weekend in 2013.

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The Nobel Prize Concert is an annual event of the highest international calibre, featuring the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra together with world-leading artists. The concert forms part of the official programme during Nobel Week and is a tribute to the year’s Nobel Laureates.

The concert is presented by Nobel Prize Outreach in cooperation with Konserthuset Stockholm.