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Rising Stars 2025
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear tomorrow’s classical music stars today at this season’s Rising Stars festival.
Rising Stars is a unique and forward-looking collaboration between 22 of Europe’s leading concert halls, all members of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO). Young musicians and ensembles from various countries are selected each year and given the opportunity to tour the concert halls and perform before international audiences.
Konserthuset Stockholm annually welcomes these ECHO Rising Stars at its own chamber music festival of the highest calibre, with the short and sweet title of Rising Stars. Experience shows that those who are selected as Rising Stars also have internationally successful careers.
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Buy the concerts individually below, or as a package with a 50 percent discount, via the link at the top right. Tickets cannot be redeemed when purchasing a concert package.
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More about the ECHO network and its members
With support from the EU Culture Programme.
Price:
375 SEK (ord. price 750 SEK). If you wish to eat at the soup concert:: 530 SEKConcerts
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Genre: Chamber music
Benjamin Kruithof from Luxembourg performs music by Fauré and Piazzolla and more.
Friday 14 February 2025 12.15Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Genre: Chamber musicRising Stars – Soup with cello
Benjamin Kruithof from Luxembourg performs music by Fauré and Piazzolla and more.
Friday 14 February 2025 12.15
Ends approximately 13.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
With lunch 300 SEK, balcony without lunch 130 SEK. Entrance from 11.30.Tickets with soup – for those 26 and under 230 kr, students and pensioners 285 kr. Without lunch – for those 26 and under 65 kr, students and pensioners 115 kr.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2025/rising-stars-soup-with-cello/20250214-1215/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.The Luxembourg cellist Benjamin Kruithof has in recent years performed recitals on stages such as Kings Place in London, Salle Cortot in Paris, and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and has been a soloist with ensembles including the East-West Chamber Orchestra and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. It is also the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra together with Concertgebouw that has nominated Benjamin Kruithof for Rising Stars.
He performs here with the award-winning Armenian pianist Zhora Sargsyan in a personal programme with a French accent: Gabriel Fauré's beautiful and melancholic Élegie and the swiftly fluttering Papillon, and Nadia Boulanger's both decorative and spirited Three Pieces. Additionally, a tango by the Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, who studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. As a contrast, there is a completely new piece by the British composer Sally Beamish.
Rising Stars is a unique and forward-looking collaboration between 24 of Europe’s leading concert halls, all members of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO). A handful of young musicians and ensembles from various countries are selected each year and given the opportunity to tour the concert halls and perform before international audiences. Experience shows that those who are selected as Rising Stars also have internationally successful careers.
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Menu: Roasted corn soup with bell pepper oil. The soup is served with sourdough bread, crispbread, butter, mineral water/light beer, coffee/tea, and a piece of chocolate. Wine and beer available for purchase for those who wish.
All soups are lactose- and gluten-free. Please inform us of any special dietary requirements when booking.
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The music
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Nadia Boulanger Three Pieces for cello and piano7 min
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Gabriel Fauré Élégie in c minor for cello and piano7 min
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Gabriel Fauré Papillon for cello and piano3 min
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Sally Beamish New Piece10 min
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Astor Piazzolla Le Grand Tango, version for cello and piano11 min
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Participants
- Benjamin Kruithof cello
- Zhora Sargsyan piano
Friday 14 February 2025 12.15
Ends approximately 13.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
With lunch 300 SEK, balcony without lunch 130 SEK. Entrance from 11.30.Tickets with soup – for those 26 and under 230 kr, students and pensioners 285 kr. Without lunch – for those 26 and under 65 kr, students and pensioners 115 kr.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
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Genre: Chamber music
The Austrian pianist Lukas Sternath performs hyper-virtuosic music by Schubert and Liszt.
Friday 14 February 2025 19.00Photo: Thomas Rabsc
Genre: Chamber musicRising Stars with piano
The Austrian pianist Lukas Sternath performs hyper-virtuosic music by Schubert and Liszt.
Friday 14 February 2025 19.00
Ends approximately 20.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
130 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2025/rising-stars-with-piano/20250214-1900/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Pianist Lukas Sternath is on the path to a brilliant career. He has performed in renowned concert halls such as Vienna's Musikverein, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, and Tonhalle in Zurich. Sternath was a member of the famous Vienna Boys' Choir and later trained at the Conservatory in Vienna, as well as studying under Igor Levit in Germany.
Sternath eagerly tackles the hyper-virtuosic repertoire, including Franz Schubert's heroic and extremely challenging Wanderer Fantasy. Schubert himself couldn't play it well enough and is said to have remarked, "The devil can play this piece!" In addition to a newly composed piece, Sternath also takes on Franz Liszt's monumental B minor Sonata, a captivating and forward-looking work filled with drama, beauty, power, and contemplation.
Rising Stars is a unique and forward-looking collaboration between 24 of Europe’s leading concert halls, all members of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO). A handful of young musicians and ensembles from various countries are selected each year and given the opportunity to tour the concert halls and perform before international audiences. Experience shows that those who are selected as Rising Stars also have internationally successful careers.
Lukas Sternath was nominated by Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus, and Philharmonie du Luxembourg.
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The music
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Franz Schubert Fantasy in C major ’’Wandererfantasie’’ for piano23 min
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New Work
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Franz Liszt Piano Sonata in b minor30 min
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Participants
- Lukas Sternath piano
Friday 14 February 2025 19.00
Ends approximately 20.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
130 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
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Genre: Chamber music
Music by Haydn and Korngold performed by a young French string quartet.
Saturday 15 February 2025 16.00Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Genre: Chamber musicRising Stars – Quatuor Agate
Music by Haydn and Korngold performed by a young French string quartet.
Saturday 15 February 2025 16.00
Ends approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
130 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2025/rising-stars-quatuor-agate/20250215-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Rising Stars is a unique and forward-looking collaboration between 24 of Europe’s leading concert halls, all members of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO). A handful of young musicians and ensembles from various countries are selected each year and given the opportunity to tour the concert halls and perform before international audiences. Experience shows that those who are selected as Rising Stars also have internationally successful careers.
The French Quatuor Agate took their name from Brahms's incredibly beautiful second string sextet, which he dedicated to one of his great loves, Agathe von Siebold (the other being Clara Schumann). The quartet has been awarded several prizes, including for the best performance of new music at the Banff International String Quartet Competition in Canada, and the audience prize at the Verbier Festival. Their recent debut album delves deeply into Brahms, featuring all three string quartets.
On the program, they also include Joseph Haydn's quartet commonly known as "The Joke," referring to his first substitution of a minuet movement with a scherzo, Italian for a joke or jest. Between Haydn's classical quartet and Korngold's restless and energetically explosive third string quartet, Quatuor Agate presents a newly composed piece by the exciting Ukrainian singer, pianist, organist, conductor, and composer Anna Korsun.
Rising Stars is a unique and forward-looking collaboration between 24 of Europe’s leading concert halls, all members of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO). A handful of young musicians and ensembles from various countries are selected each year and given the opportunity to tour the concert halls and perform before international audiences. Experience shows that those who are selected as Rising Stars also have internationally successful careers.
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The music
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Joseph Haydn String Quartet in E flat major "The Joke" op 33:218 min
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Anna Korsun New Work11 min
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Intermission25 min
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold String Quartet No. 325 min
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Participants
- Agate Quartet
Saturday 15 February 2025 16.00
Ends approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
130 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
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Genre: Chamber music
Portuguese Carlos Ferreira with pianist Pedro Emanuel Pereira.
Sunday 16 February 2025 11.00Photo: Daniel Delang
Genre: Chamber musicRising Stars with clarinet
Portuguese Carlos Ferreira with pianist Pedro Emanuel Pereira.
Sunday 16 February 2025 11.00
Ends approximately 12.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
130 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2025/rising-stars-with-clarinet/20250216-1100/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.With phenomenal attention to both detail and musical entirety, Carlos Ferreira has positioned himself as one of the most exciting young clarinet stars. In fierce competition, he clinched the coveted soloist prize at the 2021 Mecklenburg Festival, and after serving as alternate principal clarinetist in the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, he has now been appointed as principal clarinetist in the prestigious Orchestre National de France.
Alongside Portuguese pianist and composer Pedro Emanuel Pereira, he presents a diverse programme on his Rising Stars tour, ranging from Leonard Bernstein's Sonata and Joseph Horovitz's warm-hearted and entertaining Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, to music by participating pianist Pereira and French composer Charles-Marie Widor.
Additionally, there's a brand-new piece by Chinese composer Lanqing Ding, commissioned by ECHO in collaboration with Casa da Música Porto, Fundação Gulbenkian Lisbon, and The Sage Gateshead – which also nominated Carlos Ferreira for Rising Stars.
Rising Stars is a unique and forward-looking collaboration between 24 of Europe’s leading concert halls, all members of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO). A handful of young musicians and ensembles from various countries are selected each year and given the opportunity to tour the concert halls and perform before international audiences. Experience shows that those who are selected as Rising Stars also have internationally successful careers.
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The music
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Claude Debussy Première Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano8 min
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Charles-Marie Widor Introduction and Rondo for clarinet and piano8 min
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Lanqing Ding New Work10 min
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Leonard Bernstein Sonata for clarinet and piano11 min
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Pedro Emanuel Pereira Suite Duas Igrejas for clarinet and piano17 min
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Joseph Horovitz Sonatina for clarinet and piano14 min
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Participants
- Carlos Ferreira clarinet
- Pedro Emanuel Pereira piano
Sunday 16 February 2025 11.00
Ends approximately 12.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
130 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
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