A world-renowned orchestra
Photo: Yanan Li
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is very much present in today’s music life.
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1902 and Konserthuset Stockholm has been its home since 1926. The orchestra gives around 100 concerts annually and participates in the festivities associated with the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony.
Among guest conductors, we find at the core the orchestra’s Conductor Laureates Alan Gilbert and Sakari Oramo along with Franz Welser-Möst – all three working with the orchestra on a regular basis. Welser-Möst holds the title of Eric Ericson Honorary Chair with the orchestra. Further guest conductors include notable names such as Andris Nelsons, Herbert Blomstedt, Simone Young and Gianandrea Noseda.
Noted for its ambitious programming, composer festivals with contemporary music and pioneering work on a more gender balanced repertoire, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is very much present in today’s music life. It has made itself an international name through extensive touring. The German newspaper Die Welt once concluded that the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic is “one of the world’s best orchestras”.
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra’s Chief Conductor Designate is the prize-winning American Ryan Bancroft, beginning his tenure with the 2023/24 season. Before him, Finnish Sakari Oramo was Chief Conductor from 2008 to 2021. He concluded his tenure with a grand Sibelius festival in May 2021 (still online on Konserthuset Play), and was subsequently named Conductor Laureate.
The orchestra has also received considerable attention for several recordings; among them Carl Nielsen’s symphonies with Sakari Oramo which were critically acclaimed internationally; the recordings of Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 received a BBC Music Magazine Award 2016. The CD Sirens, with music by Anders Hillborg, won a 2016 Swedish Grammy Award, and the CD Distant Light, with the world-renowned American soprano Renée Fleming, attracted much attention.
Konserthuset Play is the orchestra’s online platform. Launched in 2013 it offers a large selection of filmed performances with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, available for free streaming anywhere in the world.
”The Konserthuset Play platform offers a digital showcase of the orchestra’s recent outings at home ... an invigorating reminder of what a truly world-class band this is ...” Flora Willson/The Guardian (20 April 2020)
Concerts with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
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Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Laureate Sakari Oramo leads the orchestra and Johan Dalene is violin soloist in Nielsen.
Thursday 21 March 2024 18.00Johan Dalene. Photo: Mats Bäcker
Sakari Oramo. Photo: Nadja Sjöström
Members from the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Photo: Yanan Li
Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic OrchestraSibelius’ seventh symphony
Conductor Laureate Sakari Oramo leads the orchestra and Johan Dalene is violin soloist in Nielsen.
Thursday 21 March 2024 18.00
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:
145-450 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planThe link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2024/sibelius-seventh-symphony/20240321-1900/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.The young violinist Johan Dalene (born 2000) took home first prize at the prestigious Carl Nielsen International Competition in 2019. Dalene and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra recently released an album of Sibelius’ and Nielsen’s violin concertos. He was then named Young Artist of the Year by the leading magazine Gramophone, and the cd was also awarded a Swedish Grammy.
At this concert, we hear him in Nielsen’s Violin Concerto, a dazzling, virtuosic masterpiece! It is highly evident that Nielsen was a violinist in this temperamental concerto, in which he truly takes advantage of the incredible power and expressive possibilities of the violin.
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is led by Sakari Oramo, who was the orchestra’s chief conductor and artistic director from 2008–21. His final concert as chief conductor was an in-depth journey through the musical landscape of Jean Sibelius.
At this concert, we have yet another opportunity to hear Sakari Oramo interpret Sibelius’ dense and colourful Symphony No. 7. This takes place almost to the day 100 years after the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra premiered the work with Sibelius himself as the conductor (on March 24, 1924).
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The music
Approximate times -
Carl Nielsen Violin Concerto34 min
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Intermission25 min
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Maurice Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales16 min
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Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 720 min
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Participants
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sakari Oramo conductor
- Johan Dalene violin
Thursday 21 March 2024 18.00
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:
145-450 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planOther occasions
Ends approximately 17.00
Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
145-450 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
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Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Laureate Sakari Oramo leads the orchestra and Johan Dalene is violin soloist in Nielsen.
Saturday 23 March 2024 15.00Johan Dalene. Photo: Mats Bäcker
Sakari Oramo. Photo: Nadja Sjöström
Members from the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Photo: Yanan Li
Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic OrchestraSibelius’ seventh symphony
Conductor Laureate Sakari Oramo leads the orchestra and Johan Dalene is violin soloist in Nielsen.
Saturday 23 March 2024 15.00
Ends approximately 17.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
145-450 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planThe link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2024/sibelius-seventh-symphony/20240323-1500/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.The young violinist Johan Dalene (born 2000) took home first prize at the prestigious Carl Nielsen International Competition in 2019. Dalene and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra recently released an album of Sibelius’ and Nielsen’s violin concertos. He was then named Young Artist of the Year by the leading magazine Gramophone, and the cd was also awarded a Swedish Grammy.
At this concert, we hear him in Nielsen’s Violin Concerto, a dazzling, virtuosic masterpiece! It is highly evident that Nielsen was a violinist in this temperamental concerto, in which he truly takes advantage of the incredible power and expressive possibilities of the violin.
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is led by Sakari Oramo, who was the orchestra’s chief conductor and artistic director from 2008–21. His final concert as chief conductor was an in-depth journey through the musical landscape of Jean Sibelius.
At this concert, we have yet another opportunity to hear Sakari Oramo interpret Sibelius’ dense and colourful Symphony No. 7. This takes place almost to the day 100 years after the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra premiered the work with Sibelius himself as the conductor (on March 24, 1924).
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The music
Approximate times -
Carl Nielsen Violin Concerto34 min
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Intermission25 min
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Maurice Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales16 min
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Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 720 min
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Participants
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sakari Oramo conductor
- Johan Dalene violin
Saturday 23 March 2024 15.00
Ends approximately 17.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
145-450 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planOther occasions
Ends approximately 20.00
Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
145-450 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
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Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Latvian Aivis Greters leads the orchestra in Beethoven’s symphonic milestone.
Wednesday 27 March 2024 18.00Aivis Greters
Members from the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Photo: Mats Lundqvist
Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic OrchestraThe Eroica Symphony
Latvian Aivis Greters leads the orchestra in Beethoven’s symphonic milestone.
Wednesday 27 March 2024 18.00
Ends approximately 19.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
130-370 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planThe link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2024/beethoven-symphony-no.-3-eroica/20240327-1800/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, nicknamed “Eroica” – Heroic – is a large, fascinating listening adventure. The surprises come one after the next: Beethoven developed the opening theme in a way that had never been done before.
The symphony was originally composed in honour of Napoleon Bonaparte, but when Napoleon declared himself emperor, Beethoven is said to have proclaimed: “Now he will also trample all human rights underfoot and only promote his own interests; he will put himself before others and be a tyrant!”
Beethoven was a friend of France and his antipathy for Napoleon evidently lessened later on. In a biography on the French emperor, Beethoven said, “Before, I couldn’t stand him. I now have a completely different perception.”
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is led by Latvian Aivis Greters, who is assistant conductor at GöteborgsOperan and Orchestre de Paris. The concert opens with Unsuk Chin’s subito con forza – a brief and colourful celebration of Beethoven, written for the Beethoven year 2020. South Korean Unsuk Chin was at the centre of Konserthuset’s international Composer Festival in 2013.
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The music
Approximate times -
Unsuk Chin subito con forza5 min
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Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"49 min
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Participants
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Aivis Greters conductor
Wednesday 27 March 2024 18.00
Ends approximately 19.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Price:
130-370 SEK50% discount for those 26 and under. 10% discount for students, pensioners and the unemployed. 15% discount for subscribers.The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
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