Guide to Concerts, Classical Music and Opera in Sweden

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra members posing inside Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen

The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra pose inside De Geerhallen, the concert hall in Norrköping

Northern Lights over Abisko National Park

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra inside Stockholm Concert Hall

The colourful Stadion metro station in Stockholm

The Stockholm Early Music Festival takes place in early June every year in the Old Town

Explore Sweden: from stunning landscapes to world-class orchestras and venues, from vibrant festivals to top music competitions, there is so much to discover all around the country!

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Sofi Jeannin: conductor without borders

Martin Fröst on the soul of the clarinet

Rutbert Reisch on the Birgit Nilsson Prize

Full of natural bounce: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Nina Stemme on winning the Birgit Nilsson Prize

Leading from the front with Sakari Oramo

Watch free: the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Aho's Sieidi percussion concerto with Martin Grubinger

Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major with Alice Sara Ott

Sibelius' Finlandia with Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Watch free: the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Retrotopia with clarinettist and conductor Martin Fröst

Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique with Herbert Blomstedt

Ravel's La Valse with Nathalie Stutzmann

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StockholmLes Ballets Suedois 100 Years – a tribute

Royal Swedish Opera, May 27, 28, Jun 03, 09, 11, 12 at 19:00

Bizet, Honegger, Debussy

Roland Petit; Various; Jean-Guillaume Bart; Royal Swedish Ballet; Matthew Wood; Royal Swedish Orchestra

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Gothenburg Concert Hall, May 27, 28 at 19:30

Marsalis, Respighi

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Cristian Măcelaru; Nicola Benedetti

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Berwaldhallen, May 28, 29 at 19:00

Chopin, Dutilleux, Ravel

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste; Nikolai Lugansky

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Royal Swedish Opera, May 29 19:00, Jun 01 19:00, Jun 04 19:00, Jun 07 15:00

Puccini: La fanciulla del West

Alan Gilbert; Christof Loy; Royal Swedish Opera; Herbert Murauer; Malin Byström; Andrea Carè

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Konserthuset Stockholm: Grünewaldsalen, Fri 29 May at 12:15

Linde, Schumann

Daniel Holst; Patrik Swedrup; Stefan Lindgren

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An aquatic programme with Klaus Mäkelä and the Swedish RSO

Klaus Mäkelä © Mattias Ahlm | Swedish Radio

Aksel Tollåli, 26 Aug

Bookending a concert with Die Seejungfrau and La Mer, Klaus Mäkelä and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra offered two very different musical depictions of water and the ocean.

****1

Aksel Tollåli, 25 Aug

In an unusually convincing concert performance, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Finnish National Opera emphasised the lyrical aspects of Wagner's Das Rheingold.

*****

Aksel Tollåli, 24 Aug

Opening Stockholm’s Baltic Sea Festival, professionals and amateurs came together for a joyous and ultimately hopeful performance of Benjamin Britten’s story of Noah’s Ark.

*****