The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra is one of Europe’s foremost and most versatile orchestras, having received numerous awards and distinctions and collaborating with many of the world’s leading composers, conductors, and soloists.
In the 2026/2027 season, the orchestra welcomes Andrés Orozco-Estrada as its new Music Director. When asked what he looks forward to most in his new role, he answers: “Being myself. The orchestra and the audience here are characterised by curiosity, and that gives me that freedom. It’s the greatest gift — to be able to make music with honesty, humour, and openness.”
The celebrated Swedish soprano Malin Byström is the season’s Artist in Residence and will appear with the orchestra on several occasions, led by Orozco‑Estrada among others. Beginning with the 2025/2026 season, Maxim Emelyanychev holds the position of Principal Guest Conductor and will return for multiple performances during the 2026/2027 season. Daniel Harding was named Honorary Conductor in spring 2025, joining Herbert Blomstedt and Esa-Pekka Salonen in holding this title. During the season, he will once again conduct the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a concert together with pianist Francesco Piemontesi.
From its home stage in Berwaldhallen, the orchestra reaches listeners across the country on the airwaves and online through Swedish Radio P2. Several concerts are also broadcast on Berwaldhallen Play, on SVT and SVT Play, and internationally through the EBU. The orchestra tours regularly throughout Europe and around the world, including concerts during the spring of 2026 at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the Musikverein in Vienna with Esa‑Pekka Salonen and pianist Yuja Wang.
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra has built a substantial and well‑regarded recording catalogue over many years. Their latest release, Johan Dalene plays Mendelssohn, Bruch and Vaughan Williams, made together with violinist Johan Dalene, has been nominated for a Swedish Grammis Award.
For over a century, the Swedish Radio Choir has helped shape the future of Swedish choral singing, inspiring ensembles around the world. Its 32 professional choristers form a unique and dynamic instrument, admired by music‑lovers and critics alike, as well as by the conductors and composers who continually explore and challenge the choir’s artistic potential.
The Swedish Radio Choir performs regularly at Berwaldhallen, the concert hall of Swedish Radio, and tours both nationally and internationally. They are also heard by millions of listeners on Swedish Radio P2, Berwaldhallen Play, and globally through the EBU.
The 2025/2026 season will be the last with Kaspars Putniņš as Chief Conductor, a position he has held since 2020. During the 2026/2027 season, the Swedish Radio Choir will be led by a number of guest conductors, including Principal Guest Conductor Krista Audere and Honorary Conductor Peter Dijkstra. Since January 2019, French orchestral and choral conductor Marc Korovitch has served as the choir’s Chorus Master, responsible for the ensemble’s vocal development.
The Swedish Radio Choir is known for its broad repertoire, ranging from European choral classics to groundbreaking new vocal music. The choir has been an essential part of Swedish Radio’s cultural output since its earliest days: founded in 1925, the same year as Sweden’s first radio broadcasts, it gave its debut concert in May that year. In 2010, the Swedish government awarded the Swedish Radio Choir its Special Prize at the Music Export Prize Awards “for putting Swedish choral music in the international spotlight for more than half a century”.
The choir’s decades‑long discography includes numerous acclaimed and award‑winning recordings. In 2025, the choir and Kaspars Putniņš released the album …a riveder le stelle, which has been nominated for a Swedish Grammis Award. The Swedish Radio Choir tours regularly in Sweden as well as internationally. To mark the choir’s centenary in 2025, it performed at several venues across Sweden as well as in Japan with conductor Herbert Blomstedt.