Girl Crazy with Barbara Hannigan in Gothenburg

By Ronja Persson, 07 October 2019

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“the orchestra painted a mythological landscape around Hannigan’s silvery soprano”

Bachtrack, 24th February

Setting texts by Nobel prize winning author Han Kang, this new work by British composer Laura Bowler for soprano and large orchestra is an emotionally charged exploration of mourning and longing.

Barbara Hannigan and Herbie Hancock honoured with Polar Music Prizes

Bachtrack, 18th March

Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan and US jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock, together with British rock band Queen, join an illustrious list group of musicians to win the Swedish prizes.

Sensuality and modern music: Barbara Hannigan

Lawrence Dunn, 6th December

Barbara Hannigan talks about her relationship with Boulez, on singing Pli selon pli, and returning to the London Symphony Orchestra to conduct two programmes this season.

New organ in Gothenburg inaugurated with concerto premiere

Morwenna Campbell-Smith, 5th November

Poseidon, the new organ concerto by B. Tommy Andersson, marks the celebrations to welcome the Rieger Orgelbau instrument to the Gothenburg Concert Hall.

Ronja Persson

Born in a small town in the south of Sweden, Ronja Persson is now based in Gothenburg where she is studying towards a Bachelor of classical performance at the Academy of Music and Drama. The piano has been her steady companion for most of her life, but since attending her first concert with a symphony orchestra in her teens, those experiences have become an indispensable part of her life too.