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The Swedish Radio Choir meets the Swedish Youth Choir

Since 2011, the Children’s and Youth Choir Association, UNGiKÖR, has run the national youth choir, the Swedish Youth Choir, which consists of young, ambitious choir singers from all over the country. Choir members meet and rehearse a few times each year and perform in Sweden as well as on international tours. The choirmaster changes, which promotes the ensemble’s vocal and artistic development. This concert is being conducted by Erik Westberg, one of the most prominent choirmasters and educators in the country.


SWEDISH RADIO CHOIR dot 2018/2019
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32 professional choristers make up the Swedish Radio Choir: a unique, dynamic instrument hailed by music-lovers and critics all over the world. The Swedish Radio Choir performs at Berwaldhallen, concert hall of the Swedish Radio, as well as on tours all over the country and the world. Also, they are heard regularly by millions of listeners on Swedish Radio P2, Berwaldhallen Play and globally through the EBU.

The award-winning Latvian conductor Kaspars Putniņš was appointed Chief Conductor of the Swedish Radio Choir in 2020. Since January 2019, its choirmaster is French orchestral and choral conductor Marc Korovitch, with responsibility for the choir’s vocal development.

The Swedish Radio Choir was founded in 1925, the same year as Sweden’s inaugural radio broadcasts, and gave its first concert in May that year. Multiple acclaimed and award-winning albums can be found in the choir’s record catalogue. Late 2023 saw the release of Kaspars Putniņš first album with the choir: Robert Schumann’s Missa sacra, recorded with organist Johan Hammarström.

Programme

Approximate timings

The programme and the other participants will be announced at a later date.