University of Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
The core of the orchestra consists of students at the two-year international master's programme in symphonic orchestra performance at the Academy of Music and Drama. The education is unique in its kind and is managed in collaboration with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Göteborg Opera. The orchestra projects are done in collaboration with students from the bachelor's degree in classical music. Sometimes students from other music academies are invited to participate in and complement the orchestra.
Each academic year, the University of Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra performs eight orchestra productions. Internationally renowned conductors and soloists are engaged to these performances. Recently, Anja Bihlmaier, Patrik Ringborg and Karen Kaminski have visited the orchestra. Among the soloists are Christian Zacharias, piano, Amalie Stalheim, cello, and Isabelle van Keulen, violin, who was part of the Artist in Residence Programme.
Every year, the orchestra also collaborates with the opera programme at the Academy of Music and Drama. The University of Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra is an ambassador for the University of Gothenburg, which supports the concert and tour activities.
Project 1
16-20 September 2024 (no concert)
Sectional rehearsals with teachers
Tutti rehearsals with Alex Frank-Gemmill
- Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
- Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Project 2: Beethoven's Fifth
14-18 October 2024
Concert on Friday 18 October
Conductor: Magdalena Pawlisz
Soloist: Reetta Hakala, flöjt
- Helena Munktell: Bränningar
- André Jolivet: Flute Concerto
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
Doctoral Conferment at Svenska Mässan
25 October 2024 (rehearsals 22 and 23 October)
Conductor: Lars Kvensler
Project 3: New World / Old World
11-16 November 2024
Concerts on Friday 15 November and Saturday 16 November
Conductor: Vince Mendoza
A joint project between the Master's programme in Symphonic Orchestra Performance, the improvisation programmes and the Bohuslän Big Band together with the world-renowned composer and arranger Vince Mendoza.
Project 4: Menotti x 2 "The Old Maid and the Thief & The Medium
25 November - 14 December 2024
Performances: 6, 9, 10, 13 and 14 December (Public dress rehearsal: 5 Dec)
Conductor: Simon Crawford-Phillips
Soloists: Students from the opera programmes
- Gian Carlo Menotti: The Old Maid and the Thief
- Gian Carlo Menotti: The Medium
Project 5
3-7 February 2025
Concert on Friday 7 February
Conductor: Fredrik Burstedt
- Einojuhani Rautavaara: Requiem in Our Time
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40
- Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945)
Project 6
25 February - 1 March 2025
Concert on Saturday 1 March
Conductor: Jurjen Hempel
Solist: Raquel Hernández Olmo, flöjt
- Richard Strauss: Don Juan
- Carl Nielsen: Flute Concerto
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony)
Project 7
7-11 April 2025
Concert on Friday 11 April
Conductor: Lars Kvensler
- Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
- Georges Bizet: L'Arlésienne Sutie No. 1
- Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
- Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Project 8
19-23 May 2025
Concert on Friday 23 May
Conductor: Simon Crawford-Phillips
- Imogen Holst: Persephone Overture
- Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Orchestra Project 1
18–22 September 2023
Conductor Thursday – Friday: Finn Rosengren
Monday – Wednesday: Sectional rehearsals
Thursday: Classical Concertos with orchestra
Friday: Symphony No. 6 (Antonín Dvořák)
Orchestra Project 2
9–13 October 2023
Conductor: Simon Crawford-Phillips
Soloist: Elisabeth Nilsson, cello
- Felix Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (overture)
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
- Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Orchestra Project 3
13–17 November 2023
Conductor: Daniela Musca
Soloists: Beatrice Vanzo, Sara Granfors, piano
Sally Sallingboe Jørgensen, mezzo-soprano
- Gioacchino Rossini: The Thieving Magpie (overture)
- Emilie Mayer: Faust-Ouverture, Op.46
- Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
- Manuel de Falla: El sombrero de tres picos
Opera Project
27 November – 17 December 2023
Conductor: Finn Rosengren
Soloists: Students from the BA programme in opera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte
String Orchestra Project
29 January – 2 February 2024
Conductor: Simon Crawford-Phillips
Soloist: Daniel Huertas-Pavón, oboe
- Anna Clyne - Stride
- J.S.Bach - Concerto in f-minor BWV 1056
- Tchaikovsky - Serenade
Orchestra Project 5
5–9 February 2024
Conductor: Gudrun Dahlkvist
- Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz (overture)
- Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
- Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
Orchestra Project 6
4–6 March 2024
Conductor and soloist: Christian Zacharias
- Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring (1945)
- Schumann: Concert Piece op. 92 - Introduction and appassionato
- Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Orchestra Project 7
22–27 April 2024
Conductor: Henrik Schaefer
Soloist: Ann-Kristin Jones, mezzo-soprano
- Agathe Backer Grøndahl: 4 songs op. 5
- Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder
- Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Orchestra Project 8
Calendar weeks 21 & 22, 2024.
With Svenska Balettakademien
Conductor: Lars Kvensler
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (entire ballet)
