Swedish National Orchestra Academy
The core of the orchestra consists of students at the two-year international master's program 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 Swedish National Orchestra Academy performs eight orchestra productions. Internationally renowned conductors and soloists are engaged to these performances. Recently, Simon Crawford-Phillips, Jurjen Hempel, Vince Mendoza, and Daniela Musca have visited the orchestra. Among the soloists are Christian Zacharias, piano, Amalie Stalheim, cello, and Isabelle van Keulen, violin. Vince Mendoza also is part of the Artist in Residence Program.
Every year, the orchestra also collaborates with the opera program at the Academy of Music and Drama. The Swedish National Orchestra Academy is an ambassador for the University of Gothenburg, which supports the concert and tour activities.
Until 2026, the orchestra used the name University of Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra for its concerts and public performances.
Orchestra projects 2026 - 2027
Project 1
9-15 September 2026 (no concert)
Sectional rehearsals with teachers
Tutti rehearsals with Simon Crawford-Phillips
- Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Project 2
28 September - 3 October 2026
Concerts on 1 & 2 October at Konstnärliga
Conductor: Simon Crawford-Phillips
Concert on 3 October at Växjö Konserthus
Conductor: Alec Frank-Gemmill
Soloist: Per Tengstrand, piano
- Grażyna Bacewicz: Overture for Orchestra
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
- Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Doctoral Conferment at Svenska Mässan
20-23 October 2026
Conductor: Marjolein Vermeeren
- Joseph Haydn: Menuetto from Symphony No. 101
- Anna Clyne: Restless Oceans
- Georg Friedrich Händel: La Réjouissance from Music for the Royal Fireworks
Project 3
2-6 November and 14-15 November 2026
Concert on 6 November at Konserthuset, Göteborg
Conductor: Cathrine Winnes
Concert on 15 November at Kulturhuset Najaden, Halmstad
Conductor: Simon Crawford-Phillips
- Viking Dahl: Interlude Dance and Finale Scene from Maison de
Fous - Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt (selection from Suites 1 and 2)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Project 4: Opera
23 November - 13 December 2026
Performances: 5, 7, 8, 11, 13 December
Soloists: Students from the opera programs
- Paul Hindemith: The Long Christmas Dinner
- Richard Strauss: Act 1 from Ariadne auf Naxos
Note: This is a provisional proposal and some pieces may change.
