SWEDISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

The Swedish Chamber Orchestra, founded in 1995, is based in the historic city of Örebro on the Black River where the Örebro Concert Hall is the orchestra’s home. From this base it gives over a hundred performances a year divided between subscription concerts and tours, national and international.

There is collaboration with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra over various composers in residencies and co-commissions. The Swedish Chamber Orchestra made critically acclaimed recordings for labels such as BIS, Hyperion, Simax and Naxos. Its earlier recording of Kraus symphonies for Naxos (8.553734) was named record of the month in Diapason and was awarded the Cannes Classical Awards prize for best recording of eighteenth-century music.

The orchestra also pursues an active rôle in contemporary music, and enjoys a long-standing collaboration with composer-conductor HK Gruber (artist-in-residence since 2006). Two projects in partnership with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra are also noteworthy: a shared composer-in-residency for Karin Rehnqvist and Sally Beamish during the years 1998–2004 and a British-Swedish composer competition. To increase its versatility the orchestra also works with the Baroque violinist and conductor Andrew Manze (artist-in-residence since 2003). The orchestra has been touring internationally since 1998, including performances at prestigious festivals and venues such as the BBC Proms in London, Lincoln Center (New York City), the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Berlin Konzerthaus. 2005 marked the orchestra’s first visit to Asia: a five-city tour of Japan.

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Role: Orchestra
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