Season 2026/2027

The 2026/2027 season sees the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choir joined by guest conductors and soloists in music spanning several centuries, up to the present day. The orchestra’s new Chief Conductor, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, leads them in several concerts. The Swedish soprano Malin Byström is Artist in Residence, and the theme “Roots and origins” runs as a unifying thread throughout the season. 

Season 2026/2027

The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra’s concert season opens in grand style with Principal Guest Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and the world-renowned soprano Nina Stemme. Throughout the season, a string of international star soloists appear, including soprano Barbara Hannigan and violinists Leonidas Kavakos and Alina Ibragimova. P2’s Classical Artist, violist Ami-Louise Johnsson, also features in several concerts.

The Swedish Radio Choir presents an extensive season programme featuring works by Ørjan Matre, B. Tommy Andersson’s Passio Secundum Matthaeum, and James MacMillan’s Ordo Virtutum. During the season, the choir is led by its new Chief Conductor Krista Audere, as well as former Chief Conductor Peter Dijkstra, Zoltán Pad, as well as chorus master and newly appointed Associated Choral Director and Vocal Advisor, Marc Korovitch.

Artist in Residence: Malin Byström

The season’s Artist in Residence is soprano Malin Byström, who has enjoyed a dazzling career on the international classical music scene in recent years. She appears, among other works, in Strauss’s Drei Hymnen von Friedrich Hölderlin and Marc-Anthony Turnage’s Festen, a commission by the Swedish Radio Symphony

Guest conductors and powerful musical encounters

During the season, leading conductors including Nathalie Stutzmann, Kazuki Yamada, Manfred Honeck, Anja Bihlmaier, Daniel Harding and Thomas Adès appear. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, who makes his debut as Chief Conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Baltic Sea Festival, returns a few times throughout the season.

World premieres and commissioned works

The season’s world premieres and commissioned works include Karen Tanaka’s trumpet concerto, written for Håkan Hardenberger, Mark-Anthony Turnage’s suite from Festen (co-commissioned with Malmö Live), and a new orchestral work by Matthew Peterson. To mark composer Britta Byström’s 50th birthday, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra has commissioned the work A Walk to Sibelius.

Artistic collaborations and productions for children

Award-winning Daniela Rathana has established herself as one of Sweden’s most distinctive pop artists and songwriters, known for her personal artistic expression and uncompromising live performances. Now, she makes her first appearance at Berwaldhallen, where she joins conductor and arranger Hans Ek, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and an ensemble from the Swedish Radio Choir for brand-new interpretations of her melodic and emotionally charged pop – as well as entirely new material written especially for this occasion.

With Bowie in Berlin, conductor and arranger Hans Ek returns in November together with Magnus Carlson, Moto Boy and Jennie Abrahamsson to David Bowie’s iconic Berlin Trilogy.

Berwaldhallen also offers experiences for the very youngest audiences. Throughout the year, children and families can enjoy musical activities and imaginative performances – including Humlan Djojj on an advdenture with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Radioapan also returns with a musical adventure at Berwaldhallen together with Niklas Riesbeck, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and all their friends. And when Pippi visits a real symphony orchestra in May 2027, anything can happen....

Additional artist collaborations in genre-crossing concerts will be presented throughout the season, alongside more productions for children.