Maxim Emelyanychev – principal guest conductor
Maxim Emelyanychev has been Chief Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra since 2019, with a contract until 2028, and Chief Conductor of the baroque orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro since 2013. In the 2025/2026 season, Emelyanychev will also take on the role of Principal Guest Conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
During the 2024/2025 season, Emelyanychev made his debut with the Dresdner Philharmonie, Münchner Philharmoniker, Tokyo Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France Symphony Orchestra, and gave a concert in Salzburg with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He has also guest-conducted the Orchestra dell’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Emelyanychev's opera engagements include Mozart's The Magic Flute and Handel's Agrippina at the Royal Opera House in London, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, and Handel's Rinaldo with Jakub Józef Orliński in the title role at the Glyndebourne Festival. He has been invited several times to perform at the BBC Proms and the Edinburgh International Festival.
Maxim Emelyanychev was educated in conducting and piano in his hometown of Nizhny Novgorod and later attended Gennady Rozhdestvensky's conducting class at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He has received several prestigious awards, including the Young Talent Award from the Critics’ Circle and the International Opera Award in the Newcomer category. He received the 2025 Herbert von Karajan Award at the Salzburg Easter Festival.
Upcoming Concerts with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
4–5 June 2026Mälkki & Altstaedt interprets SalonenThe sixth and final part of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Artist-in-Residence also concludes the 2025/2026 season at the Swedish Radio Concert Hall, Berwaldhallen.Read more
21 August350 - 650 krRythm and ritualThe Baltic Sea Festival 2026 opens with premieres and pulse! Andres Orozco-Estrada debuts as Chief Conductor, Hillborg’s Hell Mountain has its Swedish premiere, and Molly Kien’s new work receives its world premiere. Soprano Malin Byström sparkles in Alma Mahler’s songs before the evening culminates in Stravinsky’s iconic The Rite of Spring.Read more & tickets
22 augusti180 krWho will save Alfie Atkins?Alfie sits alone in the apartment where he lives and feels lonely. He has moved to a new place and doesn’t know any of the other children there. Sometimes his imaginary friend Malcolm appears, and when they play together, Alfons always gets to decide — like being the train driver when they play trains. The problem is that Mållgan never shows up when he is really needed, like when the “big boys” chase Alfons and spray his jacket with water pistols. A performance about friendship, based on Alfie Atkins, the beloved children’s book character created by Gunilla Bergström.Read more & tickets
27 August275 krBerwald’s septet and Dvořák’s Serenade for StringsMusicians from the Czech Philharmonic and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra meet in the Queen Silvia Concert Hall to perform chamber music by Franz Berwald and Antonín Dvořák.Read more & tickets
Few seats remaining29 August350 - 650 krFate & guiltThe Baltic Sea Festival’s grand finale invites you to an evening of drama and rich sonorities. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra together with soprano Aphrodite Patoulidou, baritone Peter Mattei, and saxophonist Asya Fateyeva. A closing night where contemporary sound meets Nordic legend in a powerful musical encounter.Read more & tickets
3–4 September170 - 560 krSea Music and Symphonic DancesThe Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and legendary soprano Nina Stemme invite you on a musical journey across stormy seas, through sparkling night landscapes and symphonic dances.Read more & tickets
9–10 September100 - 420 krDark tales and dancesStep into a world of dark tales, mystery and dancing rhythms as the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and viola soloist, also this season's P2 Classical Artist, Ami-Louise Johnsson are led by Taiwanese conductor Yi-Chen Lin.Read more & tickets
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