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
3–4 SeptemberSea Music and Symphonic Dances — with Emelyanychev & Amereau
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and and the American mezzosoprano Avery Amereau invite you on a musical journey across stormy seas, through sparkling night landscapes and symphonic dances.
9–10 September100 - 420 krDark tales and dances — with Lin & Johnsson
Step 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.
Few seats remaining12 sep180 krNiklas & Radioapan – The Magical Time Machine
Join Niklas and Radioapan on a fast-paced journey through time! Together with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jonas Nydesjö, they...
17–18 September130 - 475 krLessons in love — with Benjamin, Chamayou & Hannigan
When three of the most distinctive musical voices of our time – conductor and composer George Benjamin, pianist Bertrand Chamayou and soprano Barbara Hannigan – come together, a program full of intensity, imagination and refined drama emerges.
23 september175 krThe City in the Sea — The City in the Sea – Chamber Music & Poetry at the Finish Institute
At the Finnish Institute, chamber music and poetry come together as musicians from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and actor Maria Salomaa...
25–26 September130 - 475 krHardenberger in Tanaka’s trumpet concerto — Bartok’s Dance Suite and Saint-Saëns organ concerto
A concert filled with brilliant virtuosity and symphonic splendor awaits as Emilia Hoving leads the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a program that ranges from raw folk pulse to orchestral grandeur.
Few seats remaining1-3 okt130 - 475 krLove of my life — Nils Landgren & friends
Jazz legend Nils Landgren joins musicians and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra at Berwaldhallen for an evening featuring music from the album...
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