LYKKE LI MEETS THE SWEDISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Most of us are familiar with feelings of heartbreak, longing, and loneliness but few artist can capture these emotions as un-cynical as Lykke Li. Together with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lykke Li’s world-renowned music will get a symphonic arrangement by conductor Hans Ek.
The concert will be broadcasted on Swedish Radio Friday, May 5 at 7.06 pm. The concert will also be broadcasted on Berwaldhallen Play May 26 at 7 pm.
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The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra is a multiple-award-winning ensemble renowned for its high artistic standard and stylistic breadth, as well as collaborations with the world’s finest composers, conductors, and soloists. It regularly tours all over Europe and the world and has an extensive and acclaimed recording catalogue.
Daniel Harding has been Music Director of the SRSO since 2007, and since 2019 also its Artistic Director. His tenure will last throughout the 2024/2025 season. Two of the orchestra’s former chief conductors, Herbert Blomstedt and Esa-Pekka Salonen, have since been named Conductors Laureate, and continue to perform regularly with the orchestra.
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs at Berwaldhallen, concert hall of the Swedish Radio, and is a cornerstone of Swedish public service broadcasting. Its concerts are heard weekly on the Swedish classical radio P2 and regularly on national public television SVT. Several concerts are also streamed on-demand on Berwaldhallen Play and broadcast globally through the EBU.
Since her debut with the EP Little bit in 2018, which was followed by the album Youth Novels, Lykke Li released three full-length albums in collaboration with producer Björn Yttling during the 2010’s. In 2022, the audiovisual EYEYE was release in which she, together with director Theo Lindquist, made short films for each track.
Lykke Li has worked as a songwriter for other artists, won countless national and international awards, and her music features in several European and American movies and TV-series. Lykke Li has also acted in a number of movies, including Song to song by Terrence Malik.
Approximate concert length: 1 hour 15 minuts, no intermission
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