Season 2025/2026

A stellar lineup of conductors

Maxim Emelyanychev joins us as Principal Guest Conductor, while our honorary conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen takes on the role of Artist in Residence. We are also thrilled to welcome several highly sought-after conductors, including Sir Antonio Pappano, Polar Prize winner Barbara Hannigan, Nathalie Stutzmann, Eun Sun Kim, the legendary Herbert Blomstedt, Susanna Mälkki, and Thomas Adès, among others.

This season feels particularly exciting. For the first time in 18 years, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra will be without a chief conductor. While Daniel Harding will certainly be missed, this change also brings the opportunity to forge new connections and relationships.

– Staffan Becker, Concert Hall Manager

World-class soloists

In addition to Jansen, we are fortunate to present some of the most acclaimed classical soloists of our time, such as pianists Yuja Wang, Beatrice Rana, Francesco Piemontesi, Yeol Eum Son, and Piotr Anderszewski, violinist Lisa Batiashvili, and cellist Nicolas Altstaedt. Furthermore, the orchestra's own musicians Malin Broman and Rick Stotijn will perform as soloists in a double concerto written by Sally Beamish, and cellist Aleksei Kiseliov will perform Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme with the orchestra, conducted by Colombian Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

Mirrors & Reflections

The theme of this concert season, Mirrors & Reflections, invites you to explore the past, present, and future through music. The theme highlights how composers, both historically and today, have been inspired by artistic expressions and other composers.

I found it an interesting starting point, how composers are inspired and influenced by the past, and thought it would be exciting to develop that idea for an entire season.

– Matthieu Lescure, the orchestra's program director

The Swedish Radio Choir's Jubilee

The Swedish Radio Choir's 100th anniversary will be celebrated with a grand jubilee concert at Berwaldhallen and an extensive tour in Japan. In the spring of 2026, the choir will perform three beloved requiems by Fauré, Mozart, and Brahms. Additionally, collaborations with Västerås Sinfonietta and Dalasinfoniettan are planned.

The repertoire should include various types of works from most eras. This is partly for the audience, to showcase the breadth, and partly for the choir. The anniversary year features both favorites from the past, important milestones, and the yet unknown, in premieres.

– Helene Stureborg, Program Director of the Swedish Radio Choir

Children's concerts and popular programmes

There will be several concerts for children during the season, including Niklas and Radioapan and the popular Singalong concerts, as well as exciting surprises to be announced at the end of May. Sveriges Radio programs such as På minuten and Melodikrysset will be recorded live with an audience at Berwaldhallen, and of course, new productions of the immensely popular so-called 'crossover concerts', where pop musicians meet the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, are planned. The artists will be revealed soon, but you can already buy tickets for Disco Inferno, Radiojazzgruppen, and Nils Landgren Christmas with my friends.

The important thing when the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra meets pop music artists is that the musical encounters are exciting and of high quality. The orchestra should find it interesting, and of course, the guest artists as well. We have fantastic, attentive conductors who are skilled arrangers and truly utilise the orchestra's capabilities and strengths.

– Gerd Björnung, Program Director for Events