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.

Dirigenten Maxim Emelyanchev läser noter på sin iPad och gör sig beredd att gå in på scenen i Berwaldhallen
Emelyanychev gets ready to walk on stage to conduct the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Photo: Mattias Ahlm/Sveriges Radio.

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.

Upcoming Concerts with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

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    30 April
    130 - 475 kr

    Schumann's Spring Symphony

    Nature takes center stage when Magnus Fryklund leads the Swedish Radio Choir and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a romantic spring program imbued with the transformative power of poetry.
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    7, 8 & 10 May
    130 - 475 kr

    Carmina Burana

    Carl Orff’s iconic cantata Carmina Burana with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Choir and soloists Karolina Bengtsson, Tobias Westman, and David Risberg conducted by Yi-Chen Lin.
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  • Few seats remaining
    9 May
    130 - 475 kr

    Carmina Burana & Emmy Lindström’s Rösaring

    Carl Orff’s iconic cantata Carmina Burana and world premiere for Emmy Lindström’s Rösaring – Concert for Orchestra.
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  • 14–15 May
    100 - 420 kr

    Daniel Handsworth in Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto

    Daniel Handsworth in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s bassoon concert in B-flat major. First concert master Malin Broman performs with and conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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  • Few seats remaining
    17 May
    180 kr

    Niklas & Radioapan: den flygande mattan

    Join Radioapan on a truly monkey-like musical adventure in Berwaldhallen! Note: In swedish.
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  • Few seats remaining
    22–23 May
    170 - 560 kr

    Joshua Bell in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto

    Daniel Harding’s final performance as Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Berwaldhallen with internationally renowned violinist Joshua Bell in Felix Mendelssohn’s violin concerto and Gustav Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde.
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  • 6 September

    Schubert's Octet with Janine Jansen

    Star violinist Janine Jansen invites you to an evening entirely devoted to Schubert's magnificent octet at Musikaliska Kvarteret in Stockholm.
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