RSPO Orchestra Academy
Photo: Nadja Sjöström
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Academy is a special academic programme for young musicians.
Since 2016, an orchestra academy has been associated with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. This advanced special academic programme is for young musicians. Teaching is conducted on-site at Konserthuset Stockholm and in partnership with the School of Music in Piteå at Luleå University of Technology.
The programme is focused on an international target audience and the formal name is the RSPO Orchestra Academy (Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra – RSPO).
The supervisors and instructors are primarily section leaders from the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. The programme includes individual instrument instruction, orchestral performance, and chamber music performance.
There are also “mock auditions” in which participants get to practice the various steps involved with applying for a position in an orchestra, as well as seminars by experienced teachers from the School of Music at Luleå University of Technology. The programme examiner is conductor Petter Sundkvist, professor at the Luleå University of Technology.
A holistic approach is essential – to give students the chance to experience what life and work are like as part of a professional symphony orchestra. The Orchestra Academy also performs several chamber music concerts in Grünewald Hall, which are always free. The Orchestra Academy has also performed the world premieres of new compositions.
Another aspect of a holistic approach is refining skills beyond playing – such as stage presence and the ability to present the music in an inviting and compelling way.
The orchestra academy also carries out collaborations with other players – read more under Collaborations and Partnerships.
Concerts
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Genre: Chamber musicWind instrument concert with this year’s RSPO Orchestra Academy students.
Saturday 20 April 2024 20.00Free admission!
Photo: Nadja Sjöström
Genre: Chamber musicKulturnatt Stockholm – RSPO Orchestra Academy
Wind instrument concert with this year’s RSPO Orchestra Academy students.
Saturday 20 April 2024 20.00
Ends approximately 20.30Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planFree admission!The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2024/kulturnatt-stockholm-rspo-orchestra-academy/20240420-2000/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Come face to face with world-class young musicians, joining them on the actual stage in the Main Hall of Konserthuset Stockholm. An atmospheric concert during which the hall is darkened and the audience gets to experience the music up close on the illuminated stage (limited seating) or from the stalls.
An experience unlike any other: hearing the musicians’ breathing and watching them interact through the slightest looks and gestures. True “chamber” music, as it were! The performers all study at the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra’s international orchestral academy, a special higher education programme for gifted young musicians.
This evening, they are performing a wind quintet by Paul Taffanel (1844–1908), an influential flautist himself who also served as a conductor. The elegant and charmingly melodic quintet actually allowed Taffanel to win a composition contest in the 1870s.
The RSPO Orchestra Academy (the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra’s international orchestral academy) is an advanced academic training programme for young musicians. Led by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra’s section leaders and in partnership with the Piteå School of Music, students undergo rigorous training, focusing on their individual instrument of choice, orchestral music and chamber music. They also participate in a number of chamber music concerts that are open to the public.
More on RSPO Orchestra Academy
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Bags larger than A4 (approx. 30x20 cm) may not be brought into Konserthuset during Kulturnatt Stockholm.-
The music
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Paul Taffanel Wind Quintet in g minor22 min
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Participants
- Kaja Romih flute
- Victor Sjögren oboe
- Klaara Vasara clarinet
- Elena Mateo Sáez bassoon
- Andreas Öberg french horn
Saturday 20 April 2024 20.00
Ends approximately 20.30Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Free admission!The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
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Genre: Chamber music
String concert with this year’s Orchestra Academy students.
Saturday 20 April 2024 21.00Free admission!
Photo: Nadja Sjöström
Genre: Chamber musicKulturnatt Stockholm – RSPO Orchestra Academy
String concert with this year’s Orchestra Academy students.
Saturday 20 April 2024 21.00
Ends approximately 21.30Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planFree admission!The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2024/kulturnatt-2024-rspo-orchestra-academy-2/20240420-2100/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Come face to face with world-class young musicians, joining them on the actual stage in the Main Hall of Konserthuset Stockholm. An atmospheric concert during which the hall is darkened and the audience gets to experience the music up close on the illuminated stage (limited seating) or from the stalls.
Hearing the players’ bows caress the strings and watching them interact through the slightest looks and gestures makes for an unforgettable experience. True “chamber” music, as it were! The performers all study at the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra’s international orchestral academy, a special higher education programme for gifted young musicians.
This evening, they perform the first movement of Schubert’s lovely string quintet in C major – one of the finest pieces of chamber music ever written, and one of the last completed by Schubert in his lifetime.
The RSPO Orchestra Academy (the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra’s international orchestral academy) is an advanced academic training programme for young musicians. Led by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra’s section leaders and in partnership with the Piteå School of Music, students undergo rigorous training, focusing on their individual instrument of choice, orchestral music and chamber music. They also participate in a number of chamber music concerts that are open to the public.
More on RSPO Orchestra Academy
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Please note
Bags larger than A4 (approx. 30x20 cm) may not be brought into Konserthuset during Kulturnatt Stockholm.-
The music
Approximate times -
Franz Schubert From String Quintet in C major19 min
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Participants
- Alzbeta Jezková violin
- André Kaufman violin
- Klara Kotarsky viola
- Lavinia Scarpelli cello
- Adrian Eriksson double bass
Saturday 20 April 2024 21.00
Ends approximately 21.30Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Free admission!The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
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Genre: Orchestral performance
Chief Conductor Ryan Bancroft leads the last concert with this year’s academists.
Wednesday 29 May 2024 19.00Free entrance, no tickets required.
Photo: Nadja Sjöström
Genre: Orchestral performanceConcert with the RSPO Orchestra Academy
Chief Conductor Ryan Bancroft leads the last concert with this year’s academists.
Wednesday 29 May 2024 19.00
Ends approximately 20.15Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
Free entrance, no tickets required.The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2024/concert-with-the-rspo-orchestra-academy/20240529-1900/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Since 2016, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (RSPO) offers one year of training on site at Konserthuset Stockholm. The RSPO Orchestra Academy aims to give participating musicians heightened knowledge and understanding of the profession. The young musicians receive individual tuition on their instrument by tutors that are predominantly leaders and principals of the orchestra. In addition, extensive chamber music playing is a vital part of the course. In this grand final concert, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra's chief conductor Ryan Bancroft leads the ensemble in two of the pieces, making it an extra special occasion!
Caroline Shaw is an American violinist, singer, and composer. Her Entr'acte for string quartet was inspired by Haydn's String Quartet Opus 77 No. 2. (A version for string orchestra of the same work can be heard with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra on the 17th and 18th of April.)
John Adams is undoubtedly the leading American composer of today. He was the subject of Konserthuset’s International Composer Festival in 2005. Adams also looked back into music history in this piece, which is inspired by Arnold Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony – and also by the kind of hyperactive and acrobatic music one can hear in cartoons of the 1950s.
Among the 20th-century American composers, Aaron Copland is the grand old man. His Appalachian Spring is ballet music, composed in the 1940s during his most productive years. The ballet depicts a pioneer environment in the mountains, and the music draws from Native American folk tunes, dance melodies, and hymns.
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The music
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Caroline Shaw Entr’acte for string quartet12 min
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John Adams Chamber Symphony22 min
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Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring - Complete Ballet33 min
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Participants
- Ryan Bancroft conductor
- Kaja Romih flute
- Victor Sjögren oboe
- Klaara Vasara clarinet
- Elena Mateo Sáez bassoon
- Andreas Öberg french horn
- Johan Møllebjerg percussion
- Alzbeta Jezková violin
- André Kaufman violin
- Klara Kotarsky viola
- Lavinia Scarpelli cello
- Adrian Eriksson double bass
Wednesday 29 May 2024 19.00
Ends approximately 20.15Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Free entrance, no tickets required.The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
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