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Dirigentforum with mentor Thomas Adès and sverigesradiossymfoniorkester 🇸🇪

This week, our Dirigentforum talents—in collaboration with Kungl. Musikhögskolan—began working with our partners at the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the guidance of mentor Thomas Adès.

The repertoire includes Thomas Adès’s own Shanty – Over the Sea, the first movement of Brahms’s Violin Concerto featuring soloist Alma Serafin Kraggerud, from .classical, and Maurice Ravel’s magical Ma mère l’Oye. ✨

Catch their concert tomorrow at Kungl. Musikhögskolan at 18:00! Link for tickets and info below:

https://www.kmh.se/konserter-evenemang/alla/framtidens-dirigenter-moter-sveriges-radios-symfoniorkester.html

Here are some glimpses from our first sessions at SVT Studio 2 in Stockholm.

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We are still in ave after the incredible project week with and the one and only ! Not only did the conductors get to work closely with the choir for almost one week, but they also got to perform the pieces in the Trinitatis Church for an enthusiastic audience. 🪄⭐️

Photos: Flemming Bo Jensen

Masterclass with Esa Pekka Salonen at 🤩

, , and just wrapped up an incredible masterclass with maestro .official & , diving deep into Wagner’s iconic Tristan und Isolde ✨

This marked a bittersweet milestone: the final masterclass for Julie and Rasmus, who have been key members of our elite Norwegian program since 2023 🥹 We are so proud of your journey over the last three years and wish you both a fantastic start to this exciting new chapter! 💫

Massive congratulations to everyone involved.

Thank you, .official, and for great days in Bergen! Participants of Dirigentforum have had the possibility to listen to all rehearsals of the orchestra before yesterday’s opening concert of Bergen International Festival, and , and conducted in a masterclass today for the one and only .official 🪄

Torsdag 28.05 kl. 11-13 i Grieghallen skal , og dirigere på mesterklasse med som en del av Festspillene i Bergen! Mentor er selveste .official, og repertoaret er utdrag fra Wagners Tristan und Isolde🪄
Dette gleder vi oss til!

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🪄 Masterclass and concert with and in Copenhagen next week! 🪄

We are very much looking forward to a fabulous week in Copenhagen together with the and the fantastic mentor , chief conductor of the choir.

Concert in Trinitatis Church 22nd of May at 1630, free entrance! Music by Bach, Distler, Mahler and more.
Hope to see you there!

Photos: .foto

We are proud to announce our upcoming , presented in collaboration with our partners, the and . From June 9th to 12th, 2026, we welcome the world-renowned composer and conductor Thomas Adès to Stockholm 🇸🇪

The concludes with a public concert at , on June 12th 2026 at 18:00.

Program
J. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
with (.classical), Soloist
Thomas Adès: Shanty – Over the Sea
M. Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye

Stay tune for more! 🎻 ✨

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(1) Benedikt Dinkhauser
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(3) Mattias Ahlm

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🪄 GET TO KNOW THE CONDUCTORS 🪄
Last but not least of the current conductors in the program is Tobias!

My name is Tobias Gjedrem Furholt, born and raised in Stavanger. I completed my bachelor’s degree in percussion at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, where I studied with Prof. Marta Klimasara and Prof. Klaus Dreher.

Following my bachelors, I moved to the Netherlands, where I had the privilege of spending a year as an academist with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

I am currently completing my master’s degree in percussion back in Stuttgart. After the summer, I will move to Copenhagen to pursue the postgraduate program in conducting at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.

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Dirigentforum Kor in Stockholm! 💚
Thank you, and for the incredible opportunity to conduct the fantastic Swedish Radio Choir! Also huge thanks to mentor Elena Mitrevska, newly appointed artistic director of and concert choir for great mentorship. Two days filled with choir, workshops and great conversations. 🪄

We are proud to announce that our talent member at since 2023 has won the 2nd prize of the prestigious Siemens-Hallé conducting competition 2026 in Manchester ✨

She conducted the L. Bernstein Candide overture and the iconic J. Sibelius 5th Symphony with the ! 🪄

Congratulations Nina we are so proud of you! 🤍
More about Nina to announce in the next days ✨

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