Swedish Radio Choir
The Swedish Radio Choir is a professional choir. It is part of Sveriges Radio, the public radio broadcasting company of Sweden. The choir consists of 32 singers and their chorus master . Peter Dijkstra is the choir's most recent chief conductor. He left the position after eleven years, in 2018. Since 1979 the Swedish Radio Choir has been based at the Swedish Radio Concert Hall, Berwaldhallen, in Stockholm.
In 2010 the Swedish Radio Choir was included in Gramophone magazine's special feature article where an international jury was asked to name the world's leading choirs.[1]
Conductors[]
- 1925 - 1952 and
- 1952 - 1982 Eric Ericson
- 1982 - 1985
- 1986 - 1994
- 1995 - 2001 Tõnu Kaljuste
- 2002 - 2005 Stefan Parkman
- 2007 - 2018 Peter Dijkstra
- since 2018 , chorus master
References[]
- ^ World's leading choirs | Gramophone magazine
External links[]
- Official website (in Swedish)
Categories:
- Swedish choirs
- National choirs
- Radio and television performing groups
- Musical groups established in 1925
- 1925 establishments in Sweden