Swedish Radio Choir
Encyclopedia
The Swedish Radio Choir is a professional classical choir. It is funded by Sveriges Radio
, the public radio broadcasting company of Sweden. The choir consists of 32 singers, currently led by conductor Peter Dijkstra.
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio AB – Swedish Radio Ltd – is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. The Swedish public-broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television - shares many characteristics with...
, the public radio broadcasting company of Sweden. The choir consists of 32 singers, currently led by conductor Peter Dijkstra.
Conductors
- 1925 - 1952 Axel Nylander and Einar Ralf
- 1952 - 1982 Eric EricsonEric Ericson, is a Swedish choral conductor and influential choral teacher. He graduated from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 1943 and went on to complete his studies abroad, at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Switzerland, and in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States.Renowned for his...
- 1982 - 1985 Anders Öhrwall
- 1986 - 1994 Gustaf Sjökvist
- 1995 - 2001 Tõnu KaljusteTõnu KaljusteTõnu Kaljuste is an Estonian conductor.Born in Tallinn, Kaljuste is the child of Heino Kaljuste , an Estonian choral conductor, and Lia Kaljuste, a radio journalist. Tõnu sang in his father's choirs as a child, and graduated from the Tallinn Music High School in 1971...
- 2002 - 2005 Stefan ParkmanStefan ParkmanStefan Parkman is a Swedish conductor. He is a professor at Uppsala University, where he holds the Eric Ericsson chair of choral conducting....
- 2007 - ff Peter Dijkstra
External links
- Official website (in Swedish)