Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Short Videos Collection (playlist)
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| Award Ceremony of the Nobel Prize 2010 at the Stockholm Concert Hall (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
About
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (RSPO) celebrates its 110th anniversary in 2012 and, with its already rich history, continues to perform to international critical acclaim under its current Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor Sakari Oramo.
Founded in 1902 as the Stockholm Concert Society, the orchestra became a permanent ensemble in 1914 and made its international debut in Norway in 1917 with first Chief Conductor, Georg Schnéevoigt. In 1933 the orchestra performed under Arturo Toscanini in Copenhagen and in 1937 appeared together with Jussi Björling at the World Exhibition in Paris. Other legendary artists and conductors who have performed with the orchestra include Birgit Nilsson, Nicolai Gedda, Bruno Walter, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Leopold Stokowski, Ferenc Fricsay, Otto Klemperer, Rafael Kubelík, Sir Georg Solti and Rudolf Kempe who conducted the orchestra in 1975 with a young Gidon Kremer as soloist – the violinist’s first official concert outside the Soviet Union.
More information: http://www.konserthuset.se/
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| Stockholm Concert Hall in 1926 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
