Kulturnatt Stockholm – RSPO Orchestra Academy

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. 

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