In this years spring konsert we look forward to an exiting year ahead of us, with both a 15 year anniversary and possibly a tour to Japan!

On the program is a mix of songs, both swedish and japanese classics and also some new music from last years composition award competition!

Magle konserthus, Lund, 16:00 Saturday 4th May

Tickets (SEK 120 for adults, SEK 80 for children and students) can be purchased at the door.

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Varmt välkomna!

Svanholm Singers have had an exciting year, and we would now like to invite you to a musical journey through a sparkling winter landscape!

The repertoire consists of a mix of classical Christmas songs, pacy joiks, new arrangements, and the calls of Willow Ptarmigans from the snow-clad mountains. Parts of the program is constituted by pieces performed during our latest tour, at the Polyfollia festival in Saint-Lô, Normandie, whereas other pieces are entirely new. Among others, the winning piece in Svanholm Singers Composition Award will be performed.

We will give two Christmas concerts:
Johanneskyrkan, Malmö, 7.30 pm Friday 14 December and
Magle konserthus, Lund, 6 pm Saturday 15 December

Tickets (SEK 120 for adults, SEK 80 for children and students) can be purchased at the door, or in advance at Kulturcentralen.

Svanholm Singers have just returned from the Polyfollia festival in Saint-Lô, Normandie, where we made five performances and one workshop. We will celebrate a great week of concerts for amazing audiences by sharing our programme “at home”. Come to S:t Andreas kyrka at Fridhemstorget in Malmö and follow us on a musical journey through the region around the Baltic Sea. We will give you music by Nörgård, Sandström, Nystedt, Schubert, Tormis.

Welcome on Saturday! The entry is free (so be there in good time).

It is with pleasure that we announce the winners of the Svanholm Singers Composition Award! The jury, consisting of Robert Sund, Matti Hyökki, and Sofia Söderberg Eberhard, worked in blind, and unanimously awarded Christian Engquist the first prize for “It Is so Peaceful here Now”. Whereas the the contestants literally came from all over the world, it turned out that Christian, who is born in 1979, lived in Lund some years during high school and university studies. Not far away is Dösjebro, where Daniel Hjorth, awarded second prize for “Official Assurances” lives. The third prize goes to Slovenian composer Damijan Močnik, for “Cette immense nuit – oh, where is the light?”.

Read more about the results and presentations of the winners! Also, you are warmly welcome to the concert and award ceremony, in which we celebrate all three composers. The winning piece “It Is so Peaceful here Now” will be premiered, against a background of some music from other modern composers such as e.g. Tormis, Nørgård, Nystedt, and Sandström. Join us at Lund Choral Festival, on Saturday October 20th, 3 pm, at Magle Stora Kyrkogata 4 in Lund!

Press material is available here.

This is the last week for all composers planning to submit a piece to the Svanholm Singers Composition Award. The deadline is June 15, so make sure to finalize your compositions and register by then!

Welcome to spring concert with Svanholm Singers, on Saturday June 2, at 7.30 pm! We will move in a musical spiral, starting in Germany, moving through the Baltic countries and Finland, via Norway and Denmark, to finally arrive to Sweden. We will perform works by among others Schumann and Schubert, and a composition by Per Nörgård of a by Nobel Prize laureate Tomas Tranströmer. In addition, you can hear the sounds of Samish yoik as well as the birds of the Scandinavian mountains! Welcome to join us celebrating the spring’s transition into summer!

The concert is held at the house of Studentsångarna, at Magle Stora Kyrkogata 4, in central Lund. Tickets (standard SEK 140, students and children SEK 70) can be bought at Kulturcentralen: http://www.kulturcentralen.nu/i/?7417. We hope to see you there!

It is now a matter of weeks left for all composers around the world, before the deadline for entering the Svanholm Singers Composition Award (June 15). Meanwhile, we have put up some information in a Frequently Asked Questions section, containing some practical information. Thus, if you have any questions about the competition, check it out!

Svanholm Singers first concert in 2012 was held in the beautiful theatre of Varberg. We were happy to enjoy an exciting concert with enthusiastic audience! It was our second visit in Varberg as guests of Varberg Konsertförening, and just as last time we received a very warm welcome. Hopefully we will be back soon!

We are happy to announce two independent news:

The Svanholm Singers Composition Award is now open for entries, and composers may submit their contributions.

Our CD’s can now be purchased directly online, see our shop! Is any CD missing in your Svanholm Singers discography? Right now, our first album is on sale.