At the moment we’re planning the year of 2011 and summing up 2010. 2010 was a great year in many ways, with an extraordinary show in Malmö in September and two trips to Hungary, among other things.

We’ll soon be back with the plan för 2011. New countries, new composers and new projects.

On Saturday 4 December, 6 pm, we welcome you to the University assembly hall. Our concert includes music by Lönnqvist, Barber, Eriksson, Sandström and others. Tickets (SEK 120 for adults, SEK 80 for children and students) can be purchased from Gleerups Akademibokhandeln, Stortorget, Lund from 27 November. Most welcome!

From the 9th to 12th of September, we are performing in a spectacular open air show in Dockan, Malmö. Svanholm Singers performs together with 40 dancers, a brass band, choirs, swim jumpers, synchronized swimmers, and many more. This is the trailer for the show.

Svanholm Singers has just returned from Debrecen, Hungary and the Béla Bartók International Choir Competition. Svanholm Singers earned 85.0 points in the finals and thereby won gold in the category of equal voices and a place in Grand Prix. In the awarding ceremony Svanholm Singers was also awarded a special prize for best interpretation of compulsory piece and our conductor Sofia Söderberg Eberhard earned a conductors special prize.

Winner of the Grand Prix was the splendid German choir Consomo.

We had a great time in Debrecen and are already looking forward to our revisit in Hungary in the beginning of November this year.

Join us and celebrate the release of our new album Fingerprints (Naxos) in the foyer of Malmö Opera, Saturday 27 March! Enjoy a glass of wine from 5 pm, and listen to Svanholm Singers performing some highlights from Fingerprints at 6 pm. The tickets cost SEK 50, which also includes a copy of the album! Book your tickets at Malmö opera online or via telephone, +46 40 208500. You are most welcome to invite your friends on Facebook, and to download the invitation (pdf flyer, in Swedish) for e-mailing or printing.

Read more about Fingerprints, and see the reviews.

Svanholm Singers needs more singers, primarily tenors and first basses. Are you interested? Please e-mail the choir to discuss an audition!

The choir just returned from a week’s stay in Spain, where they participated in the annual Habaneras competition of Torrevieja, and opened the 10th Festival of Sacred Music in Benicàssim. Svanholm Singers received a third prize in the polyfonic category in Torrevieja, and performed in the final gala, which was broadcasted by TVE in the Spanish speaking parts of the world.

Svanholm Singers album recorded in collaboration with Veljo Tormis  has been named “Album of the Year” by music critic David Fanning of the renowned British music magazine Gramophone!
Read the article in Gramophone.