Svanholm Singers

Trailer for Dockplats 2010

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:09:20 +0000

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.

Click here to view the embedded video.

From Hungary with love

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:42:42 +0000

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.

Release concert at Malmö Opera 27 March

Martin Stervander — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:54:24 +0000

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.

Looking for new singers

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:10:25 +0000

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

Svanholm Singers in Spain

Martin Stervander — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:23:31 +0000

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.

Tormis CD concidered Christmas Gift of the Year by Gramophone

admin — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:07:07 +0000

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.