Anything can happen when Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor and violinist Pekka Kuusisto takes the stage. This time, he presents a musical journey of discovery with Anne Sofie von Otter, with focus on man and nature.

Pekka Kuusisto & Anne Sofie von Otter

Göteborgs Symfoniker

From Elizabethan verse to Broadway and Hollywood, this genre-blending concert brings theatre and film to life through music. With dramatic narration, lush orchestration, and beloved melodies, it’s a celebration of storytelling in all its forms.

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Interlude

Imperial Theatre

Boardwalk Theater

The captivating Catch, by British choreographer Liam Scarlett with music by Philip Glass, mesmerizes audiences with its pure movement that showcases the athleticism of Atlanta Ballet's dancers.
Tuplet, from Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman, with music and sound by Mikael Karlsson, uses dancers' bodies as percussion instruments, creating driving tempos with impeccably timed dance movements.

The season finale will feature the return of Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, the Belgian-Colombian choreographer fresh off the record-breaking success of Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon, with a riveting new creation.


Catch Tuplet

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Mikael Karlsson's song cycle So We Will Vanish , about the natural destruction in nature, is dedicated to the Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. When she now performs the work in the Berwaldhallen, it is together with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jukka-Pekka Saraste. The multi-layered work The Ring of Fire and Love by Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen opens this concert, which concludes with Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony – inspired by his brief, unhappy marriage.

So We Will Vanish With Anne Sofie Von Otter

SR Berwaldhallen

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Saraste & Anne Sofie von Otter

DR Koncerthuset

Far from a Shakespearean tale, Ekman’s 'Midsummer Night’s Dream' is a mind-bending trip to a surreal realm of unearthly delights. Set during the traditional Scandinavian summer solstice festival, dancers celebrate a day of revelry and romance under the maypole, which soon unravels into an otherworldly dream. Ekman’s picturesque fusion of classical and contemporary ballet blurs the line between the real and the imagined and makes us wonder, is it all a dream?

Midsummer Night's Dream

Lyric Opera House

Discover a beloved piece and two world premieres in one dance experience. Raymonda is an evolved classic, reimagined to preserve only the best of the artform. Enjoy two works by a celebrated female voice in choreography with Helen Pickett’s Petal and a world premiere.

Winter Experience

Citizens Bank Opera House

A Winter Celebration Concert

The Juilliard School

Spring has inspired many composers to write music. Perhaps it is precisely the awakening of nature that inspires creativity. Here we get to know two quite different spring feelings. Debussy's  Printemps  is more of a description of a spring-like inner awakening, while Boulanger's  D'un matin de printemps  is more concrete, with joy and anticipation when we have left darkness and cold behind us.

Mikael Karlsson

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 11, 2026

Thoughts If spring · Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

Past events

28 - 29 Jan, 2026

Pekka Kuusisto & Anne Sofie von Otter · Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

17 - 18 Jan, 2026

Interlude · International Symphony Orchestra

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