Barbara Hannigan is awarded the Polar Music Prize 2025

We celebrate our principal guest conductor who have been awarded the Polar Music Prize. Welcome to enjoy several wonderful concerts with her and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra!

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Latest releases

Streich: Ice Heart

Europe’s top orchestras perform works by Lisa Streich. Now the Symphony Orchestra performs her Ice Heart, a high-contrast convergence of hot and cold.

“Music can give you comfort”

Watch the interview with Lisa Streich where she talks about the thoughts behind the piece Ice heart, which was performed in February 2025.

JS Bach: Fuga sopra il Magnificat and improvisation

Experience a fantastic solo performance by organist Karin Nelson who performs Bach's Fuga sopra il Magnificat and also her own improvisation on the Gothenburg Concert Hall's mighty organ.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 5

Jumping off from the heart, well-established conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste throws himself into the world of Bruckner.

Offenbach/ Rosenthal: From Gaîté Parisienne

She has been called "an artist who aims straight for the heart and never misses" – conductor Barbara Hannigan leads the orchestra in this wonderful piece.

Debussy: La Mer

Listen to three symphonic sketches, where the first part depicts the sea from dawn to noon. The entire work is a depiction of the interplay of nature, winds and waves.

Williams: The Lark Ascending

Originally, Vaugan Williams composed this piece for violin and piano, inspired by George Meredith’s poem with the same title.

Roussel: Spider’s Feast

Let yourself be tickled by drama when the Gothenburg Symphony breaks loose in Spider’s Feast. The work was written by Albert Roussel over 100 years ago.

Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus

Experience the Gothenburg Symphony meet their honorary conductor Neeme Järvi in this special piece. 

Sibelius: Symphony No 7

Enjoy Sibelius' most original work together with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali.

Barbara Hannigan

Mozart: Requiem

Mozart’s Requiem is a high-level drama. Principal guest conductor Barbara Hannigan makes the work her own. 

Weill: Youkali / Lost in the stars

Enjoy hit music from theater and ballet with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Barbara Hannigan

Gershwin: Girl Crazy, suite

An irresistible performance by Barbara Hannigan and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.

Offenbach/ Rosenthal: From Gaîté Parisienne

She has been called "an artist who aims straight for the heart and never misses" – conductor Barbara Hannigan leads the orchestra in this wonderful piece.

Roussel: Spider’s Feast

Let yourself be tickled by drama when the Gothenburg Symphony breaks loose in Spider’s Feast. The work was written by Albert Roussel over 100 years ago.

Gershwin: ”Bess, You Is My Woman Now” from Porgy and Bess

Enjoy one of the well-known hits from Gershwin's drama Porgy and Bess. With Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Barbara Hannigan.

Famous pieces

Debussy: La Mer

Listen to three symphonic sketches, where the first part depicts the sea from dawn to noon. The entire work is a depiction of the interplay of nature, winds and waves.

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4, Andantino

Enjoy the second movement of the Fourth Symphony  - where the pain cannot be ignored.

Elgar: From Enigma Variations, “Nimrod” 

Enjoy the beautiful piece Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations.

Prokofiev: Montague and Capulets from Romeo & Juliet

Experience Montague and Capuleti from Shakespeare's immortal drama. Conductor Pekka Kuusisto.

Grieg: Peer Gynt, Solveig’s song

Enjoy a wonderful concert from 2016 with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Alain Altinoglu och soprano Klara Ek. 

Gershwin: ”Bess, You Is My Woman Now” from Porgy and Bess

Enjoy one of the well-known hits from Gershwin's drama Porgy and Bess. With Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Barbara Hannigan.

Enjoy the concert hall organ

Wagner: Overture to “Tannhäuser”

Njut av ett mäktigt stycke av Wagner där konserthusorgeln tar plats.

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts

Sibelius: Symphony No 7

Enjoy Sibelius' most original work together with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali.

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4, Andantino

Enjoy the second movement of the Fourth Symphony  - where the pain cannot be ignored.

Stravinsky: Violin Concerto

Stravinsky’s neoclassical and playfully melodic violin concerto with Ava Bahari.

Sibelius: Four Lemminkäinen Legends

Chief conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali puts his own stamp on the music of his native giant Jean Sibelius.

Interviews & features

“Music can give you comfort”

Watch the interview with Lisa Streich where she talks about the thoughts behind the piece Ice heart, which was performed in February 2025.

“Don’t let your life pass without hearing Mahler’s Second Symphony”

Listen to conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada describe his first encounter with Mahler's Symphony No. 2 and how the work  evokes greater thoughts about life and death.

“It’s my life partner”

Hear our Artist in Residence Ava Bahari talk about her new violin, the unique Stradivarius Ovcharov from 1694.

Discover the glass harmonica with Philipp Marguerre

Have you ever wondered what a glass harmonica sounds like and how it works? Now is your chance to learn.

A tribute to Maestro Blomstedt

It was at the Concert Hall in Gothenburg that everything once started - when a young Herbert discovered the wonderful world of classical music!