The Malmö Symphony Orchestra ( sv, Malmö Symfoniorkester) is a Swedish orchestra, based in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

. Since 2015, it has been resident at the

Malmö Live Malmö Live is an event centre in Malmö, Sweden. It opened in August 2015, containing a concert hall, conference facilities, a hotel, offices, and housing. Malmö Live Concert Hall is the home of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra The Malmö S ...

Concert Hall. The orchestra has a complement of 94 musicians.

History

The orchestra was founded in 1925 with Walther Meyer-Radon as the first chief conductor, from 1925 to 1929. At first, the orchestra performed both symphony concerts and served as the orchestra of the

Malmö Opera and Music Theatre Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...

. From 1991 onwards, the orchestra has been exclusively devoted to symphony orchestra concerts. Between 1985 and 2015, the orchestra gave its main concert series in the Malmö Concert Hall, after which they moved to

. Herbert Blomstedt held the title of ''Huvuddirigent'' (principal conductor) during 1962–1963. Past principal guest conductors have included Brian Priestman (1988–1990),

Gilbert Varga Gilbert Varga (born 1952, London) is a British- Hungarian conductor and the Principal Conductor of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. Varga studied violin from the age of four with his father, Tibor Varga, a famous Hungarian violinist and conducto ...

(1997–2000), and Mario Venzago (2000–2003). Since 2019, the orchestra's current chief conductor is

Robert Treviño Robert Treviño (born 1984) is a Mexican-American conductor. He is currently music director of the Basque National Orchestra in Spain, principal guest conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, and artistic advisor of the Malmö ...

. In May 2021, the orchestra announced that Treviño is to stand down as its chief conductor at the close of the 2020-2021 season, and then to take the title of artistic adviser for 2 years. The orchestra has made recordings for BIS, Daphne and Naxos.

Chief conductors

* Walther Meyer-Radon (1925–1929) *

Georg Schnéevoigt Georg Lennart Schnéevoigt (8 November 1872 – 28 November 1947) was a Finnish conductor and cellist, born in Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland, which is now in Russia, to Ernst Schnéevoigt and Rosa Willandt. Career Schnéevoigt began his c ...

(1930–1947) * Sten-Åke Axelson (1948–1961) *

Rolf Agop Rolf Agop (11 June 1908 – 15 October 1998) was a German Conductor (music), conductor and academic teacher of Armenian descent. Career Born in Munich where he studied, Agop worked first for the Bayerische Landesbühne, a touring theatre, and t ...

(1962–1964) * Peter Erős (1966–1968)International Who's Who in Classical Music, 18th Edition. Europa Publications, London (2002) * Elyakum Shapirra (1969–1974) *

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(1974–1977) * Stig Westerberg (1978–1985) *

Vernon Handley Vernon George "Tod" Handley (11 November 1930 – 10 September 2008) was a British conductor, known in particular for his support of British composers. He was born of a Welsh father and an Irish mother into a musical family in Enfield, Middles ...

(1986–1988) *

James DePreist James Anderson DePreist (November 21, 1936 – February 8, 2013) was an American conductor. DePreist was one of the first African-American conductors on the world stage. He was the director emeritus of conducting and orchestral studies at T ...

(1991–1994) *

Paavo Järvi Paavo Järvi (; born 30 December 1962) is an Estonian-American conductor. Early life Järvi was born in Tallinn, Estonia, to Liilia Järvi and the Estonian conductor Neeme Järvi. His siblings, Kristjan Järvi and Maarika Järvi, are also mu ...

(1994–1997) * Christoph König (2003–2006) *

Vassily Sinaisky Vassily Serafimovich Sinaisky (Russian: Васи́лий Серафи́мович Сина́йский, born in Abez, Komi Republic, April 20, 1947) is a Russian conductor and pianist. Biography Sinaisky studied conducting with Ilya Musin at th ...

(2007–2011) *

Marc Soustrot Marc Soustrot (born 15 April 1949) is a French classical conductor. He was the music director of the Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire from 1976 to 1994, and from 1995 to 2003 GMD of the Beethoven Orchester Bonn which plays in both opera ...

(2011–2019) *

(2019–2021)

Selected recordings

* Franz Schmidt: ''Symphonie n° 1,'' conductor Vassili Sinaïski, (2009, Naxos). *

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...

: ''Complete 5 concertos and works for piano and orchestra'', conductor Marc Soustrot, Romain Descharmes, piano (

Naxos Naxos (; el, Νάξος, ) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades. It was the centre of archaic Cycladic culture. The island is famous as a source of emery, a rock rich in corundum, which until modern times was one of the best abr ...

2017) * Camille Saint-Saëns : C''oncertos for cello and orchestra n° 1 & n° 2'', Gabriel Schwabe, cello, conductor

(CD Naxos 2017) * Camille Saint-Saëns : ''Complete 5 symphonies'', conductor Marc Soustrot (3 CD Naxos 2020) *Beethoven : ''Complète 9 symphonies'', conductor

(5 SACD Ondine 2019)

References

External links

Malmö Symphony Orchestra homepage
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