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Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir, Sweden

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Gustaf Sjökvist’s Chamber Choir was founded in 1994 and has since then been a very active part of Swedish musical life. The repertoire consists mainly of contemporary music and the choir has premiered scores of new work of composers such as Sven-David Sandström, Lars Edlund, Jan Sandström, Carl Unander-Scharin, Georg Riedel and Bo Holten. The repertoire also includes the classical oratorios such as Bach B-minor mass, Christmas Oratorio, Brahms' Ein Deutsches requiem and Verdi's requiem.

Throughout the years, the choir has collaborated with many different soloists and ensembles, made tours in many European countries together with Barbara Hendricks and tours in Sweden and Norway together with The Real Group. CD recordings have been made together with Barbara Hendricks, Edita Gruberova, Håkan Hagegård, Jan Lundgren, Mats Bergström and Nils Lindberg. The choir has also toured with a cappella music to the United States, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Gustaf Sjökvist’s Chamber Choir has regularly appeared at the Music at Siljan Festival and been invited twice to "The Taipei international choral festival" in Taiwan. The choir has also performed in the Stockholm Concert Hall in a project with French opera, had concerts in the Royal Palace, most recently in connection with H.M. The King's 60th birthday in 2006 and has also made numerous TV and radio recordings over the years. In December 2009 the choir participated in a number of programs on the AXESS tv-channel.

During the spring 2010 the choir has collaborated with the Swedish Radio Choir and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra when performing Sven-David Sandström's "Messiah", conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. In May Haydn's "The Creation" will be performed together with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra.

In May, GSKK will go on a concert tour to Munich, and this summer the choir has been reinvited to participate in "The Taipei international choral festival" in Taiwan.

Conductor/Gustaf Sjökvist

Gustaf Sjökvist studied Church Music Performance and Conducting at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm 1963-1970, where his studies included Choral Conducting for Eric Ericson and Orchestral Conducting for Sixten Ehrling and Karl Miinchinger, among others.

In 1967 Prof. Sjökvist was appointed Cathedral Cantor at the Stockholm Cathedral, and since 1981 he is Cathedral Organist (Domkapellmeister) and Coordinator of the Stockholm Cathedral's choral and concert activities.

Gustaf Sjökvist has been the conductor of the Stockholm Cathedral Choir since 1967, with which he performs over twenty cathedral concerts annually and shares responsibility for the cathedral's liturgical content. Prof. Sjokvist and the choir have toured extensively throughout Italy, Poland, France, Austria, England, USA, Australia and South Africa . During many years he was even the leader of the vocal group Camerata Holmiae specialising in pre-Baroque and contemporary music.

Prof. Sjökvist was the Principal Conductor and Artistic Director for the Swedish Radio Choir 1986-1994. Together with this ensemble he has produced a number of recordings and toured in countries including the former Soviet Union, Italy, Germany, France and throughout Scandinavia . Under his leadership the Radio Choir collaborated with several notable conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Ricardo Muti, Carlo Maria Giulini and Herbert Blomstedt.

Prof. Sjökvist is the Principal Guest Conductor of the Radio Choir at the Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Radio) in Munich since 1994, having worked regularly with them since 1978. In 2003, during his 25th anniversary with the choir, a commemorative CD-collection was released, featuring several of the recordings and concerts from this time. Gustaf Sjokvist has had guest performances with a range of professional choirs throughout Europe, including the radio choirs of Copenhagen, Cologne, Stuttgart and Hamburg as well as the French Radio Choir in Paris .

Gustaf Sjökvist's Chamber Choir was formed in 1994, with which he has created an extensive repertoire specialising in contemporary music. The choir has during its relative short existence gained recognition as a major contributor to the cultural program in Stockholm .

Since the mid-1970’s Prof. Sjökvist has committed half of his engagements to guest orchestral conducting. In addition to the orchestras within Scandinavia with which he has been Guest Conductor he has conducted a number of German orchestras, the BBC in London and orchestras in USA and Australia .

Prof. Sjökvist has made in excess of forty CD-recordings as well as participating in a range of radio and TV programs both in Sweden and overseas. He has during this time collaborated with a number of artists including Victor Borge, Birgit Nilsson, Stan Getz, Putte Wickman and Bob Brookmeyer. During the 1980’s Prof. Sjokvist was frequently Guest Conductor at the Royal Opera in Stockholm specialising in the contemporary operatic repertoire.

Prof. Sjökvist is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music since 1988. In 1991 he was appointed Professor by the Swedish Government, in 1998 he was awarded the Royal Medal Litteris et Artibus, and in 2000 awarded the title Royal Court Organist (hovorganist).
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