Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

SON’s history is also characterised by the many young conductors who began their international careers in Norrköping. Herbert Blomstedt and Franz Welser-Möst, both of whom have been Principal Conductor for SON, are the most famous examples. Okko Kamu, Junichi Hirokami, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Daniel Harding, Andrew Manze, Andrew Parrott, Michail Jurowski and Lü Jia are other examples of conductors on the world stage who have had, or have, a working relationship with the orchestra. SON’s First Guest Conductor is the young Spaniard Josep Caballé-Domenech, who has participated in several TV broadcasts both with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Orchestra.

SON has also an ambition to find young rising stars of the solo world. Sarah Chang, Daniel Röhn, Lisa Batiashvili, Ilya Gringolts, Karen Gomyo and Julian Bliss are just some of the names that have performed with the orchestra. Cooperation with the likes of Anne Sophie Mutter, Maxim Vengerov, Viktoria Mullova, Lang Lang, Mischa Maisky and, not least, opera singers such as Gösta Winbergh, Håkan Hagegård, Malena Ernman, Anne Sofie von Otter, Peter Mattei and Barbara Bonney, builds an explosive combination of both young and established world artists. Every year, the orchestra collaborates with the Swedish Royal Opera.

Many of SON’s CD recordings have received outstanding international acclaim, such as the latest recording of Ingvar Lidholm’s entire orchestral works, and Schnittke’s Eighth Symphony.