Breaking: Swedes go first with women in new summer fest

The Gothenburg Symphony is about to announce a new May Festival with Pat Kop as artist in residence, a world première by the Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdóttir and another by the Swedish composer, Karin Rehnqvist.

Details below.

Point Music Festival 2019 Trailer from Göteborgs Symfoniker on Vimeo.

2019 sees the Gothenburg Symphony opening a new festival with international artists, inventive programming and many surprises. Four festival days, four world premières, three orchestras, two club nights, a film screening, and some
ten concerts… Point Music Festival from 23-26 May 2019 makes a difference.
Highlights include:
– Two programmes with Festival Artist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and the Gothenburg Symphony
– A world première by Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdóttir

– Three exciting concerts with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
– The world première of Swedish composer, Karin Rehnqvist’s “Blodhov” featuring soloist Lena Willemark
– A guest performance of the acclaimed Canadian multi-media project Life Reflected with The National Arts Centre Orchestra
– Club nights with DJ and producer Gabriel Prokofiev, grandson of Sergei Prokofiev