Eric Ericson Award 2024
Three of the world's absolute best young choir conductors who have progressed from the semi-finals will now settle for victory at this final concert with Radiokören, Zero8 and St. Jacob's Chamber Choir. It will be a thrilling finale with driving skills at the highest level.
The radio choir led by the finalists. During the jury's voting, two guest choirs appear.
The concert is broadcast live at Berwaldhallen Play at 3 p.m.
The international competition for young choral conductors, the Eric Ericson Award, is organized in memory of Eric Ericson's great cultural contribution as a choral conductor and pedagogue and is today the world's foremost choral conductor competition. The winner gets the opportunity to work with 10 of Europe's leading radio choirs and receives a prize sum of SEK 100,000, which is provided by the Rosenborg Gehrmans Foundation. The two second prize winners each receive a scholarship of SEK 25,000.
The award strives to achieve a very high artistic and competitive level in choral conducting, corresponding to the status that Eric Ericson achieved worldwide during his active time.
The Eric Ericson Award is organized by Sveriges Radio under the auspices of Berwaldhallen, and in collaboration with the Royal The Academy of Music with the support of the Rosenborg Gehrman Foundation and the European Radio and Television Union (EBU). The competition is planned to be held every three years.
In 2021, Krista Audere from Latvia won the Eric Ericson Award and since then, as part of the award, has given concerts with around ten European radio choirs. She has also been appointed as the first guest conductor for the Radio Choir.
At the final concert, we get to meet the 3 finalists selected from 84 applicants as they conduct the Radio Choir in each choral piece from the western music tradition. In addition, the men's choir Zero8 and St. Jacob's Chamber Choir will also perform with their respective programs.
