Event has already taken place. Swedish Hiphop meets Gothenburg Symphony! With Dani M, Imenella, Vic Vem, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Hans Ek. Erik Lundin's participation is canceled due to illness.
Concert length: 2 h incl. intermission
Stage: Stora salen
380-540 SEKStudent 190-270 SEK
Young up to 29 190-270 SEK
Erik Lundin’s participation is canceled due to illness. Contact the ticket office at biljett@gso.se if you want to buy back your tickets.
Tradition and present merge in a dynamic meeting between Swedish hiphop elite and symphonic orchestra in a unique concert in Gothenburg Concert Hall. At the forefront of this fusion is artist Vic Vem, the Gothenburg rapper who is passionate about the words, the story and the dynamics – the soul of hiphop. Vic Vem has a versatile position in Swedish hiphop and runs several projects to help young people write music.
With him this evening, he has artists from Sweden’s hip-hop elite: the rapper and dancer Imenella released her debut album in 2022 with tracks of dancehall and r’n’b and was named Newcomer of the Year at the Grammy Awards in 2019. In addition, Uppsala’s pride Dani M, well-established artist with roots in both hip-hop and reggae. The song list includes mega hits such as Imenella’s Chagga and Dani M’s F.A.M.E. Conductor Hans Ek had made the unique arrangements for this concert.
With arranger and conductor Hans Ek on the podium, we can always count on great musical experiences and newly interpreted Swedish pop of the highest class. Together with artists such as Zara Larsson, Laleh and Veronica Maggio, he has created concerts that have given him a very special position in Swedish music life. In Gothenburg Concert Hall you have met him in Bowie in Berlin, Kosmische Musik, E.S.T. Symphony and Disco. Now he is taking on the hiphop scene together with the Gothenburg Symphony.
Please note that there is no introduction before the concert.
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Programme
Imenella Waryaa Gee3 min
Imenella Iman3 min
Lundin Fjärilar i magen3 min
Lundin Suedi3 min
Vic Vem Moderniteten4 min
Vic Vem Tänk om3 min
Lundin Välkommen hem3 min
Intermission25 min
Imenella Chagga2 min
Lundin Euro2 min
Vic Vem Freestyle Poetry2 min
Vic Vem Döden4 min
Vivaldi Sinfonia, At the Holy Grave3 min
Imenella Fråga om mig4 min
Lundin Jag räcker3 min
Vic Vem SOS4 min
Dani M Paradis4 min
Dani M Nån annan4 min
Dani M Naiv3 min
Vreeswijk Trasiga skor4 min
Dani M F.A.M.E4 min
Friday, 17 May 2024: The event ends at approx. 21.30
Saturday, 18 May 2024: The event ends at approx. 21.30
Participants
The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Göteborgs Konserthus, the funk gem at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2017-2018 season, Santtu-Matias Rouvali has been Chief conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers.
Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra.
In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region.
The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.
By traveling freely between music history and the present in the search for what unites, Hans Ek weaves different musical expressions together. It has led to a number of fruitful collaborations with Zara Larsson, Laleh, Veronica Maggio, Ane Brun, Renée Fleming, Lykke Li, Miriam Bryant, Metropole Orkest, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Sveriges Radio Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Phil and many more.
Hans Ek served for ten years as artistic director at the awarding of the Polar Prize. In recent years, Hans Ek's own productions have been widely heard both in Sweden and abroad. Examples of this are E.S.T. Symphony, Bowie in Berlin, Kosmische Musik, Made by Björk, Dance Music Symphony and Eno Remixed for Orchestra. He is regularly employed as an arranger by orchestras in Sweden and abroad. The arrangements have been performed by i.a. The New York Philharmonic and the Berlin Philharmonic. With his own ensemble, Modern Fantazias, Ek has worked with music by Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, John Cage and Lana del Ray.
Hans Ek has arranged and conducted the music for films such as Susanne Bier's Oscar-winning In a Better World and the Norwegian blockbuster Kon-Tiki. He has collaborated with director Tomas Alfredsson in the films Let the right one in and Se opp för Jönssonligan as well as in the TV series Trolösa premiering in 2025. In March 2022, Wermland Opera premiered Eurydike – an industrial baroque opera by Linus Fellbom and Hans Ek. The year also included collaborations with Eva Dahlgren, Stewart Copeland, Rufus Wainwright and Gregory Porter. In February 2023, Gothenburg Opera presented the world premiere of Kenneth Kvarnström's dance performance 12 Songs+ with Ane Brun. Spring 2024 offers concerts including with Metropole Orkest and SOHN as well as with Sweden's Radio Symphony Orchestra and Magnus Carlson.