STOCKHOLM EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL (SEMF) - Sweden

Stockholm Early Music Festival is the largest international event in the Nordic countries for baroque, renaissance and medieval music. With variation and quality as its motto the festival highlights the diversity of early music, offering a programme of known and unknown music from all over the world, featuring well-renowned Swedish and international artists. The festival has been held annually in the historical setting of Stockholm’s Old Town since 2002, in the special summer atmosphere of early June. The programme includes lunch, afternoon, and evening concerts, seminars and masterclasses. 

Stockholm Early Music Festival was founded in 2002 by Peter Pontvik. It is organised by the non-profit association Stockholm Early Music Festival (SEMF), which was formed in 2003 to increase awareness of, and access to early music. SEMF works to promote 1,000 years of living musical heritage on the Swedish and European music scene. 

Among SEMF’s year-round activities are the concert series Early Music LIVE! and the winter festival SEMF Christmas Edition. 

SEMF is a member of NORDEM, The Nordic Early Music Federation, Sweden Festivals, and former president of the European Network for Early Music, REMA. 

In Stockholm, EARLY MUSIC SWEDEN is celebrating EARLY MUSIC DAY by offering a concert of medieval dances with three international young artists from Sweden, Denmark and Italy. The event is also being recorded and broadcast by the Swedish Radio.

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The programme content includes pieces from a Tuscanian 14th century manuscript, performed by the brillant hurdy-gurdy player Johannes Geworkian Hellmann, the great recorder player Clara Guldberg Ravn and the talented percussionist Lorenzo d´Erasmo. They invite the listeners to a distinctive and memorable artistic experience by painting the music with fresh colours filled with virtuosity, passion and joy. Don´t miss this exclusive musical meeting!