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Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien (The Royal Swedish Academy of Music) is a Swedish academy founded in 1771 dedicated to promoting music and musical life. According to its charter, the Academy aims to follow developments in Swedish and international music life, take initiatives to benefit music culture, and support education, research, and artistic development across all areas of music. The Academy awards numerous prizes, scholarships, and grants to musicians, composers, and music researchers, and engages in publications, seminars, and cultural initiatives including programs for children's singing and Swedish musical heritage preservation.
Funding Opportunities
Masterclass i lieder och romanser
Dorothy Irvings Stipendiefond offers a masterclass in lieder and romanser (art songs) in Falun, Sweden, during summer 2026. The program invites eight song duos consisting of singers and pianists to participate in an intensive week-long course from June 23-29, 2026. The masterclass is led by renowned singer Sir Thomas Allen, actress Stina Ekblad, and pianist Kristian Attila. Participants will have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and skills in art song interpretation under the guidance of these distinguished artists. The course is free of charge for selected participants and concludes with a final concert at Nybrokyrkan in Falun on June 29. Applicants must apply as duos and should have their primary musical activity based in Sweden. The fund covers the cost of instruction, while participants arrange and pay for their own travel and accommodation, though affordable apartment rentals are available through the fund.
Dorothy Irvings Stipendiefond
Dorothy Irvings Stipendiefond honors the legacy of renowned singer and vocal pedagogue Dorothy Irving, who gave thousands of concerts throughout her long career and inspired and educated several generations of young musicians. The fund aims to promote and preserve the art of Lied singing in her spirit. The scholarship is awarded biennially on January 23, Dorothy Irving's birthday, with an award ceremony concert held at Grünewaldsalen. Recipients share a sum of 200,000 SEK and receive rights to use a film recording of their award concert. The scholarship supports artistically outstanding duos consisting of a singer and pianist who continuously collaborate and have their main activity in Sweden. Recipients are selected through an audition process where applicants perform 3-4 songs of varying character over a maximum of 20 minutes, with particular emphasis placed on artistic wholeness, including verbal presentation of the songs as an essential component.
Allan Petterssons Musikstiftelse
Allan Petterssons musikstiftelse was established in 2018 to promote the preservation of Allan Pettersson's music and make it known throughout the world. The foundation works to maintain and expand knowledge, awareness and public interest in Allan Pettersson's music. The foundation's purpose is fulfilled by granting support to musicians, arrangers or others who contribute to making Allan Pettersson's music accessible to the public, as well as organizing or participating in concerts, music events or similar events where Allan Pettersson's music is performed or made available. Scholarships can be applied for twice a year, in spring and autumn, for projects that stimulate interest in composer Allan Pettersson and his music. This may include research, concert projects or recordings.
Eric Ericson Award
The Eric Ericson Award aims to identify, encourage and support young promising choral conductors in the spirit of Eric Ericson. The prize 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 period. The Eric Ericson Award gives the next generation of choral conductors the prerequisites for an international career. The competition is planned to be held every three years. The winner receives a prize sum of 100,000 SEK and the opportunity to conduct concerts with several prominent radio choirs within the EBU during upcoming concert seasons. The total prize sum amounts to 150,000 SEK. This makes the Eric Ericson Award the most prestigious competition for choral conductors in the world. The competition is organized by Sveriges Radio (Swedish Radio) in collaboration with the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), and with support from Rosenborg Gehrmans Foundation, Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, and Märta Christina och Magnus Vahlquists Foundation.
Olu-Birgit Jeppsons fond för musikterapi
The Royal Swedish Academy of Music administers the Olu-Birgit Jeppson Fund for Music Therapy, which provides scholarships for education and research in music therapy. Scholarships can be obtained through application or through the fund's scholarship committee's own initiatives. The fund supports doctoral students in music therapy, music therapy researchers, music therapy students, and licensed music therapists. Priority is given to applicants who are pursuing education and research at the master's, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. Funding can be provided for participation in conferences with accepted contributions, research-oriented workshops and seminars, targeted research purposes such as data collection and conducting interviews, and other elements of ongoing and planned research projects. Applications are reviewed twice per year in spring and fall.
Harald Göranssons Stipendiefond
The Harald Göransson Scholarship is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music through a written application process. The scholarship aims to support musicological research concerning church music, primarily Swedish church music. The award is distributed every other year (odd years). The scholarship supports researchers and practitioners who contribute to the field of Swedish and international organ music, sacred music research, and musical interpretation.
Carl-Allan Moberg stipendiet
Carl-Allan Mobergs fond för musikvetenskap (CAM-fonden) provides scholarships every three years for musicological research. The scholarship can be obtained through written application or through proposals initiated by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music or by the Swedish Society for Musicology. The scholarship recognizes excellence in musicological research and contributions to the field of music research, with recent recipients being recognized for work in areas such as electronic music, sound art, and various aspects of music history and analysis.
Stipendier till musikforskning
The Royal Swedish Academy of Music offers research scholarships for music-related studies at various academic levels. These scholarships can be applied for by students in master's or magister programs (for thesis work), doctoral students, and active researchers within and outside academia. Applications may concern artistic music research, music pedagogical research, musicological research, or music-related research in other disciplines. Grants support participation in conferences with accepted contributions, research-oriented workshops and seminars, specific research purposes such as data collection, conducting interviews, and other elements of ongoing and planned research projects. The Academy particularly encourages co-financing and accepts applications for partial funding of research activities.
Albin Hagströms Minnesfond
Since 1997, the Albin Hagström Memorial Fund at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music has awarded scholarships for accordion and guitar players. The scholarships are aimed at accordion players and guitarists in the field of popular music. Applicants must be no more than 35 years old and Swedish citizens. The scholarships cannot be applied for by groups. The applicant must perform as an instrumental soloist and demonstrate skills on their instrument. Three different scholarships are available: a regular scholarship for those born in 1990 or later, a children and youth scholarship for those born in 2009 or later, and Albin Hagström's major scholarship of 100,000 Swedish kronor. The scholarships are intended to be used for studies. Selection is based on submitted audio files containing popular music compositions, preferably of different character, with a total playing time of no more than 15 minutes.
Blåsmusikprisen
Blåsmusikprisen – Klassiskt och Jazz – is Sweden's most prestigious competition for wind instrument soloists, held biennially. The competition is national and consists of two separate categories: Classical (woodwind and brass) and Jazz. Through the Royal Swedish Academy of Music's national scholarship auditions, three finalists are selected in each category during the autumn. These finalists then advance to a grand final round the following spring with one of Sweden's professional wind orchestras. The competition provides significant prize money and performance opportunities with orchestras, supporting the development of outstanding wind instrument soloists in Sweden. The prize was established by the Network for Professional Wind Music in Sweden and aims to recognize and promote excellence in wind instrument performance across classical and jazz genres.
Solistpriset
Solistpriset is Sweden's premier soloist competition and the Royal Swedish Academy of Music's largest prize for younger musicians, awarded biennially. This national competition is open to singers and instrumentalists in the field of classical music who apply for the Academy's national scholarship auditions. The competition is organized by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in collaboration with Swedish Radio, Berwaldhallen, Music in Southern Sweden, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and with support from the Rosenborg Gehrman Foundation for Swedish Music, as well as contributions from Malmö Live Concert Hall and Norrbotten Music. The winner receives 150,000 SEK plus performance opportunities including chamber music tours organized by Music in Southern Sweden, a tour with Musica Vitae, and solo performances with major Swedish orchestras including the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, and a soloist tour with Norrbotten Chamber Orchestra. Two runners-up each receive 50,000 SEK. The competition process includes auditions in September, a semifinal in November at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm where 16 semifinalists compete, and a final in February at Gothenburg Concert Hall where three finalists perform with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, broadcast live on Swedish Radio P2.
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- 11
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