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.