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SNUO USA Tour 2012
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The Swedish National Youth Orchestra presents its first Concert Tour in the USA January 2012! Featuring exciting performances in three of The United States most Prestigious concert halls!
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Heres what the the wonderful kids from the Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary School had to say about the Swedi...

Thomas, Grade 8:The performance by the Swedish National Youth Orchestra was delightful and made my first experience at Carnegie Hall very amazing. The way they played made me proud to be a violinist ...

06 mar 12

Andrew Patner was “knocked out” by the Swedish National Youth Orchestra

Here the wonderful words from Andrew Patner at 98.7wfmt. Andrew is a Chicago-based author, broadcaster, journalist, and arts critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. He attended the SNUO concert in Chi...

15 feb 12

"Unabashed young Swedish talent"

The "Nordstjernan" newspaper has published a review by Carl Loof of the Chicago concert:Some quotes from the article:"I found myself pleasantly humbled by the sensational performance...

09 feb 12

Feedback from the audience in Washington DC

“The concert was fabulous! ““My husband and I are just home from the lovely concert of the Swedish National Youth Orchestra. They are a very talented group of young people and sounded as good as the ...

31 jan 12

A dream fulfilled!

The tour is now formally over. Thanks to the Swedish Embassy we got a guided tour of the Washington DC landmarks before we took off home.Approaching CapitoliumThe White HouseLincoln Memorial The...

28 jan 12

Final concert, Strathmore Center in Washington DC

A spectacular hall and a really good audience concluded the tour.More pictures ->

28 jan 12 1 person likes this

Great success at Carnegie Hall!

The double bass that Takanari Koyama used in the concert was 400 years old and was once built for a double bass player who used to play with Beethoven. The instrument now belongs to Professor Kurt Mu...

27 jan 12

Final preparations at Carnegie Hall

The Swedish National Youth Orchestra welcomes the wonderful kids from the Ten 0clock Classics!The Ten Oclock Classics is a non- profit organization providing weekly private music lessons and instrume...

26 jan 12

"Dagens Industri" is writing about the tour and the orchestra

The Swedish newspaper "Dagens Industri" wrote about the tour and the SNUO orchestra on Jan 25th. They mention that the idea of forming an orchestra for extra talanted young Swedish musicians ...

26 jan 12

Afternoon off...

... to have a bite of The Big AppleEmpire State Building from street levelNew York from the 102nd levelTimes Square Re-assembly at the Grand Central Station

26 jan 12

Master class at Juliard/Metropoli tan

Master class with Professor Paul Pollard for the low brass players.

26 jan 12

A voice from the audience at the Chicago Symphony Hall

The orchestra was wonderful! Such a talented group of young people, and such a consistently high quality performance!  We thought it was quite remarkable!It was clear that the orchestra members ...

25 jan 12 1 person likes this

Preparing for rehearsasls at Cary Hall, New York

25 jan 12

Concert at Scandinavia House hosted by Per Tengstrand

A group from the SNUO orchestra accompanied Per Tengstrand at Scandinavia House in New York Tuesday evening.It developed into a fantastic concert with excellent presentations by Per Tengstrand, Tobia...

25 jan 12 2 people like this

On the road again!

Departing from a (finally) sunny ChicagoHaving to split the group on eight different flights to get all 15 cellos on board made the logistics a bit interesting. It took us from early morning to ...

25 jan 12

Samples from the Chicago concert

24 jan 12 2 people like this

Concert at the Chicago Symphony Hall

More pictures ->

24 jan 12 1 person likes this

Preparing for the Chicago concert

More pictures ->

24 jan 12

Review in the "Expressen 4; newspaper

"Overwhelming" is a word used in Expressens review of the full dress rehearsal preceding the USA tour. "Their version of Arvo Pärts "Cantus inmemoriam Benjamin Britten" is among t...

23 jan 12 1 person likes this

Same old rehearsals, new location

("The L" is passing right outside the window in the back)

22 jan 12

Everyone and everything arrived to Chicago safe and sound

22 jan 12

Always playing, even at the airport

21 jan 12

A voice from the audience at Berwaldhallen

"Visiting the concert today knowing there would be some young persons performing I did not have high expectations of the concert. Listening and watching them perform I was astonished of their ski...

20 jan 12

Full dress rehearsal at Berwaldhallen, Stockholm

More pictures ->

19 jan 12

Full dress rehearsal at Berwaldhallen in Stockholm Thursday January 19 at 4:30 PM

Register at symfoniorkester@gmail.com  ;or call +46 076 180 1806.

16 jan 12

Practicing, rehearsing......

Some thoughts from a member of the orchestra:Practicing, rehearsing, listening to the words from all different teachers and trying to do my best using them. Waking up early, playing all day, going to...

13 jan 12

Rehearsals in Stockholm Jan 6

07 jan 12

Rehearsals started

The SNUO orchestra has been gathered for several days now at the WMCA facilities in downtown Stockholm.More pictures ->

06 jan 12

About SNUO

The aim of the SNUO project is to give talented and enthusistic young musicians from all Sweden an opportunity to meet like-minded and have unforgettable musical experiences.The "Sveriges Natione...

04 jan 12 1 person likes this

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