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Cellist Johan Stern is principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and teaches cello, chamber music and orchestral playing at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm and at the Juilliard School in New York. As a member of Gageego!, the Gothenburg Ensemble for New Music, he has premiered several solo works by our leading Nordic composers. Johan Stern has participated in a number of international festivals and as a soloist and chamber musician has performed with figures such as Bobby McFerrin, Edward Gardner, Petri Sakari, Kristjan Järvi, Daniel Müller-Schott and Levon Chilingirian. During his studies at Juilliard, he had the privilege of collaborating with several internationally renowned musical figures, including cellist Yo-Yo Ma and composers Elliott Carter and John Cage.

Tobias Ringborg is equally successful in opera houses as on concert stages as both a conductor and a violinist. His career began in 1994 when he won the prestigious Soloist Prize and received a soloist diploma from the Royal Academy of Music. He has a lifelong passion for opera and made his debut as an opera conductor at Folkoperan in 2001 with Verdi's La Traviata. In 2002 he joined Malmö Opera and made his debut at the Royal Opera in Stockholm in 2001 with La Bohème. He has also conducted at the Norwegian Opera in Oslo, the Royal Danish Opera in Denmark, Oper Leipzig, Scottish Opera and the English Opera North. Tobias Ringborg has explored the symphonic repertoire with leading orchestras in the Nordic countries, as well as in Auckland, in Victoria (Canada) and with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. In 2005 he made his London debut with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Barbican, both as a soloist and conductor. The years 2012-2015 Ringborg was chief conductor of Dalasinfoniettan. In the 2024-2025 season he conducted Puccini's La Rondine at the Victorian Opera in Melbourne, La Bohème at the Aalborg Opera Festival, Madama Butterfly at the Gothenburg Opera and The Barber of Seville at the Royal Swedish Opera. In addition, a gala evening at the Royal Swedish Opera at the opening of the Riksdag, Verdi's Requiem in the Faroe Islands and Moses Pergaments The Jewish Song at Stockholm Concert Hall. The 2025-2026 season includes The Marriage of Figaro and Turandot at the Royal Swedish Opera, Così fan tutte with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, and concerts with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, and the orchestras in Aachen and Nuremberg.

Cellist Johan Stern is principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and teaches cello, chamber music and orchestral playing at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm and at the Juilliard School in New York. As a member of Gageego!, the Gothenburg Ensemble for New Music, he has premiered several solo works by our leading Nordic composers. Johan Stern has participated in a number of international festivals and as a soloist and chamber musician has performed with figures such as Bobby McFerrin, Edward Gardner, Petri Sakari, Kristjan Järvi, Daniel Müller-Schott and Levon Chilingirian. During his studies at Juilliard, he had the privilege of collaborating with several internationally renowned musical figures, including cellist Yo-Yo Ma and composers Elliott Carter and John Cage.

Lisa Ford has been the principal horn player in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra for 30 years. Lisa is an active chamber musician and soloist and a member of the ensemble Gageego!. She is a senior lecturer at the Gothenburg Academy of Music and Performing Arts and a mentor in the master's program in symphony orchestra performance, she is a horn teacher and teaches wind and chamber music ensembles. Lisa Ford is educated at the Interlochen Arts Academy. She has been a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and has a diploma from the Norwegian Academy of Music, NMH. She was previously assistant principal horn player in the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. She is also a certified professional coach.

Mårten Larsson was born in Örebro and trained at the Royal Academy of Music under Alf Nilsson. He has been a leading oboist in Sweden for many years and is solo oboist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. He has also been a member of the Stockholm Sinfonietta. Mårten Larsson teaches at the Gothenburg Academy of Music and Drama and has released albums with music by Johan Helmich Roman, JS Bach and Keith Jarrett, among others.

Cellist Johan Stern is principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and teaches cello, chamber music and orchestral playing at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm and at the Juilliard School in New York. As a member of Gageego!, the Gothenburg Ensemble for New Music, he has premiered several solo works by our leading Nordic composers. Johan Stern has participated in a number of international festivals and as a soloist and chamber musician has performed with figures such as Bobby McFerrin, Edward Gardner, Petri Sakari, Kristjan Järvi, Daniel Müller-Schott and Levon Chilingirian. During his studies at Juilliard, he had the privilege of collaborating with several internationally renowned musical figures, including cellist Yo-Yo Ma and composers Elliott Carter and John Cage.