Archive Dive into the archive

Peter Jablonski has performed, collaborated and recorded with the world's leading orchestras and conductors. He is among the leading pianists of his generation and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. He was signed to Decca record label when he was 17 years old. In 2026, he performs at the Seoul Arts Centre, at concert halls in Hamamatsu and Yokohama City in Japan, and with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. In recent seasons, he has guested with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Nicholas Collon, the Royal Swedish Philharmonic with Jukka-Pekka Saraste, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra with Jonathan Nott, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Gemma New, the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Lukasz Borowicz, and performed at Wigmore Hall in London. Peter Jablonski records exclusively for Ondine, and his recording of piano works by Ronald Stevenson was awarded a Swedish Grammis in 2025. Recent releases include music by Grazyna Bacewicz, the complete mazurkas by Frederic Chopin, and piano concertos by André Tchaikowsky. He most recently guested with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in 2023, playing the Bacewicz piano concerto.

Sara Trobäck has been Principal concertmaster of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra since 2002. She studied with Tibor Fülep at the Gothenburg Academy of Music and with György Pauk at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In connection with her graduation concert in 2001, she received the academy's prestigious Professional Diploma and the Dove Award. Sara Trobäck has also participated in master classes with Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Ruggiero Ricci and Joshua Bell. As a soloist, she has appeared with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the Stockholm Sinfonietta and the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, among others. In 2010, she premiered a violin concerto by Johannes Jansson dedicated to her and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Her London debut took place in the summer of 1999 when she performed Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the London Soloists in St Martin-in-the-Fields. Sara Trobäck has also given concerts in Scotland, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal and China. In 2002 she formed Trio Poseidon together with solo cellist Claes Gunnarsson and pianist Per Lundberg. The trio has among other things recorded Beethoven's Triple Concerto. Sara Trobäck plays a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini on loan from the Järnåker Foundation.

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.

Claes Gunnarsson has toured all over the world as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician and teacher. He made an early and acclaimed debut as soloist in Dvorák's Cello Concerto with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Shortly afterwards he was appointed principal cellist of the orchestra, a position he has held since 1999. As soloist, Claes has appeared in some of the world's most prestigious concert halls, including Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, St. Petersburg Philharmonie, Shanghai Symphony Hall, Seoul Arts Center and Singapore Symphony Hall. He has also appeared at leading international festivals such as La Folle Journée in Nantes, Music@Menlo in California, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Affinis in Japan, Yuri Temirkanov's Winter Festival in St. Petersburg and the Qingdao International Cello Festival. Conductors he has collaborated with include Neeme Järvi, Kent Nagano, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Alexander Lazarev, Christian Zacharias and Christopher Warren-Green. As a chamber musician, Claes has collaborated with prominent musicians such as Leonidas Kavakos, Nikolaj Znaider, Christian Zacharias and Hélène Grimaud. Of particular significance is his nearly 25-year collaboration with violinist Sara Trobäck and pianist Per Lundberg in the piano trio Trio Poseidon. The trio has toured extensively both nationally and internationally and made a critically acclaimed recording of Beethoven's Triple Concerto and Brahms' Double Concerto together with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Neeme Järvi for Chandos Records. For Chandos Records, he has also recorded Weinberg's Cello Fantasy and Cello Concerto together with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Thord Svedlund. The recording of the cello concerto was awarded the Diapason d'Or award. He is also represented on BIS Records with the premiere recording of Albert Schnelzer's cello concerto. Claes is regularly invited as a guest solo cellist with, among others, the Oslo Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra. In parallel with his concert performances, he is active as a teacher at the Academy of Drama and Music at the University of Gothenburg. Claes plays a cello built in 1707 by David Tecchler, generously on loan from the Järnåker Foundation.

Jun Sasaki is co-principal cello in Gothenburg Symphony since 2014. He was born in London and studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Royal College of Music with Thomas Carroll before moving to Oslo to study at Norges Musikhögskola with Truls Mørk. A prizewinner at the Royal Overseas League (UK) and Antonio Janigro (Croatia) competitions, his cello playing has led to appearances on TV and radio, and has taken him to festivals and venues across Europe and beyond - as soloist performing in venues such as the Cadogan Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Wigmore Hall, and at festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein (Germany), Edinburgh Fringe (Scotland), and Ultima (Norway). With a passion for chamber music, Jun has performed with artists such as Leif Ove Andsnes , Barbara Hannigan, Pekka Kuusisto, Corina Belcea and his teacher Truls Mørk. Jun is a member of Ensemble Caplet, as well as member of the musician community of Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.

Peter Jablonski has performed, collaborated and recorded with the world's leading orchestras and conductors. He is among the leading pianists of his generation and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. He was signed to Decca record label when he was 17 years old. In 2026, he performs at the Seoul Arts Centre, at concert halls in Hamamatsu and Yokohama City in Japan, and with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. In recent seasons, he has guested with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Nicholas Collon, the Royal Swedish Philharmonic with Jukka-Pekka Saraste, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra with Jonathan Nott, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Gemma New, the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Lukasz Borowicz, and performed at Wigmore Hall in London. Peter Jablonski records exclusively for Ondine, and his recording of piano works by Ronald Stevenson was awarded a Swedish Grammis in 2025. Recent releases include music by Grazyna Bacewicz, the complete mazurkas by Frederic Chopin, and piano concertos by André Tchaikowsky. He most recently guested with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in 2023, playing the Bacewicz piano concerto.