Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra The Musicians

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra consists of 109 fantastic musicians. Take a closer look at who you meet on stage in the various instrument sections - strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, piano and harp!

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra consists of 109 prominent musicians. All driven by the love of music and the desire to deliver incomparable experiences. It is the passion and ambition that makes us one of the leading orchestras in the world.

Conductors
Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Chief Conductor

Barbara Hannigan

First guest conductor

Gustavo Dudamel

Honorary conductor

Neeme Järvi

Principal conductor emeritus

Concertmasters
Sara Trobäck

First concertmaster

Vacant

Associate first concertmaster

Vacant

First concertmaster

Justyna Jara

Second concertmaster

Erik Heide

Second concertmaster

First Violin
Nicola Boruvka

Yury Efimov

Mats Enoksson

Helena Frankmar

Charlotta Grahn Wetter

Bengt Gustafsson

Ellen Hjalmarson

Annika Hjelm

Cecilia Hultkrantz

Helena Kollback Heuman

Tove Lund

Joel Nyman

Ann-Christin Raschdorf

Clara Garde

Vacant

Second Violin
Marja Inkinen Engström

Principal

Terje Skomedal

Principal

Vacant

Principal

Pernilla C Lindh

Catherine Claesson

Hanna Eliasson

Jan Engdahl

Emirzeth Henriquez

Pierre Guis

Jenny Jonsson

Pernille Kristiansen

Jan Lindahl

Lotte Lybeck

Daina Mateikaite

Samuel Runsteen

Elin Stjärna

Nina Söderberg

Viola
Lars Mårtensson

Principal

Vacant

Principal

Tuula Fleivik Nurmo

Co-principal

Per Högberg

Susanne Brunström

Karin Claesson

Nils Edin

Henrik Edström

Laura Groenestein-Hendriks

Daniel Lee

Ellinor Rossing

Manon Briau

Oscar Edin

Cello
Claes Gunnarsson

Solo cellist

Vacant

Solo cellist

Johan Stern

Principal

Jun Sasaki

Co-principal

Pia Enblom

Paula Gustafsson Apola

Oscar Sokk Kleväng

Karin Knutson

Petra Lundin

Anders Robertson

Grzegorz Wybraniec

Vacant

Double bass
Hans Adler

Principal

Vacant

Principal

Markus Lang

Principal bass

Marc Grue

Erik Mofjell

Ida Rostrup

Jenny Ryderberg

Marcus Gaved

Vacant

Flute
Håvard Lysebo

Principal

Vacant

Principal

Tina Ljungkvist

Flute and piccolo

Marjolein Vermeeren

Oboe and cor anglais
Mårten Larsson

Principal

Vacant

Co-principal

Joel Vaz

Carolina Grinne

Oboe and cor anglais

Clarinet
Urban Claesson

Principal

Selena Adler

Co-principal clarinet and E-flat clarinet

Henrik Nordqvist

Ragnar Arnberg

Clarinet and bass clarinet

Bassoon
Ole Kristian Dahl

Principal

Constantin Gerstein

Co-principal

Kaitlyn Cameron

Basoon and contrabassoon

Vacant

Horn
Lisa Ford

Principal

Alec Frank-Gemmill

Principal

Ingrid Kornfält Wallin

Kristina Borg

Dick Gustavsson

Krister Petersson

Trumpet
Bengt Danielsson

Principal

Per Ivarsson

Principal

Paul Spjuth

Co-principal

Vacant

Trombone
Vacant

Principal

Endre Rydland Vetås

Co-principal

Arno Tri Pramudia

Jens Kristian Søgaard

Bass trombone

Tuba
Vacant

Timpani and Percussion
Hans Hernqvist

Principal

Martin Ödlund

Co-principal timpani and percussion

Roger Carlsson

Principal percussion

Walter Witick

Principal percussion

Fredrik Björlin

Co-principal percussion

Harp and piano
Erik Groenestein-Hendriks

Principal harp

Juan Zurutuza

Principal piano and celest

Orkesterns musiker med instrumenten i handen på röda mattan.

A truly wonderful experience

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra consists of 109 musicians who are driven by their love of music and a desire to provide you with a truly wonderful experience that will live long in the memory. It is this passion and ambition that makes the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Sweden, one of the world’s foremost orchestras.

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