Göteborgs Konserthus Side by Side 2025: Wind & String in Concert

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A really intense musical experience is promised when the international music camp Side by Side ends its Festival Tuesday with a grand concert in Konserthuset’s main hall. There will be a string orchestra, a wind orchestra and a symphony orchestra – all in one!

The participants in Wind & String Orchestra offer a varied program of music for both string, wind and symphony orchestras in a wonderful mix! The wind orchestra and the symphony orchestra are conducted by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra’s Marjolein Vermeeren and the string orchestra is led by Terje Skomedal, violinist at the Gothenburg Symphony.

In addition to gorgeous pieces for full orchestra by Pinar Toprak and Soon Hee Newbold, we hear Holst’s languishing Song Without Words and Coleman’s Umoja for brass band. The string orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky’s beautiful Elegy and there will also be music composed by local celebrity Elfrida Andrée, one of the 19th century’s female pioneers.

The international music camp Side by Side is organized by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and open to participants 6-23 years old. Side by Side creates meeting places where children and young people from different cultures and backgrounds can sing and play together, side by side with professional musicians. The camp promotes classical music and works for tolerance, cooperation, and equality.