Maxim Emelyanychev
Conductors Maxim Emelyanychev and Krista Audere are appointed to the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choir respectively as Principal Guest Conductors from 2025.
The Swedish Radio Choir’s Principal Guest Conductor will be Krista Audere, born in Latvia in 1989. She won the 2021 Eric Ericson Award, the most prestigious competition for young choral conductors.
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra’s new Principal Guest Conductor will be Maxim Emelyanychev, born in 1988. He has conducted orchestras since the age of 12 and is also a pianist and harpsichordist. Since 2019, he has been Music Director of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He holds the same position with renowned period orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro.
Daniel Harding’s contract as Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra extends to 2025 and Kaspars Putniņš for the Swedish Radio Choir until at least 2026. Both Krista Audere and Maxim Emelyanychev will take up their new positions in 2025, the same year that the Swedish Radio Broadcasting Corporation and the Swedish Radio Choir both celebrate their 100th anniversary.
