{"id":160258,"date":"2026-09-05T17:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/160258\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T17:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:28:15","slug":"exceptional-evening-with-the-czech-philharmonic-in-stockholm-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/160258\/","title":{"rendered":"Exceptional Evening with the Czech Philharmonic in Stockholm"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 25 and 26 August, the Czech Philharmonic performed at Stockholm\u2019s Berwaldhallen Concert Hall as part of the prestigious Baltic Sea Festival. The return of the Czech Republic\u2019s most renowned orchestra to the Swedish capital was an exceptional cultural event, made all the more significant by the fact that the Czech Philharmonic had not performed in Stockholm for more than fifty years.<\/p>\n

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An exceptional evening with the Czech Philharmonic in Stockholm. From left: Jarom\u00edr Vejrych (Deputy Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Sweden), Semyon Bychkov (Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic), and Jan Christoph Harder (President for Regions West, North, and Rest of the World at \u0160koda Group)<\/p>\n

Both concerts were conducted by Semyon Bychkov, Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic, whose artistic leadership has established the orchestra among the world\u2019s finest.<\/p>\n

The concert on 26 August was particularly festive. The programme opened with Maurice Ravel\u2019s Piano Concerto in G major, performed by the South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim, the youngest winner of the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Following the intermission, the orchestra performed Smetana\u2019s iconic cycle of symphonic poems, M\u00e1 vlast (My Country), one of the most significant works in Czech musical history. Under Semyon Bychkov\u2019s baton, this extraordinary masterpiece received enthusiastic acclaim from the audience.<\/p>\n

The Stockholm performances were made possible thanks to the generous support of PPF Group, the Czech Philharmonic\u2019s global partner, which has long supported the orchestra\u2019s international activities on some of the world\u2019s leading stages.<\/p>\n

Following the concert, Embassy representative Jarom\u00edr Vejrych, together with PPF representative Jan Christoph Harder and Chief Conductor Semyon Bychkov, welcomed distinguished representatives of Swedish institutions, business leaders, academics, and other honoured guests to a reception. The gathering provided an opportunity not only for an exceptional cultural experience, but also for further strengthening Czech-Swedish relations in the fields of innovation, economic cooperation, and culture.<\/p>\n

\u0160koda Group, a member of PPF Group, will supply new trains for the Saltsj\u00f6banan commuter railway line<\/a> in the Stockholm region. \u0160koda Group has also been selected as the supplier of trams for the new tram network currently under construction in Uppsala<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On 25 and 26 August, the Czech Philharmonic performed at Stockholm\u2019s Berwaldhallen Concert Hall as part of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[83],"tags":[131,132],"class_list":["post-160258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-stockholm","tag-stockholm","tag-sweden"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117219617142961412","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}