Dalasinfoniettan

Dalasinfoniettan was formed in 1988 and has today 28 full-time musicians. It is based in Falun in central Sweden and has a mission to cover the whole region of Dalarna with annual concerts in a variety of venues. The orchestra gives more than 80 concerts every year in repertoire spanning baroque to contemporary music and jazz. In June 2011 they backed up The Ark during the Peace & Love Festival in Borlänge before an audience of 30 000. Occasionally they also join forces with other orchestras to perform large-scale symphonic works. On the other hand various ensembles from the orchestra offer chamber music programmes to local organizers. Dalasinfoniettan regularly invites internationally acclaimed soloists and guest conductors and besides orchestral concerts they also take part in opera or musical performances. Every summer they give several concerts at Dalhalla, the large out-door arena close to Lake Siljan, and since 2006 Dalasinfoniettan hosts the international chamber music festival Vinterfest.

Bjarte Engeset is chief conductor and artistic director of DalaSinfoniettan. He completed his training with Jorma Panula at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki in 1989. In 1990 he was a prizewinner in the Nordic Conducting Competition and since his participation in the 1991 Tanglewood Seminar, USA he has conducted leading orchestras, made concert tours and CD-recordings throughout Scandinavia, as well as in Europe, the Baltic countries and USA.

About Musik i Dalarna

Musik i Dalarna is a regional music foundation with a mission. This mission, as well as most of the financing, comes from the Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs and Region Dalarna. Our purpose is to support, stimulate and develop the musical life of Dalarna. Musik i Dalarna initiates, produces and promotes musical events all year around.

Musik i Dalarna works in two areas, the small Symphony Orchestra Dalasinfoniettan and Live music in schools.

Live Music in Schools

The goal of Live music in schools is to provide concerts to schools in the whole region with professional and pedagogical live artists. We do 140 – 150 concerts for around 15, 000 children and youngsters every year. The artists performing are mostly freelance artists with various musical background and genres.

We also encourage and support live music projects aimed towards young people. One project is International Exchange, folx. For example we work with Viljandi in Estonia where young folk musicians from Dalarna and Wales take turns and visit both countries for workshops, concerts and sessions.

Musik Direkt is a nationwide musical competition, the biggest in Sweden, open to all genres. The participants must be between 13 and 19 years old and appear live on stage. About 5, 000 young musicians play in Musik Direkt annually and the competition is arranged all over Sweden by the regional music institutions and the Swedish Concert Institute/Rikskonserter.

Contact us for further information:

Managing Director
tel:+46 23 77 40 51
Staffan Becker

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Producer Dalasinfoniettan
tel: +46 23 77 40 52
Eva Erdman

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Manager Live Music in Schools
tel: +46 77 40 59
Lars Lindevall

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Musik i Dalarna
Nybrogatan 12
S- 791 71 Falun
Sweden

Phone:+46 (0)23 77 40 50
Fax:+46 (0)23 135 40
E-mail: info@musikidalarna.se