Opening Ceremony of the Malmo City Tunnel

Dear readers,

I am very pleased to be able to announce that I'll be conducting the opening concert of the Malmo City Tunnel that will lead trains from Malmo City Centre to Copenhagen. At the ceremony, I'll be joined by His majesty the King of Sweden, Hakan Hardenberger, Marie Fredriksson and many other famous Swedish artists. The organisers are expecting an audience of 10 000 people and at the moment we are all working hard to make sure that it will be a great experience for them all.

The concert will take place on saturday the 4th December at 4pm at the Posthusplatsen in Malmo.

All the best

Kristofer

Lundaland Philharmonic website

Dear reader,

 

If you have not already been there, check out the new website (in Swedish) for the Lundaland Philharmonic Orchestra at www.lundalandsfilharmoniker.se. And don't forget to press the 'facebook' icon!

 

All the best

 

Kristofer

Gala concerts with the Lundaland Phil

Dear Readers,

I am currently working on two large scale gala concerts in the south of Sweden. It is our new Lundaland Philharmonic Orchestra which shall perform at Borgeby and Örtofta Castle on the 4th and 5th September respectively. The soloists are Olga Trifonova (soprano), Joachim Bäckström (tenor) and Carry Persson (baryton). The concert will feature opera arias, duets and other constellations by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Stenhammar and others.

The tickets are available from Julius Biljettservice at: http://www.juliusbiljettservice.se/aktuella.aspx?id=Lundalands&evID=452

You can also visit our website at: http://www.lundalandsfilharmoniker.se/

Hope to see you there!

Kristofer

Hacker attack

Dear readers,

 

Over recent weeks I have become the victim of a vicious hacker attack targeting valuable information that is contained in my computer. By installing a key-stroke-detector in my computer, the hackers gained access to sensitive login-information and had no hesitation in using it. Fortunately these hackers were discovered and we have also managed to get their IP-address but some considerable damage was done before this. They even managed to install a virus on my site and on the site of the St. Petersburg Festival Orchestra. We have now managed to get rid of these viruses and have successfully cleaned all computers. If any of you have experienced any inconvenience when visiting our sites, then I sincerely apologise for this. A hacker attack is terrible and I really hope that I am the only one who has become the victim of this attack.

 

Yours Sincerely

 

Kristofer Wahlander

Swedish media coverage

Dear Readers,

On thursday, I arrived home after an eventful few days. I had done a performance with the St. Petersburg Festival Orchestra but my flight from St. Petersburg was cancelled due to the volcanic ash. After a 7-hour taxi ride I arrived in Helsinki and took the night ferry to Stockholm where my father would meet up with my car.

While waiting for the ferry, the Swedish press started to phone! It turned out that the news of the new Lundaland Philharmonic Orchestra, which I shall head, had leaked out to the press. I am aware of how this happened but it is too long a story to write here! Anyway, it was not supposed to be printed yet as I would have preferred to have everything planned before approaching the media. But very little harm done, the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan published a nice report in thursday's newspaper. And I even got my picture on the front page! You can read the article in Swedish by clicking here.

Just a few hours later, Swedish Radio called me! With a bad mobile connection, which interrupted the interview several times, I was able to answer some questions about this new symphony orchestra. The interview was broadcast nationally yesterday and can be heard in Swedish language by clicking here.

Lundaland Philharmonic Orchestra is a totally new freelance symphony orchestra which is financed by the European Union and different local councils. We shall do four or five concerts annually and most concerts will take place in venues that usually do not host symphony orchestras. The first concert is planned for the 4th September at the castle of Borgeby.

I shall keep you posted about this.

Kristofer

My Way with the Philharmonic Orchestra

Dear Readers,

Just to let you know that my orchestration of David Mnatsakanyans piece 'My Way' will be performed by the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra in the Grand Philharmonic Hall of St. Petersburg on the 8th May this year. I am very glad that the piece and the orchestration have reached such an acknowledgement and wish the orchestra and its conductor the best of success for the concert!

If you would like to know more about the piece, read the article 'the caring face of music' in the Daily Telegraph by clicking on the title and scrolling down to the article.

Kristofer

Dear Readers,

During the festive season, the following clips from our large charity concert in St. Petersburg have been added to YouTube:









Press the Full screen and the HQ-buttons for a better sound and picture experince.

Enjoy!

Kristofer