This past weekend, Lunds Vokalensemble went on a lovely tour and visited Sofiakyrkan in Jönköping, S:t Jacobs kyrka in Stockholm and Växjö domkyrka. A big thank you to all of you who attended our concerts and an especially big thank you to the churches for inviting us. We are in awe and very happy about the great response we got from the audiences on this, our first tour together with Ragnar Bohlin.

Of course we want to give our audience at home a chance to enjoy the musical programme of the tour as well. Therefore, we will perform the music again in Allhelgonakyrkan in Lund on April 14th at 5 pm.

Most welcome!

Lunds Vokalensemble are looking for tenors and basses! Are you an experienced singer with good sight reading skills and looking for new musical adventures? Come and join us!

Under the guidance of our conductor Ragnar Bohlin, you will create music on a high level while enjoying a warm fellowship in the choir. On the agenda for the spring are, among other things, a small tour to Jönköping, Stockholm and Växjö together with concerts at home in Skåne. We are rehearsing on Monday evenings.

Are you intrerested in auditioning for a position in the choir, please contact our conductor Ragnar Bohlin at dirigent@lundsvokalensemble.org

We are extremely happy and proud to be able to tell you that our conductor Ragnar Bohlin has been nominated for an American Grammy, for his recording of György Ligeti’s Lux Aeterna together with The San Francisco Symphony Choir. Please join us in congratulating Ragnar. We will keep all our fingers crossed for the award ending up in Sweden! You can find mare information on The San Francisco Symphony homepage: https://www.sfsymphony.org/About-SFS/Press-Room/Press-Releases/Grammy-Nominations-2024

Christmas is coming and per usual, the choir wants to provide proper Christmas spirit to the people, this time under the guidance of our new conductor Ragnar Bohlin. On December 9th, at 18 o’clock, we will perform a host of more or less traditional Christmas songs, together with baritone soloist Sebastian Durán and organist Mats Hultkvist. Please come and listen to us!

Tickets are available at Ticketmaster: https://www.ticketmaster.se/event/julkonsert-med-lunds-vokalensemble-biljetter/649433 You can also buy tickets from VisitLund, members of the choir and at the entrance from one hur prior the the concert.

Hope to see you in Allhelgonakyrkan!

Maria Lindroth has been elected new chairman for Lunds Vokalensemble. Emma Lund, our previous chairman, is now handing over the reins after six years at the helm. She will now be able to enjoy being “just” a singer in the choir. We are extremely grateful for Emmas contributions during this time, where she among other things navigated a pandemic with all the challenges the choir experienced. Emma was thanked for her services at the annual general meeting on October 9th, 2023.

Maria has been a member of the choir for a long time and we are all certain that she will be able to steer the ship with a warm and steady hand, together with our new conductor Ragnar Bohlin.

-I’m incredibly happy and honored for the vote of conficence from the choir members, Maria Lindroth says. It’s big shoes to fill, now that I am taking over the post from Emma, who has done a really fantastic job these past six years. But, with such an amazing board, choir and conductor, the road ahead can’t be anything less than exciting!

A big congratulations to Maria and a heartfelt thank you to Emma for your contributions! We will now continue our work with new, exciting and challenging musical adventures.

We are proud and delighted to be able to announce that Lunds Vokalensemble has appointed Ragnar Bohlin to be the new artistic director and conductor for the choir. Ragnar has worked with the choir several times over the past ten years, and these concerts have truly been highlights, both for the choir and for the audience. Ragnar Bohlin is a conductor of the highest international level and Lunds Vokalensemble is looking forward to a fruitful collaboration over the coming years.

Ragnar Bohlin has had a long and successful career as choir director, both in Sweden and abroad, and currently holds a position as choir director and organist at the Maria Church in Helsingborg. Between 2007 and 2021, Bohlin was the choir director of the San Francisco Symphony, and in 2014 he founded the professional chamber choir Cappella SF. Ragnar has worked with distinguished ensembles around the world, e.g. the Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Chanticleer, The BBC Singers, Sao Paolo Symphony and The Formosa Singers in Taiwan. He has also recorded several albums, for instance with Cappella SF and the Swedish Radio Choir. Ragnar has together with his ensembles won several awards at international choir competitions and was in 2006 awarded the prestigious Johannes Norrby Medal for expanding the frontiers of Swedish choral music.

Ragnar Bohlin has a degree as church musician and holds a diploma in choir conducting from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where he studied with Jorma Panula and the legendary choir director Eric Ericson. He has also studied singing with the Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda, has been teaching at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and has been a guest professor at the universities in Miami, Michigan and Indiana in the USA.

-I’m delighted for the opportunity to work together with Lunds Vokalensemble on a regular basis, Ragnar Bohlin says. Our prior productions together have been some of my favourite choir memories from all of my years as a conductor.

Ragnar starts as conductor for Lunds Vokalensemble in November, but will make guest performance at the concert on Kulturnatten on September 16 at 20.00 in Klosterkyrkan.

A very warm welcome to Lunds Vokalensemble, Ragnar!

The choir would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the people who came to our concerts this spring and those who have supported us in other ways. We would be nothing without our audience! The choir is currently enjoying a well deserved summer break to recharge before taking on the busy autumn schedule, where we will go on tour to Blekinge and Småland and perform together with The Swedish Radio Choir at Lund Choral Festival. Hope to see you then!

Have a lovely summer!

Lunds Vokalensemble would like to thank all of you who joined us in Lund, Kungsbacka and Båstad last weekend! And of course an extra warm thank you to the magnificent Stina Ekblad, who provided the lyrics extra depth and meaning. We had a marvellously musical weekend together and now we all suffer from some kind of Poulenc withdrawal symptoms. We’re hoping taking on new music will cure us from this affliction… Our next project will be spring and summer concerts in Lund, Eslöv and Malmö. Check this homepage and our social media for more information in due time.

Again - a big thank you for a fantastic weekend!

Last autumn we had the privilige to perform together with the amazing Stina Ekblad, who recited lyrics and poems connected to the music. The concert was arranged by Lund Choral Festival, and we were very sorry to see that not everyone who wanted to listen to us could get a seat. Therefore it is with great pleasure that we now are performing again with Stina, starting with a concert on our home turf at the newly renovated Stadshallen i Lund on March 10, followed by a small tour to Tölö curch (Kungsbacka) and Ravinen at Norrvikens trädgårdar.

We will perform one of the most maginificent choir cantatas for a capella choir, Francis Poulenc’s Figure Humaine, together with other songs about peace and the fight against tyranny. Our music will be accompanied by readings by Stina.

Tickets for the concert in Lund is now on sale via Visit Lund and Ticketmaster: https://www.ticketmaster.se/event/av-alla-varar-pa-jorden-lunds-vokalensemble-moter-stina-ekblad-biljetter/633229

Well met in Stadshallen!

It is with great sadness we this week have recieved the news informing us that our long-time conductor Ingemar Månsson has passed away, at the age of 93. Ingemar was the artistic leader and conductor of Lunds Vokalensemble between 1995 and 2013, and during his time at the helm, the choir celebrated several great successes both nationally and internationally.
The choir has, together with Ingemar, created several precious memories such as tours and competitions, but also heartfelt concerts with both music from the old masters and newly written music.
The thing we will remember most is Ingemar’s dedication to the music and the ambition to create and deliver the innermost meaning of the music, together with the singers. The choir would not be the same today without his influence.
We wish to extend a warm and heartfelt thank you for all the magnificent musical experiences, Ingemar. Rest in peace.

Lunds Vokalensemble together with Ingemar, ca 2005