Malmö Symphony Orchestra (MSO) was founded in 1925 and is one of Sweden's four major professional symphony orchestras, based at Malmö Live Concert Hall since 2015. With around 90 full-time musicians from some 17 countries, the orchestra performs a new concert nearly every week and has built an international reputation through recordings on Naxos and Ondine - including a praised complete Beethoven cycle with former chief conductor Robert Trevino. British conductor Martyn Brabbins took over as chief conductor from the 2025/26 season.
German conductor Christian Blex was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of MSO for the 2026/2027-2028/2029 seasons; Blex won the Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award 2025 and has served as assistant to Kirill Petrenko at the Berliner Philharmoniker since 2022.
Malmö Live Konserthus announced a three-season partnership with TicTac Learn Group AB to support MSO's international touring and outreach to younger audiences, running from autumn 2026 to summer 2029.
Austrian violinist and conductor Rainer Honeck, who has collaborated with MSO for over two decades, was appointed the orchestra's Honorary Guest Conductor.
Japanese-American composer Karen Tanaka was named Composer-in-Association at Malmö Live Concert Hall and MSO for both the 2025/26 and 2026/27 seasons.
MSO celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2025, marking a century since the orchestra's founding in Malmö.
