Gotland Chamber Music Festival

Name: Gotland Chamber Music Festival
Start: 2026-07-20
End: 2026-07-24
Location: Gotland

took place · 20 Jul 2026

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Gotland Chamber Music Festival takes place traditionally in week 30. The festival opens with a piano evening featuring Staffan Scheja and cellist Antonio Roland at Almedals Library.

Throughout the week, performers include soprano Clarice Granado, violinists Sueye Park (winner of this year's Sibelius Competition) and Darius Preuss, guitarist Jacob Kellermann, baritone Marcus Jupither, and pianist Itamar Carmeli. The three latter artists are visiting the festival for the first time. Staffan Scheja directs the festival.

About the festival: Gotland Chamber Music Festival

Good to know

Runs 5 days: Mon 20 July - Fri 24 July 2026
Venues: S:t Nicolai kyrkoruin (main stage), Almedalsbiblioteket, churches in Fröjel, Gammelgarn & Stenkyrka, Bläse Kalkbruksmuseum
Under-20s pay half price
Seats are unnumbered at all concerts
Doors open 30 minutes before each concert
Food & drinks available at Bistra Haren in the garden of S:t Nicolai before concerts and in the interval
Tickets sold via Nortic (online) and at the door before each concert (card, cash, Swish)
Getting there: Gotland is reached by ferry (Destination Gotland) or flight to Visby Airport

What's new

2026-06
The 2026 programme is confirmed and ticket sales are open via Nortic.
2026
The festival runs 20-24 July 2026 (week 30), opening with a piano evening at Almedalsbiblioteket and closing with a Grande Finale at S:t Nicolai ruin on 24 July.
2026
Three artists - baritone Marcus Jupither, pianist Itamar Carmeli and violinist Darius Preuss - appear at the festival for the first time in 2026.
2026
Violinist Sueye Park, winner of the 2026 Sibelius Competition, is among the featured artists.

Line-up

Antonio Roland
Clarice Granada
Marcus Jupither
Itamar Carmeli
Darius Preuss

About: Staffan Scheja

One of Sweden's most distinguished pianists, Scheja took first prize at the Busoni Competition in 1975 and has since performed with conductors such as Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen and David Zinman. He is also the driving force behind the Gotland Chamber Music Festival, which he has led since its founding in 1986.

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Swedish Grammy (Grammis) awards for recordings

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editions of Gotland Chamber Music Festival directed

What's new

2026-07
Scheja performs at the 2026 Gotland Chamber Music Festival in Visby, opening with a solo piano evening at Almedalsbiblioteket on 20 July.
2026
Scheja serves on the jury for the Jan Wallander Prize 2026, awarded annually at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
2025-03
Scheja served on the jury for the Jan Wallander Prize 2025, which was awarded to violist Miranda Nordqvist on 27 March 2025.

Tour

Visby

Tracks

Staffan Scheja Plays Romantic Swedish Piano MusicEarly landmark album (1969, RCA Red Seal) featuring Stenhammar, Rangstrom, Wiren and Larsson

Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 3 & 6 / Sarcasms / QuintetCritically noted recording on BIS (1994)

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 - Sinfonia ConcertanteRecording from 1988, one of his most streamed classical releases

Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minorPerformed 40+ times at the Opera Garnier Paris in collaboration with choreographer Mats Ek

About: Clarice Granado

Stockholm-born soprano Clarice Granado graduated from the University College of Opera in 2024 and has quickly built a presence on Sweden's leading stages - from Folkoperan's Die Zauberflöte to Carmina Burana with the Gothenburg Symphony. In May 2026 she received the Hjördis Schymberg scholarship, awarded by the soloists of the Royal Opera.

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What's new

2026-05
Clarice Granado was awarded the 2026 Hjördis Schymberg scholarship of 40,000 SEK, given by the soloists of the Royal Opera in Stockholm.
2025-spring
Granado sang the role of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at Folkoperan in Stockholm and at Uppsala Stadsteater, and was awarded Folkoperan's Friends soloist scholarship for the performance.
2025-oct
Granado performed as soprano soloist in Carmina Burana with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra at Gothenburg Concert Hall.

Tracks

Il Colore fa la Regina (Pollarolo)Lead role Gelinda - operatic debut at Vadstena-Akademien, 2022

Pamina in Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)Performed at Folkoperan and Uppsala Stadsteater, spring 2025; won Folkoperan Friends soloist scholarship

Carmina Burana (Orff)Soprano soloist at Folkoperan 2024 and Gothenburg Concert Hall October 2025

Bachianas brasileiras no. 5 (Villa-Lobos)Performed at the Queen Silvia concert hall, Stockholm

Fantasio (Offenbach)Role of Princess Elsbeth at Läckö Slott, 2025

About: Sueye Park

At 25, Sueye Park took the top prize at the 2025 Sibelius Competition in Helsinki - the same stage where Mullova and Kavakos once made their names - and makes her BBC Proms debut in London in July 2026. Her five BIS Records albums span Paganini, Szymanowski and contemporary works, reflecting a range that goes well beyond competition repertoire.

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studio albums released on BIS Records

What's new

2026-06
Sueye Park was appointed professor of violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, with her class running from March 2026 to September 2027.
2026-07
Park is scheduled to make her BBC Proms debut on 21 July 2026, performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra under John Storgårds at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
2025-05
Park won first prize (€30,000) at the 13th International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki, also receiving a one-year loan of a 1777 G.B. Guadagnini violin.

Tour

London

Tracks

Paganini: 24 Caprices (BIS-2282)Debut album released in 2017 at age 16, critically acclaimed.

Journey Through a Century (BIS-2492)Solo violin album named Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Recording of the Year' 2021.

Isang Yun: Violin Concerto No. 3 (BIS-2642)Recorded with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä, released 2022.

Szymanowski: Complete Works for Violin & Piano (BIS-2652)Recorded with pianist Roland Pöntinen, released 2023.

Echoes of Exile (BIS-2332)Fifth album released 2025, works by composers who lived in exile.

About: Jacob Kellermann

Stockholm-born guitarist Jacob Kellermann brings a repertoire that stretches from Schubert to living composers, backed by collaborations with the BBC Philharmonic, London Philharmonic and leading Scandinavian orchestras. His Grammis-winning 2020 album and his 2023 Takemitsu recording with the BBC Philharmonic have cemented his reputation as one of the guitar's most thoughtful voices in Europe today.

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Spotify monthly listeners

Dagens Nyheter record of the year 2020 (classical)

AllMusic critic score for Spectral Canticle (out of 100)

Albums released on BIS Records

What's new

2025-04
Sveriges Radio (P2) broadcast a solo recital by Kellermann recorded at Stockholm Concert Hall's Grünewaldsalen, airing on 21 April 2025.
2023-09
Kellermann performed at the Takefu International Music Festival in Japan, giving the Japanese premiere of Toshio Hosokawa's new work '12 Japanese Songs'.
2023-05
Kellermann's fourth BIS album, 'Takemitsu: Spectral Canticle', recorded with the BBC Philharmonic and conductor Christian Karlsen, was released on 5 May 2023.

Tracks

Takemitsu: Spectral Canticle2023 album with BBC Philharmonic; Takemitsu's complete orchestral guitar works on one disc for the first time

Rodrigo: Concierto de AranjuezFrom the 2020 Grammis-winning album with London Philharmonic, named #1 record of the year by Dagens Nyheter

Gubaidulina: RepentanceDebut BIS album (2014), showcasing Kellermann's commitment to contemporary repertoire

Schubert Sonatas (Duo KeMi)2018 album with violinist Daniel Migdal; Schubert violin sonatas transcribed for violin and guitar

Recent shows

Jun 10, 2022 Pyynikkisali, Tampere (FI)

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