EARLY MUSIC SWEDEN - Sweden

EARLY MUSIC SWEDEN is the largest international platform in the Nordic countries for baroque, renaissance and medieval music. With variation and quality as its motto the festival highlights the diversity of early music, offering a programme of known and unknown music from all over the world, featuring well-renowned Swedish and international artists. The festival has been held annually in the historical setting of Stockholm’s Old Town since 2002, in the special summer atmosphere of early June. The programme includes lunch, afternoon, and evening concerts, seminars and masterclasses. 

EARLY MUSIC SWEDEN was founded as Stockholm Early Music Festival in 2002 by Peter Pontvik. It is organised by the homonym non-profit association, which was formed in 2003 to increase awareness of, and access to early music. SEMF works to promote 1,000 years of living musical heritage on the Swedish and European music scene. 

Among EMS’s year-round activities are the concert series on the National Stage for Early Music and the winter festival SEMF Christmas Edition. 

SEMF is a member of NORDEM (Nordic Early Music), Sweden Festivals, and its Artistic director is a former president of REMA, the European Network for Early Music, REMA. 

"Baroque in Yellow and Blue – a Swedish-Ukrainian Musical Weave" invites you to explore the rich, little-known world of 17th-century Ukrainian polyphony, intertwined with Baroque dances from the Swedish Düben Collection.

On EARLY MUSIC DAY 2025, the sonorous vocal ensemble PARTES (Kyiv) joins forces with the internationally acclaimed harpsichordist Mariangiola Martello, performing in the magnificent acoustics of the German Church.

At the heart of the program is Mykola Dyletsky, a pioneering figure in Eastern European Baroque music, alongside his Swedish contemporary Gustaf Düben, renowned for his vast collection of European scores. A harmonious yet contrasting musical experience - with a message of peace.