Welcome! August 9–16, 2025

If music be the food of love, play on! – a famous Shakespeare quote.

Music not only nourishes love, but joy, fellowship, aesthetic experiences, memories, inspiration. We hope you will find it all in our program.

Östergötland Music Days 2025 invites you to enjoy classical music and jazz in our beautiful region. Our main cities are Linköping and Norrköping, and we play all over the province – in castles, churches, art museums, concert halls.

The week starts with star soprano Matilda Sterby and the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra in a program inspired by Vienna – the heart of classical music.

Trio Riche, three young Swedish soloists, plays Ravel (celebrating his 150-years anniversary), Linde and Andrée in Vadstena and Bjärka-Säby, two beautiful venues.

Stenhammar Quartet, undoubtedly Sweden’s most distinguished string quartet, presents more Ravel, and the Mozart clarinet quintet along with new music.

Meet the revolutionary creativity of Beethoven coupled with the avantgarde of our time with Sebastian Enhamre and Magnus Andersson. Pianist Anna Christensson, always looking for rare master-pieces, plays Debussy, Berg, Korngold and the eccentric Eric Satie.

Among local professional ensembles, the Crusell Quintet and the Östgöta Brass Quintet give us the pulse of the big cities, Swedish brass music and a concert for the very young. In these years, when humanistic core values are threatened by the terror of stupidity, we appreciate that Östgöta Jazz Band will perform the Democracy! suite by American Jazz giant Wynton Marsalis.

Jazz is thriving at the Music Days. This year we welcome two constellations of brilliant Swedish jazz stars: Peter Asplund, Emmalisa Hallander and the Stockholm Jazz Trio, as well as Sarah Riedel, Jonas Östholm and Viktor Skokic. These concerts will both take place in Babettes Kulturpalats (Babettes Cultural Palace), music’s new haven in Linköping.

On our final day, you can choose to listen to dazzling performers Leif Karlsson, percussion, and Per Gross, recorder, while enjoying breakfast at Babette’s, or in a wonderful afternoon castle setting at Löfstad.

To finish the festival, we welcome the fifteen virtuosi of the SoFo Chamber Orchestra in a spicey program with Dvorák, Piazzolla and others.

Take a good look and find your perfect match of venue and program to nourish soul and spirit – Welcome!

Staffan Mårtensson
Artistic Director
Principal Clarinet, Royal Swedish Opera