Gustaf Sjökvist’s Chamber Choir was founded in 1994 and has since then been a very active part of Swedish musical life. The repertoire consists mainly of contemporary music and the choir has premiered scores of new work of composers such as Sven-David Sandström, Lars Edlund, Jan Sandström, Carl Unander-Scharin, Georg Riedel and Bo Holten. The repertoire also includes the classical oratorios such as Bach B-minor mass, Christmas Oratorio, Brahms' Ein Deutsches requiem and Verdi's requiem.

Throughout the years, the choir has collaborated with many different soloists and ensembles, made tours in many European countries together with Barbara Hendricks and tours in Sweden and Norway together with The Real Group. CD recordings have been made together with Barbara Hendricks, Edita Gruberova, Håkan Hagegård, Jan Lundgren, Mats Bergström and Nils Lindberg. The choir has also toured with a cappella music to the United States, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Gustaf Sjökvist’s Chamber Choir has regularly appeared at the Music at Siljan Festival and been invited twice to "The Taipei international choral festival" in Taiwan. The choir has also performed in the Stockholm Concert Hall in a project with French opera, had concerts in the Royal Palace and has also made numerous TV and radio recordings over the years. In December 2009 the choir participated in a series of programs on the AXESS tv-channel.

During the spring 2010 the choir has collaborated with the Swedish Radio Choir and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra when performing Sven-David Sandström's "Messiah", conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. In May Haydn's "The Creation" was performed together with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, and in May, GSKK also went on a concert tour to Munich.

On June 19, 2010 the choir participated in the wedding ceremony between Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel in the Stockholm Cathedral. Three new pieces of music were performed; "Hymn" by Karin Rehnqvist, and "Resting blissfully in your arms" music by Benny Andersson and lyrics by Kristina Lugn both together with the Stockholm Cathedral Choir and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Finally "When You Tell the World You're Mine" was performed together with singers Agnes and Björn Skifs, all conducted by Gustaf Sjökvist.

This summer the choir will once again go to Taiwan to participate in "The Taipei international choral festival".

Gustaf Sjökvist has attended the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm and studied choral conducting with Eric Ericson, later orchestral conducting with Sixten Ehrling and Karl Münchinger.

Since 1967 he has been the Stockholm Cathedral's choir master, heading choral and concert activities there. Between 1986-1994 Gustaf Sjökvist was the principal conductor of the Swedish Radio Choir. In 1994 he became principal guest conductor of the Bavarian Radio Choir in Munich. For choral performances and recordings he has collaborated with the maestri Abbado, Muti, Haitink, Guilini, Blomstedt and Levine, among others.

Since 1988 he is a member of the Royal Academy of Music and in 1991 he was appointed Professor by the Swedish Government. 1998 he was awarded the Royal Medal Litteris et Artibus. In 2000 he was appointed Court organist by H.M The King and in 2007 he was awarded a medal from the Royal Academy of Music.

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