Presenters

Eva Bojner Horwitz, professor of music and health

David Thyrén, senior lecturer in musicology

Cicerone

Anna-Karin Palm

Special guest

Töres Theorell, professor emeritus Karolinska Institutet

Program

Kulning

Annie Engvall, vocals

Amanda Maier-Röntgen – Violin Sonata in B minor 1. Allegro (1873)

Siri Sperling, violin, Staffan Scheja, grand piano

Karin Rehnqvist – Jag vet, jag duger (2023)

Anna Rosén, conductor, with children’s choir (25 children)

Iñigo Eleta Romero, alto saxophone

Bo Wannefors, grand piano

Eric Sahlström – Vid Stormyren (1955)

Cecilia Österholm, keyed fiddle

Elfrida Andrée – Tonbilder, Op. 4 (1872)

1. “På vattnet”, 2. “Barnmenuett”, 3. ”Om kvällen”

Susan Yondt, grand piano

Georg Philipp Telemann – 12 Fantasies for Solo Flute, No. 12 in G minor, TWV 40:2–13 (1733)

Elisa Onegård, piccola

Frans Ferdinand Heimdahl – Wämöparkens gånglåt

Erik Westin, cornet

Jonathan Jennesjö, cornet

Zacharias Frato, alto horn

Håkan Björkman, valve trombone

John Lundén-Welden, valve trombone

Per Sjöberg, bass tuba

Sergei Prokofiev – Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 (1919)

Staffan Scheja, grand piano

Clara Soler Trullás, clarinet

Kevin Huang, violin

Cornelia Vogel, violin

Hanna Anderberg, viola

Agnes Wall Ströberg, cello

Alexej Gerassimez – Asventuras (2011)

Filip Korošec, snare drum

Eric Sahlström – Ack Värmeland, du sköna (1822)

Cecilia Österholm, keyed fiddle

Kulning

Annie Engvall, vocals

The concept of the knowledge concert was developed by researchers at the Royal College of Music and Karolinska Institute in Sweden where live musicians and scientific researchers creates a performance related to an important societal issue. The emotional evocativeness music allows it to act as a facilitator of knowledge acquisition which it is argued enriches the learning environment. In this study, we have built on the idea of the knowledge concert with a novel focus on Nobel prize winners’ work. Knowledge is generated from live musicians and narratives from a cicerone. The two originators will in this study develop the concept of Prelude before Nobel as a knowledge concert. Further knowledge related to the Nobel Prize scientific findings was obtained by listening to live music. In this experience thoughts and feelings were stimulated, which increased the receptivity and understanding of the Nobel Prize in terms of both content and meaning.