DALASINFONIETTAN

Dalasinfoniettan was formed in 1988 and today has 28 full-time musicians. Based in Falun in central Sweden, it has a mission to cover the whole region of Dalarna with annual concerts in a variety of venues. The orchestra gives more than 80 concerts every year in repertoire spanning baroque to contemporary music and jazz. Occasionally they also join forces with other orchestras to perform large-scale symphonic works, and various ensembles from the orchestra offer chamber music programmes to local organizers. Dalasinfoniettan regularly invites internationally acclaimed soloists and guest conductors and in addition to orchestral concerts they also take part in opera or other musical performances. Every summer they give several concerts at Dalhalla, the large outdoor arena close to Lake Siljan, and since 2006 Dalasinfoniettan has hosted the international chamber music festival Vinterfest. In the summer of 2011 they were invited to the Bergen Festival, the biggest music and theatre festival within the Nordic area. Dalasinfoniettan also accompanied world famous soprano Hillevi Martinpelto on her critically acclaimed CD recital with favourite operatic arias (Io son l’umile ancella del genio creator/Swedish Society Discofil).