
BIOGRAPHY
During the season 23/24 the talented young baritone Arvid Eriksson performed Mozart’s Mass in C minor with Gulbenkian Orchestra under the baton of Ton Koopman, he met for the first time Västerås Sinfonietta in Handel’s Messiah and made his debut with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra performing Haydn’s The Creation.
Arvid Eriksson (1998) graduated from The Royal College of Music, Stockholm, in 2021. By concentrating on the performance of art song and concert he has positioned himself as a concert singer. He began his professional career at the age of sixteen, singing with the renowned ensemble Göteborg Baroque, of which he remained a member until 2022. He has received several scholarships for his talent and he also holds a degree in church music.
Arvid’s extensive concert repertoire includes works by Bach such as the St John’s Passion, St Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio, B-minor Mass and several cantatas, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn's The Creation and Stabat Mater, Requiems by Brahms, Mozart, Fauré, Duruflé and others, as well as works by Beethoven, Britten, Monteverdi, Roman, Larsson and many more.
Arvid has performed a number of well-known song cycles, including Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Liederkreis op. 24, Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder, Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte and Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel. He also frequently performs lieder by Schubert, Strauss, Brahms, Ravel, Sibelius, and Finzi, among others. Closest to his heart, however, are the Swedish art songs, many of which he has performed, including songs by Stenhammar, Rangström, and Peterson-Berger.
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