Orphei Drängar
| Orphei Drängar | |
|---|---|
| Seat: |
 Uppsala
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| Founding: | 1853 |
| Genus: | Male choir |
| Head : | Cecilia Rydinger Alin |
| Voices : | TB |
| Website : | http://www.od.se/en/german |
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Orphei Drängar , or commonly called OD ( Sångsällskapet Orphei Drängar ), is a Swedish male choir. Orphei Drängar was founded in December 1853 near Uppsala University . The choir gives several concerts a year, and since 1962 the Caprice in the university auditorium . The choir has given concerts in around 30 countries, in Germany for the first time in 1892.
Since 2008 the choir has been led by Cecilia Rydinger Alin . Her main job is to train orchestral conductors at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm , where she works as a professor. Cecilia Rydinger Alin is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music .
Chief conductor
- 1853-1854: Oscar Arpi
- 1854–1880: Jacob Axel Josephson
- 1880–1909: Ivar Eggert Hedenblad
- 1909–1910: Wilhelm Lundgren
- 1910–1947: Hugo Alfvén
- 1947-1951: Carl Godin
- 1951–1985: Eric Ericson
- 1985–1991: Eric Ericson and Robert Sund (parallel)
- 1991-2008: Robert Sund
- 2008–: Cecilia Rydinger Alin