Opera concert with Karin Dahlberg and Bernt Wilhelmsson @World Opera Day

On World Opera Day, October 25, the World Heritage Site Grimeton will once again host soprano Karin Dahlberg and pianist Bernt Wilhelmsson for a unique concert in the radio station’s transmitter hall. This time as a tribute to #100yearsofcommunication.

The program performed in Grimeton includes opera gems such as Puccini’s “O mio babbino caro”, Handel’s “Lascia ch’io pianga”, and Purcell’s “Music for a while”, along with sparkling operetta and musical pearls. You’ll be treated to music from Italy, England, Sweden, Germany, and catch a long wave from America with Gershwin’s “Summertime”.

Soprano Karin Dahlberg, born in Håcksvik and residing in Varberg, has performed on several European stages since her debut with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in 2004, including the Berlin Philharmonie. In December 2025, she will be a soloist at Berwaldhallen with the Radio Symphony Orchestra and the 100-year-celebrating Radio Choir in a concert to be broadcast on Swedish Radio P2.

Karin was awarded the Varberg Municipality’s Honorary Plaque for Culture in 2023:

“For her artistry in the field of song and music.//With a voice that goes straight to the heart, she has become a leading figure in Varberg’s cultural life.”

Karin has a special connection to the radio station as her grandfather Hans Palmqvist was the station manager in Grimeton for 40 years. The concert will therefore be a grand and warmly personal encounter with both the music and these two great musicians in a different setting in the heart of the radio station, where communication has been the key word since 1924.

At the piano, accompanying is none other than the fantastic pianist Bernt Wilhelmsson. He grew up on Orust and started playing piano and accordion at the age of nine. He made his debut as a soloist in Beethoven’s “Emperor Concerto” with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in 1997. Bernt frequently performs piano recitals and chamber music concerts, as well as working as an accompanist.

He has performed in the Nordic countries, Scotland, France, USA, Argentina, and Canada, and during his concert visits has recorded for radio stations in Estonia and Latvia, and on numerous occasions for Swedish Radio P2. Since 2008, Bernt has been a lecturer in piano and chamber music at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg and is frequently engaged at the Gothenburg Opera as an orchestra pianist.

Don’t miss this world-class concert experience right here at home!

Your ticket contributes to our ability to preserve the World Heritage Site Grimeton for the future.

Concert at 7:00 PM. Admission to the Transmitter Hall from 6:45 PM. Before the performance, refreshments are served in the Dining Room, World Heritage Visitor Center.