5 Feb 2014
Festival leaders are awarded a Royal Medal
The Royal Medal Litteris et Artibus is awarded for outstanding artistic achievements in music, theatre, and literature. This year the musicians Person Anna Larsson, opera singer, and Staffan Mårtensson, clarinetist - with actors Ingela Olsson and Thomas von Brömssen - recieved the Medal for achievement in the performing arts. Both are also music festival organizers; Pers Anna as artistic director of Vattnäs Konsertlada in Mora and involved in Dalhalla Opera, Staffan as artistic director of Östergötland Music Festival.
The Association of Swedish Music Festivals congratulates the awarded! Click HERE to see a video from the medal award ceremony at the Royal Palace.