Ragnar Bohlin
508 Octavia Street, No. 3
San Francisco, CA 94102
Mobile: 415-871-5872
RBohlin@SFSymphony.org
www.ragnarbohlin.com
Curriculum Vitae
Employment
Director, San Francisco Symphony Chorus: 2007 – present
Director, Cappella SF: 2014 – present
Choral Director . Organist, Maria Magdalena Church, Stockholm. 1995-2007
Conductor, Royal Philharmonic Choir, Stockholm 1996-2000
Conductor, KFUM Chamber Choir 1992-2000
Guest Conducting Engagements
BBC Singers: Bernstein, Chichester Psalms, Missa Brevis, Hashkiveinu (2017)
California Symphony, shared with Donato Cabrera, Vaughan-Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. Pärt TeDeum
Chalmers Music Weeks (1998) (1999) (2003) (2004)
Chanticleer: Guest Music Director (2015-16)
Edmonton Symphony in Messiah twice, (2014) (2016)
Ericson Chamber Choir, three programs: Mozart/ Pärt with the Nordic Chamber Orchestra (2016), Schostakovich, a cappella music, Royal Philharmonic Hall, Stockholm
Formosa Singers in Taiwan: choral music. (2017) (2019)
Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir: Fredrik Sixten’s “St John‘s Passion” with recording (2016), choral music (2018)
Helsingborg Symphony: Bach Christmas Oratorio (December 2019)
Lund Male Choir: choral music (2019)
Lund Vocal Ensemble three productions, choral music.
Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Verdi’s Requiem in 2011.
Mid-America Productions, Carnegie Hall: Brahms Requiem(2010)
Napa Valley Symphony: Handel’s Messiah (2011), Brahms Requiem (2017),
Beethoven Triple Concerto (2018)
Orquesta Classica Santa Cecilia, Sociedad Coral de Madrid, Mendelssohn Elijah (2012)
OSESP / São Paulo Symphony, São Paulo, Brazil; Pärt, Schütz, Bach Magnificat (2011)
Handel Water Music, Byrd, Gibbons, Muhly, Richter/Vivaldi (2014)
Poulenc Gloria, Pegolesi Stabat Mater (2015), Bach, Pärt, Schnittke (2015),
Strauss, Lidholm, Poulenc Figure Humaine (`2016), BachMass in B-minor, Bates Mass Transmission (2016),
Seraphic Fire (forthcoming 2020).
SICL, Shanghai: Bach Mass in B-minor.
Swedish Radio Choir: Numerous recordings, radio broadcasts and concerts starting 1996.
Swedish Summer Choral Festival: US touring (2010). Two CD recordings
Stavanger Symphony and Chorus; two programs: Poulenc Gloria, Vaughan-Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Serenade to Music, miscellaneous a cappella pieces.
Awards and Honors
Michael Korn Founders Award for the Development of the Professional Choral Art
Chorus America. 2018
Swedish American Chamber of Commerce Cultural Award. 2013
Grammy Awards: Best Choral Performance, Best Classical Album. 2009
Johannes Norrby Award for the Advancement of Swedish Choral Life, 2000.
Teaching
San Francisco Conservatory of Music (2009 – present)
Visiting Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington. 2008
Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Liturgical Conducting 2005-2007
Masterclasses conducted extensively throughout the world.
Languages
fluent in English, Swedish, German
Education and Credentials
Masters Degree, Organ / Church Music, Royal College of Music, Stockholm 1991
Diploma, Conducting, Royal College of Music, Stockholm 1993
References
Corty Fengler, Chair, Board of Directors
Cappella SF
809 Barneson Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94402-3416
650-345 1451, 650-867-7812, cfengler@ix.netcom.com
Board Member, Chorus America
John Mangum, Executive Director/CEO
Houston Symphony
615 Louisiana Street, Suite 102
Houston, TX 77002
713-337-8540, john.mangum@houstonsymphony.org
Arthur Nestrovski, Artistic Director
OSESP | São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Praça Julio Prestes, No. 16, 2° andar, Campos Eliseos
São Paulo, SP
Brazil
011 55 11 3367 9602, Nestrovski@osesp.art.br
The Honorable Barbro Osher, Honorary Consul General
Swedish Honorary Consulate General in San Francisco
505 Sansome Street, Suite 1010
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-788-26431, barbro.osher@gmail.com
President, Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation
Chair, Bernard Osher Foundation
Julian Ching-Chun Su, Artistic Director, Conductor
Formosa Singers
F2 #61 section2, Min-tswen East Rd.
Taipei
Taiwan
886 2 2591 9422, ccscc1111@gmail.com, www.formosasingers.org.tw
Matias Tarnopolsky, President and CEO
Philadelphia Orchestra
One South Broad Street, 14th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-893-1961, mtarnopolsky@philorch.org
David Tayler and Hanneke van Proosdij, Music Directors
Voices of Music
127 Downey Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
415-260-4687 / 510-236-9808 / dtayler@sbcglobal.net / cembalo@sbcglobal.net
Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director
San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-552-8000, jr@mttmusic.net, skashiyama@sfsymphony.org
Management
Donald E. Osborne
California Artists Management
449 Springs Road
Vallejo, CA 94590-5359
415-362-2787, camdon@aol.com
www.calartists.com