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Krista Audere won the Eric Ericsson prize in 2021, a conducting competition for young talents, and has since returned to Radiokören as a guest conductor. She currently lives in the Netherlands and works as a conductor in Europe.
In her new assignment, Krista Audere is given overall artistic responsibility for the Radiokören - one of the world's leading choirs.
- First we have to get to know each other. But the big difference between this choir and others is the sound and the storytelling, which is on another level, says Krista Audere.
The radio choir has played an important role in Krista Audere's career. In 2021, she won the Eric Ericsson prize, a conducting competition for young talents. Since then, she has returned to the choir as a guest conductor.
- It has meant everything, it is difficult to put into words. It's emotional. All my dreams have come true here in Stockholm, says Krista Audere.
I have failed a lot
Today she lives in the Netherlands and is one of Europe's most prominent conductors.

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