Upcoming
EAR-Ly Competition
NORDEM Member’s Meeting
Kan Man Höra Guld? – Children Play (Direction)
REMA Early Music Summit (Delegate)
XIV SEMF Christmas Edition 2026
REMA General Assembly
Early Music Day
NORDEM General Assembly
XXVI Stockholm Early Music Festival 2027
Concert Ensemble Villancico
Projects
Early Music Sweden
Stockholm Early Music Festival
Founder and Artistic director since 2002
Stockholm Early Music Festival, established in 2002, is the largest festival for medieval, renaissance and baroque music in the Nordic countries. Held annually in historical venues of the Old Town during the first week of June, the event presents international and Swedish artists to a worldwide audience.
After two decades of visionary work, EARLY MUSIC SWEDEN – National Stage for Early Music was created and launched in 2022 at Musikaliska Concert House in Stockholm.
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Ensemble Villancico
Founder, conductor and Artistic director since 1995
Formed in 1995, Ensemble Villancico specialises in Latin American baroque, early world music and Nordic repertoire from the XVI century. The ensemble’s work goes from musicological research to transcriptions, arrangements, performances and recordings.
Renowned for its lively and authentic performances, Ensemble Villancico has gained an international reputation across Europe and Latin America.
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Creator of the celebration, 21 March 2013
Created and initiated by Peter Pontvik in 2013, while president of REMA, the Early Music Day connects Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday and the beginning of spring to this Europe-wide event.
It aims to highlight shared historical musical heritage and is marked by concerts and conferences across Europe and beyond.
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Nordem
Nordic Early Music Network
Founder and chair since 2006
Peter is deeply committed to the advocacy and promotion of Early Music. In 2006 he founded NORDEM, an inter-Nordic network for early music representing festivals, institutions and promoters in Nordic and Baltic countries.
Its goal is to strengthen the position of early music in the musical life of the region and stimulate educational initiatives.
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Composing
Freelance composer since 1994
After studies in composition with Sven-David Sandström and Daniel Börtz at the Royal College of Music of Stockholm and Wolfgang Rihm in Karlsruhe, Peter Pontvik is active as a freelance composer.
His works include choir works, song cycles, a Missa Brevis, works for soprano and carillon, wind orchestra, and arrangements from the Latin American baroque repertoire.
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Contact
You can contact me at info[at]semf.se.
I speak Swedish, Spanish, German, English, French and Italian and am happy to hear from you in any of them.