
On April 9, 2014, Birgit Nilsson Foundation President Rutbert Reisch announced that the Birgit Nilsson Prize for 2014 will be awarded to the VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA at the Concert Hall in Stockholm on October 8, 2014. This award will be given in the presence of H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf and H.M. Queen Silvia. A limited amount of tickets will go on public sale on June 3, 2014 at 11:00 and will be sold via the Concert Hall’s web site and ticket office.