A tightly knit ensemble of 38 regular members, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra made its United States and United Kingdom débuts with Thomas Dausgaard in 2004, performing at the London Proms and Lincoln Center, Mostly Mozart Festival. The New York Times wrote of that performance: “It has been a longstanding complaint in the classical music world that as recordings and jet travel have shrunk the globe, an international sound has been fostered that has filtered out regional differences in timbre and interpretation… And every now and then an orchestra comes along with a sound that is surprising and fresh. The Swedish Chamber Orchestra, led by its music director, Thomas Dausgaard, produced a distinctive and consistently vibrant sound.”\nSince 2004 the Swedish Chamber Orchestra has toured regularly throughout Europe and made its début in Japan. Recent highlights have included a major 2012 European tour and 2013 New York Lincoln Center performance with Nina Stemme in a specially created programmed entitled “Love, Hope and Destiny”, followed by performances in Berlin and Vienna in Spring 2014 with pianist Alice Sara Ott.