Brahe Djäknar

Studentkören Brahe Djäknar
Choir
Emblem
Origin	Turku, Finland
Founded	1937 (1937)
Genre	Choral (male voice)
Chief conductor	Ulf Långbacka
Headquarters	Turku, Finland
Affiliation	Åbo Akademi University
Associated groups	Florakören Akademiska Orkestern
Website	brahedjaknar.fi

Advent concert in Turku Cathedral together with Åbo Akademi University female voice choir Florakören and symphony orchestra Akademiska Orkestern

Studentkören Brahe Djäknar (Finland Swedish pronunciation: [stʉˈdentˌkœːren ˈbrɑːhe ˈ(d)jeːknɑr]), also referred to as simply Brahe Djäknar, abbreviated BD, is a Finland-Swedish academic male voice choir in Turku, Finland.

Overview

The choir was founded in 1937 and was directed by John Rosas until 1955. Rosas was succeeded by Gottfrid Gräsbeck, who was in turn succeeded by Ulf Långbacka in 1991.

The choir is known for its annual Christmas concerts around the first Sunday of Advent in the Turku Cathedral together with its Åbo Akademi University sister choir Florakören, and the Åbo Akademi University symphony orchestra Akademiska Orkestern. The choir also performs on 30 April every year to celebrate the coming of spring; these concerts have for many years been broadcast live on radio and TV.

The choir has toured abroad frequently, both on its own and together with Florakören, e.g. in Canada and the United States in 2005, in Norway in 2006, in Italy in 2007, in Poland in 2008, in France and Spain in 2009, in Austria in 2010, and in Japan in 2012, celebrating its 75th anniversary.

Conductors

From	To	Name	Notes
1937	1955	John Rosas
1955	1990	Gottfrid Gräsbeck
1991	2022	Ulf Långbacka	Incumbent
2000	2001	Heikki Seppänen	Interim conductor
2010	2010	Martin Segerstråle	Interim conductor
2023		Hanna Kronqvist

External links

• Official web page
• Åbo Akademi University