Brahe Djäknar

Studentkören Brahe Djäknar rf
Background information
Origin	Turku, Finland
Years active	1937- (1937-)

Studentkören Brahe Djäknar is a Finland-Swedish male voice student choir based in Turku, Finland. It was founded in 1937 and was led by John Rosas until 1955, then by Gottfrid Gräsbeck, and from 1991 by Ulf Långbacka.

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

Advent concert in Turku Cathedral, together with the female choir Flora

Previous conductors
Years	Name
1937–1955	John Rosas
1955–1990	Gottfrid Gräsbeck
1991– now	Ulf Långbacka
(2000–2001	Heikki Seppänen)
(2010	Martin Segerstråle)

Brahe Djäknar has toured abroad frequently, both on their own and together with Florakören, for instance in the USA and Canada in 2005, Norway 2006, Italy 2007, Poland 2008, France and Spain 2009, Austria 2010 and Japan in the autumn of 2012 to celebrate their 75th anniversary.

External links

• Official web page
• Åbo Akademi University