Born in 2000, Swedish violinist Johan Dalene is already making his mark on the international scene. His refreshingly honest musicality, combined with his ability to engage with musicians and audiences alike, has won him many admirers. He began playing the violin at the age of four and made his professional concert debut three years later. As a student at the Royal Conservatory in Stockholm, he has also worked closely with mentors such as Janine Jansen, Leif Ove Andsnes and Gidon Kremer. Dalene has been a prize-winner in a number of competitions, most recently the prestigious Carl Nielsen Competition, where he won first prize. During the finals of the Nielsen Competition, he played Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major, a work he had recorded for BIS two months earlier (in January 2019). On this SACD, the recording was made with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, known from many acclaimed recordings on BIS. But this is also Johan Dalene's home orchestra: born and raised in the city of Norrköping, he performed with the orchestra several times and was its 2018 / 19 artist-in-residence. The SACD closes with Samuel Barber's lyrical and contemplative Violin Concerto from 1939.