Gasometer – Europe’s New Landmark Venue Announces Opening Performances
Gasometer announces its opening performances, launching the new venue as an international cultural destination for live music and arts.
Today, Gasometer reveals that composer Jacob Mühlrad and artist and creative director Alexander Wessely, renowned for their work with leading orchestras, institutions and international artists, will create and direct its opening performances.
Mühlrad has been commissioned by the BBC Proms and Radio France and wrote the music for the 2025 Nobel Prize Banquet. His music has been performed at the Royal Albert Hall and Stockholm Concert Hall, with recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Warner Classics. Outside classical music, Mühlrad has collaborated with artists such as Swedish House Mafia and 070 Shake.
Wessely is one of the world’s most sought after designers, creating visual worlds for artists including The Weeknd, Rihanna, FKA twigs and Arca, with work spanning Coachella, Madison Square Garden, Sphere in Las Vegas and the 2025 Nobel Prize Banquet.
A venue like no other, Gasometer brings together architecture, live entertainment and the latest visual and audio technology. Opening on 17 March 2027, the new venue is being built inside the historic 1899 gasholder designed by Swedish architect Ferdinand Boberg. From industrial landmark to entertainment powerhouse, Gasometer further enhances Sweden’s reputation as an international cultural force.
The opening programme runs across four consecutive nights and is built around four acts. Mühlrad and Wessely are working at the intersection of classical and contemporary music and visual art. The programme is new, created for Gasometer’s opening, and the staging is made for this room.
“To me, the music relates to the idea of resurrection, and these performances tell the story of how Gasometer is coming back to life,” says Jacob Mühlrad.
“We are exploring what it means to work with the whole interior rather than a fixed stage; how the audience’s eye can move through the room; and why the visual concept could only be made for Gasometer,” says Alexander Wessely.
“With the inauguration of the Gasometer, we are not simply opening a new venue; we are establishing a new benchmark for live entertainment in Europe,” says Julien Planté, Head of Entertainment at Miramis, “In bringing Jacob Mühlrad and Alexander Wessely together, we are signalling our intent from day one: this is a space where architectural heritage meets boundary-pushing artistic innovation. We are proud to offer a stage where world-class creators can realise their most ambitious visions.“
Gasometer is taking shape inside the historic gasholder in Stockholm’s Gasworks district. The brick shell is being preserved. Inside it, a new pillar-free theatre for up to 2,300 guests is under construction for concerts, opera, performing arts and large-scale live productions.
The inauguration runs from 17–20 March 2027. Tickets will be released later this year, with further programme details announced ahead of the opening. Guests can now join the waitlist at gasometer.se to receive more information ahead of the ticket release.
About Jacob Mühlrad
Jacob Mühlrad (b. Stockholm, 1991) is a composer whose work spans both the classical and popular music scenes. He has been commissioned by the BBC Proms and Radio France and wrote the music for the 2025 Nobel Prize Banquet. His music has been performed at the Royal Albert Hall and Stockholm Concert Hall, with recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Warner Classics. Outside classical music, he has collaborated with artists such as Swedish House Mafia and 070 Shake.
He has worked closely with Pablo Heras-Casado, Matthias Pintscher and Olga Neuwirth. In 2019 he began a multi-year collaboration with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, which premiered REMS in 2021. In 2026 the BBC Proms premiered his HELIX, with Martin Fröst and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. His music has also been performed at Carnegie Hall and Suntory Hall and by ensembles such as the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, WDR Rundfunkchor and the Swedish Radio Choir.
For Swedish House Mafia he made a symphonic reworking of One. He scored Björn Runge’s film Burn All My Letters and Tröstrapporter at the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
In October 2026 Brett Dean conducts the world premiere of RESIL with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. In January 2027 the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Martin Fröst premiere his new work KAVANAH at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
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About Alexander Wessely
Alexander Wessely is one of the most influential visual artists and creative leaders of his generation. His practice moves between sculpture, spatial installation, film, and large-scale scenography, where body, light, and architecture merge into visual worlds marked by a distinctly ritualistic character.
Throughout his career, Alexander has created works and stage designs for artists including The Weeknd, FKA Twigs, and Arca, and has presented work at institutions including The Royal Dramatic Theatre and Konserthuset. His aesthetic, defined by a monolithic, ceremonial clarity and brutality, has been showcased on international stages, from Museu del Disseny de Barcelona and Madison Square Garden to Sphere in Las Vegas, where he created the visual world for Anyma’s residency. In 2025, he brought this visual language to the Nobel Prize Banquet in Stockholm.
Selected credits: The Weeknd · Anyma · Swedish House Mafia · Arca · Rihanna · FKA Twigs · Nobel Prize Banquet · Coachella · Sphere Las Vegas · Madison Square Garden · Fotografiska · Royal Dramatic Theatre
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Previous collaborations
Mühlrad and Wessely have worked together for several years across music, visual art, scenography and live performance. Previous projects include:
TIME, 2019
Wessely created the visual setting around Mühlrad’s TIME, including performances at Stockholm Concert Hall.
CHIMI, Royal Dramatic Theatre, 2021
Presented in the Marble Foyer of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, the work paired Wessely’s visual installation with a newly composed string quartet by Mühlrad.
Composer Portrait, Berwaldhallen, 2023
Mühlrad’s music was presented alongside Wessely’s sculptural and visual work in a programme with Martin Fröst and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
Malmö Live, 2024
Wessely worked on the artistic direction of a programme devoted to Mühlrad’s music.
Nobel Prize Banquet, 2025
Mühlrad wrote the music and Wessely led the visual direction for the four-act entertainment programme in Stockholm City Hall’s Blue Hall.
About Gasometer
Gasometer is owned by the City of Stockholm and operated by Miramis. It is a new cultural and events destination inside Ferdinand Boberg’s Gasholder 2 in the Gasworks district of Stockholm.
The gasholder was completed in 1899 and is one of Boberg’s most distinctive industrial buildings. Its protected brick shell is being kept. Inside, an entirely new venue is being built, following a ‘building within a building’ principle.
Gasometer is being built for concerts, opera, performing arts, live productions, galas, conferences, exhibitions and other large cultural and event formats. The original industrial architecture sits alongside modern stage technology and gastronomy, with both parts shaping how the venue will be used.
The Royal Swedish Opera will use it as a temporary performance venue in the coming years. Gasometer opens on 17 March 2027. The inauguration runs from 17-20 March.
Theatre is Gasometer’s main performance space. It is pillar-free and accommodates 1,750 guests in theatre format and up to 2,300 guests with floor standing. Audiences are spread across four levels, with unobstructed sightlines.
Dome is at the top of the building, directly beneath the gasholder’s dome. It has a ceiling height of 17 metres and can accommodate up to 1,000 guests, depending on the configuration.
Key facts
Location: Gasworks district, Stockholm
Building: Gasholder 2
Architect: Ferdinand Boberg
Completed: 1899
Main performance space: Theatre
Theatre capacity: 1,750 guests in theatre format, up to 2,300 with floor standing
Event space: Dome
Dome capacity: up to 1,000 guests
Dome ceiling height: 17 metres
Owner: City of Stockholm
Operator: Miramis
Opening: 17 March 2027