Sonata Secrets

A media channel with a solid presence on Youtube since 2019; over 40K subscribers and 2,5 M views in total.
Founder and pianist Henrik Kilhamn guides the viewer enthusiastically through the piano repertoire by playing, analyzing, and interpreting the music of the great composers in over 150 videos and 40 hours of quality content.

Vision

Anyone interested in classical music should be able to reach a deeper understanding of it.

Have you ever wondered what it is about a piece of music that makes it so great - so gripping, beautiful, delicate, or intriguing? Classical music has this amazing ability to express a wide range of emotions and activities, but how is that achieved exactly? What are the mechanisms that make it speak to us so strongly and intimately?

I am very interested in how music works. The video production of Sonata Secrets is my way of exploring this and pass on my understanding which I have reached after years of training and studying at music conservatories in Sweden and in the UK.

My goal is that the videos will prove interesting and stimulating and will guide music enthusiasts as well as new listeners to further enjoy and explore the treasure of the world’s classical music.

Besides being a Youtuber, I am a professional musician working as freelance, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. I mainly play solo and chamber music concerts, in orchestras and as accompanist for various functions (singers, choirs etc.). Some performance projects may also find their way onto the channel.

Henrik Kilhamn

Henrik holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree (2010, 2014) from the Academy of Music and Drama, Göteborg University, where he studied for Bernt Wilhelmsson.
He has also studied abroad with the Erasmus program in Newcastle, UK (2011), and most recently the postgraduate interpretation program at Örebro University, School of Music (2016) for Mats Jansson.

Henrik has been a soloist with orchestras like Örebro Academic Orchestra and Newcastle Sinfonietta and performed in venues such as Stenhammar Room in Göteborg Concert House and Göteborg Opera house. He regularly gives concerts and recitals and has been invited to Lagrasse Piano Festival, France, and Aurora Chamber Music Festival, among others. He was the pianist in Dolce Trio who performed on the cruise ship Norwegian Epic in 2011 and 2012, playing classical music on board in the Mediterranean Sea.

Henrik has received the prestigious Royal Swedish Academy of Music National scholarship in 2014 and the Working grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee in 2019. He was selected to the finals of the national chamber music competition “Young and Promising” as part of Duo Cellissimo in 2017. In 2019 he was selected to take part in the Nordic Piano Competition.

Henrik is also one of the founders and president since 2016 of the Western Sweden Piano Society, a platform where young professional pianists can meet, perform and thrive around their common passion in life.

Website: http://www.henrikkilhamn.se/