Jan Risberg
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| Jan Risberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 April 1953  (age 68)Algutsboda parish |
| Occupation | Conductor |
Jan Risberg (born April 5, 1953) is a Swedish Grammis-awarded[1] conductor, oboist and composer. Risberg has worked with several major orchestras including Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, , , and Norrköpings Symfoniorkester. He is also the leader and conductor of the contemporary chamber ensemble Sonanza. He is one of the most prominent conductors within contemporary music in Sweden which has resulted in over 50 world premieres of pieces by composers such as Georg Riedel and Benjamin Staern.
In 2010, Risberg and Sonanza won the Grammis award in the category "best classical" album.[2] One year later, he received Swedish Society of Composers's "interpretation-price".[3]
As oboist, Risberg has been playing with orchestras such as Kungliga Filharmoniska Orkestern, Stockholms Blåsarsymfoniker and musicians like the Swedish guitar virtuoso Göran Söllscher. Risberg also appeared as a guest musician on Voulez-Vous, the sixth studio album by Swedish pop group ABBA.
Risberg is also conductor and teacher of the music programme at Södra Latin[4] and Royal College of Music, Stockholm.[5]
Compositions[]
- Improvata
- Divertimento
- Lovsången som inte kan tystna
- Cristall
- 5 Intermezzi
- Fylgia
- Klädnaden
- Tales
- Shadows
Pieces with world-premiere conducted by Risberg[]
with Sonanza[]
- Tidslinje / Henrik Strindberg
- Divertimento / Anders Nilsson
- Fantasia över ett ackord av B.A. Zimmermann / Benjamin Staern
- Rondo / Thomas Jennefelt
- Moonwalker / Mirjam Tally
- Le cimetière marin II / Djuro Zivkovic
- In su /
- Ankh /
- Mad cow Donalds : kammaropera /
- Ett porträtt = A portrait / Daniel Börtz
- Frameworks : a furore norrmannorum libera nos Domine /
- Bilder / Henrik Strindberg
- Le cimetière marin / Djuro Zivkovic
- Gilded splinters /
- Déja-vu – over and over again /
- Nattens djupa violoncell / Benjamin Staern
- Con-Sonanza /
- Deklaranterna /
- Musik till en katedralbyggare = Music to a cathedral-builder / Thomas Jennefelt
With Södra Latins Chamber choir[]
- En mans väg hos en ung kvinna / Henrik Strindberg
- Faseliga drömmar /
- The Life You Can Save /
- Lyte /
- Genom luft och brus / Benjamin Staern
- Womb /
- L'arm – sånger utan ord /
- Go cycle /
with others[]
- People's voice : kammaropera /
- Springtime /
- Ur en dalglaciär / Hans Höglund
- En liten ljusglimt = A small gleam of light /
- Fanfare for wind orchestra /
- Den sovande staden / Georg Riedel
- A et B – Machaut reveries /
- Lines for Jenny / Adrian Knight
- Ethnical paraphrases /
- Konsert Guitar concerto / Johannes Jansson
- S:t Sebastians blick : kammaropera /
- Tystnad : Kantat / Werner Wolf Glaser
- Six inter, ludes / Sven-David Sandström
- Liquidations / [6]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Interpretpris till Jan Risberg". December 20, 2011.
- ^ http://www.son.edu.stockholm.se/yrkesmusiker/dirigering.htm
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.mic.se/avd/mic/prod/micv6.nsf/docsbycodename/soekresultat?opendocument&fraga=Jan%20Risberg&dbnr=0&Start=1&Count=20
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Swedish conductors (music)
- Male conductors (music)
- Contemporary classical music in Sweden
- 21st-century conductors (music)
- 21st-century Swedish male musicians