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Fredrik Högberg
Fredrik Karl Kristian Högberg, born 5 February 1971 in Vellinge, Sweden, is a Swedish composer and producer. He resides in the old courthouse in Nyland, Ångermanland (mid-Sweden). Fredrik Högberg grew up in Svedala, southern Sweden, and studied at the Folk High School of Framnäs, Piteå 1987–1991. Högberg has studied composition mainly with professor Jan Sandström at Piteå School of Music (a part of Luleå University of Technology). He earned a licentiate degree in performing arts at Luleå University of Technology 2012. He teaches composition at Piteå School of Music since 2015. Life and career From the early 2000 Högberg has worked mainly with works that contains multimedia, like the music film ''Brassbones – a brass western'' (2001) and the concertos ''Ice Concerto'' (2012) and ''The Accordion King'' (2014). Works like ''Dancing with Silent Purpose'' and ''Rocky Island Boat Bay'' are examples of Högberg's humorous approach to his musical creation, and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vellinge (city)
Vellinge is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Vellinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 6,829 inhabitants in 2019. It was ranked the second "best place to live" in Sweden - and the best in southern Sweden - in Fokus magazine's 2009 survey. References Populated places in Vellinge Municipality Municipal seats of Skåne County Swedish municipal seats {{Skåne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Paulsson
Anders Paulsson (born 14 October 1961) is a Swedish soprano saxophonist. Since his Carnegie Hall debut in 1992, Anders Paulsson is widely recognized as one of the finest soprano saxophonists in the world. His pioneering musicianship has inspired a succession of over 60 international composers to write solo concertos and chamber music for him and another 20 commissions are scheduled to be premiered in the coming years. He has recorded 28 CDs and performed concerts in 28 countries in major music halls like Berliner Philharmonie, Alice Tully Hall, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall in London, Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Moscow International Performing Arts Centre and Kitakyushu Performing Arts Centre in Japan with orchestras like the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Choir, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Sweden-based organist Andr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Onofri
Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexsander, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa, Aleksandre, Alejandro, Alessandro, Alasdair, Sasha, Sandy, Sandro, Sikandar, Skander, Sander and Xander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Kristian Rausing
Sir Hans Kristian Rausing (; born 15 June 1963) is a Swedish billionaire and the son of packaging industrialist Hans Rausing. His grandfather Ruben Rausing founded the food-packaging giant Tetra Pak. The family has an estimated $12 billion fortune. Rausing did not enter the family business. Instead, he travelled in his youth before meeting Eva Kemeny while in drug rehabilitation in the United States. On 16 October 1992, the couple married. In common with other members of the Rausing family, they settled in London (and Barbados), and donated millions of pounds to charities, in particular those concerned with drug awareness and addiction prevention. They built and funded a rehabilitation centre on the Caribbean island of Barbados. In April 2008, Rausing and his wife were arrested on drugs charges after Mrs Rausing allegedly tried to take small amounts of crack cocaine and heroin into the United States embassy in London. Quantities of crack cocaine and heroin were then found in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tove Alsterdal
Tove Alsterdal (born 28 December 1960) is a Swedish journalist, playwright, screenwriter and crime fiction writer. Her awards include the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award and the Glass Key award. Career Alsterdal graduated as journalist from in 1985. She has worked as journalist, playwright and screenwriter, and has been editor of several of Liza Marklund's books. She wrote the script for Helena Bergström's film ' from 2009, and the libretto for Fredrik Högberg's opera ''Woman of Cain''. She made her crime novel debut in 2009, with ''Kvinnorna på stranden''. Her novel ''Låt mig ta din hand'' was awarded the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in 2014. Her novel ''Rotvälta'' was awarded the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in 2020, and the Glass Key award in 2021. Personal life Born on 28 December 1960 in Malmö, Alsterdal grew up in Stockholm and Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogge Doggelito
Douglas Jonathan Alexander León (born 24 July 1975), known by his stage name Dogge Doggelito, is a Swedish rapper. He is best known as one of the founding members of The Latin Kings (TLK) -- one of Sweden's most successful rap groups. Doggelito is one of the most acclaimed rap artists in Sweden. Early life Douglas Leon was born in Alby, Norra Botkyrka (or Venezuela) in Stockholm on 1975, to a Venezuelan father and a Swedish mother. He has jokingly referred to himself as "Half Indian, half Viking". He grew up in the 80's and became familiar to hip hop in an early age and sooner or later it became a big part of his life. Although he initially wanted to be an actor, he was not accepted into any of the schools. He started to rap in 1983. He participated in many rap contests, including winning third place in Rap SM with his group The Latin Kings, and also in his teens he was a member in a break dance group. His brother also had big influence on him towards a career in rap musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niklas Breman
Niklas is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stare Miasto, within Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Stare Miasto, south of Konin, and east of the regional capital Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's .... References Villages in Konin County {{Konin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edition Tarrodi
Edition may refer to: * Edition (book), a bibliographical term for a substantially similar set of copies * Edition (printmaking), a publishing term for a set print run * Edition (textual criticism), a particular version of a text * Edition Records, a British independent record label * "Edition", a song by Rex Orange County * ''Edition'', one of brands of Marriott International Marriott International, Inc. is an American multinational corporation, multinational company that operates, franchises, and licenses lodging brands that include hotel, residential, and timeshare properties. Marriott International owns over 37 ho ... See also * Edition (publisher), a list of publishers * {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Fröst
Martin Fröst (born 14 December 1970) is a Swedish clarinetist and conductor. As a clarinetist, he performs internationally and is considered one of the most renowned instrumental soloists ever. He is the first clarinetist to be awarded one of classical music's biggest honours, the Léonie Sonning Music Prize. other recipients include Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein, Miles Davis, Daniel Barenboim and Gidon Kremer. He is also the only wind player ever to have been appointed Artist in Residence with the Amsterdam's Concertgebouworkest (for the 2022/23 season). He was appointed principal conductor of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in 2019. Fröst has performed as soloist with most of the leading orchestras of the world, including the New York Philharmonic, Concertgebouworkest, London Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, the Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Tonhalle-Orchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Edvard Antonsen
Ole Edvard Antonsen (born 25 April 1962) is a Norwegian trumpeter, musician and conductor. Antonsen was born in Vang, Hedmark, now part of Hamar. He is best known as a solo trumpeter, active in different genres of music; classical music, chamber music, baroque, jazz and pop. Since the mid-2000s, he has also been active as a conductor, foremost with Norwegian Air Force Band. Discography *1989 ''The Virtuoso Trumpet'' – (with Einar Henning Smebye on piano) *1992 ''Tour De Force'' *1993 ''Trumpet Concertos'' – (with English Chamber Orchestra and conductor Jeffrey Tate) *1994 ''Popular Pieces for Trumpet & Organ'' – (with Wayne Marshall on organ) *1995 ''Shostakovich Concerto for Piano and Trumpet'' – (with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Mariss Jansons and Mikhail Rudy on piano) *1997 ''Read My Lips'' *1998 ''Twentieth Century Trumpet'' – (with Wolfgang Sawallisch on piano) *2000 ''New Sound of Baroque'' – (with his brother Jens Petter Antonsen (trumpet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
