Jan Risberg (born 5 April 1953) is a Swedish

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-awarded conductor,

oboist An oboist (formerly hautboist) is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the oboe d'amore, cor anglais or English horn, bass oboe and piccolo oboe or oboe musette. The following is a list of notable past and pres ...

and composer. Risberg has worked with several major orchestras including

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, Malmö Symfoniorkester, Helsingborgs symfoniorkester, and Norrköpings Symfoniorkester. He is also the leader and conductor of the contemporary chamber ensemble

Sonanza Sonanza Ensemble is a Swedish ensemble focused on contemporary music. Jan Risberg is the conductor and leader. Musicians *Anna Lindal, violin I *Josef Cabrales Alin, violin II *Elsbeth Berg, viola *Ewa Rydström, cello *Mikael Karlsson, doubl ...

. 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. One year later, he received

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's "interpretation-price". As oboist, Risberg has been playing with orchestras such as Kungliga Filharmoniska Orkestern, Stockholms Blåsarsymfoniker and musicians like the Swedish guitar virtuoso

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. Risberg also appeared as a guest musician on ''

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'', the sixth studio album by Swedish pop group

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. Risberg is also conductor and teacher of the music programme at

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and

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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 /

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*Divertimento / Anders Nilsson *Fantasia över ett ackord av B.A. Zimmermann / Benjamin Staern *Rondo /

Thomas Jennefelt Thomas Jennefelt is a Swedish composer born on April 24, 1954. His music has a strong vocal profile, from opera to choir music. Jennefelt is known as one of the most important choral composers of his generation starting with the success of his ''Wa ...

*Moonwalker / Mirjam Tally *Le cimetière marin II / Djuro Zivkovic *In su / Martin B Svensson *Ankh / Fredrik Hedelin *Mad cow Donalds : kammaropera / Jonas Klingborg *Ett porträtt = A portrait /

Daniel Börtz Daniel Börtz (born 8 August 1943) is a Swedish composer, born in Hässleholm. He studied composition under Hilding Rosenberg, Karl-Birger Blomdahl and Ingvar Lidholm. Among his works are the operas ''Backanterna'' (1991), ''Marie Antoinette'' (1 ...

*Frameworks : a furore norrmannorum libera nos Domine / S Patric Simmerud *Bilder /

*Le cimetière marin / Djuro Zivkovic *Gilded splinters /

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*Déja-vu – over and over again / Pär Frid *Nattens djupa violoncell / Benjamin Staern *Con-Sonanza / Cristian Marina *Deklaranterna / Magnus Bunnskog *Musik till en katedralbyggare = Music to a cathedral-builder /

With Södra Latins Chamber choir

*En mans väg hos en ung kvinna /

*Faseliga drömmar / Kristofer Lundin *The Life You Can Save / Gustav Alexandrie *Lyte / Gustav Alexandrie *Genom luft och brus / Benjamin Staern *Womb / Robin Rolfhamre *L'arm – sånger utan ord / David Lennartsson *Go cycle / Pär Frid

with others

*People's voice : kammaropera /

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*Springtime / Björn Sikström *Ur en dalglaciär / Hans Höglund *En liten ljusglimt = A small gleam of light / Hardi Kurda *Fanfare for wind orchestra / Lennart Westman *Den sovande staden / Georg Riedel *A et B – Machaut reveries / Magnus Bunnskog *Lines for Jenny /

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*Ethnical paraphrases /

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*Konsert Guitar concerto / Johannes Jansson *S:t Sebastians blick : kammaropera / Magnus Bunnskog *Tystnad : Kantat /

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*Six inter, ludes /

Sven-David Sandström Sven-David Sandström (30 October 1942 – 10 June 2019) was a Swedish classical composer of operas, oratorios, ballets, and choral works, as well as orchestral works. Life and career Sandström was born in Motala and studied art history and mus ...

*Liquidations / Martin B Svensson

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Risberg, Jan 1953 births Living people Swedish male conductors (music) Contemporary classical music in Sweden 21st-century Swedish conductors (music) 21st-century Swedish male musicians People from Emmaboda Municipality