Bo Staffan Scheja (born 25 April 1950) is a

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pianist and professor. Scheja started studying piano at the age of nine and made his concert debut at the age of 14 with the Sveriges Radios symfoniorkester. He also performed with the

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. He studied at the

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in Stockholm 1964–1969 and 1969–1972 at the

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with pianists

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and Ania Dorfmann. In 1975, he was the awardee at the international

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. For a number of years he lived in the US and performed in concerts at

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and at several

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visits by Swedish dignitaries to the US. He is a professor of piano and also

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at the Royal College of Music since 1997 and has held a chair at the

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since 2001. He founded and was artistic director for the Gotland Chamber Music Festival, held annually at

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since the 1980s. He is also the director of the Gotland Baltic Music Academy. In 2010 Scheja performed at the Pianomusik på Konstakademien, a special session at the Konstakademien in Stockholm. In 1995, he was awarded the

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, and he has received several Swedish

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awards. In 2008, he was a participant in the

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2009 series ''

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'' along with four other Swedish celebrities. In the series he had a well-publicized feud with comedian

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when Scheja tried to teach Gardell how to play the violin. In August 2010, he was presenter of an episode of the

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series ''Sommar i P1''.

Family

Staffan Scheja is the father of Swedish DJ

Rebecca Scheja Ania Rebecca Scheja (born 26 January 1989) is a Sweden, Swedish actress, disc jockey (DJ), singer, songwriter and record producer. Early life She is the daughter of Staffan Scheja, Staffan and Marianne Scheja and sister of Leonard Scheja. As a ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheja, Staffan Living people 1950 births Swedish classical pianists Swedish male classical pianists Piano educators People from Danderyd Municipality Musicians from Stockholm County Academic staff of the Royal College of Music, Stockholm Royal College of Music, Stockholm, alumni Juilliard School alumni Litteris et Artibus recipients Participants in Swedish reality television series Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music