Jan Risberg (born 5 April 1953) is a Swedish Grammis-awarded conductor, oboist and composer. Risberg has worked with several major orchestras including Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Malmö Symfoniorkester,

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, 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, double b ...

. 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

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. 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 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 and Royal College of Music, Stockholm.

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 Henrik Strindberg (born 28 March 1954) is a Swedish composer of contemporary music. He studied composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm from 1980 to 1987 where he studied for Gunnar Bucht and Sven-David Sandström amongst others. In ...

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

*Rondo /

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*Moonwalker /

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*Le cimetière marin II / Djuro Zivkovic *In su / Martin B Svensson *Ankh /

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*Mad cow Donalds : kammaropera / Jonas Klingborg *Ett porträtt = A portrait /

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

*Le cimetière marin / Djuro Zivkovic *Gilded splinters / Mattias Lysell *Déja-vu – over and over again / Pär Frid *Nattens djupa violoncell /

*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 /

*Womb / Robin Rolfhamre *L'arm – sånger utan ord / David Lennartsson *Go cycle / Pär Frid

with others

*People's voice : kammaropera / Malin Bång *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 / Adrian Knight *Ethnical paraphrases / Moris Cengic *Konsert Guitar concerto / Johannes Jansson *S:t Sebastians blick : kammaropera / Magnus Bunnskog *Tystnad : Kantat / Werner Wolf Glaser *Six inter, ludes /

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*Liquidations / Martin B Svensson

References

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