Robert Henry Arthur Wells (born 7 April 1962) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician best known for the musical ', which contains elements of rock, classical and

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Early life and career

Wells was born in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

. He attended the

Adolf Fredrik's Music School Adolf Fredrik's Music School ( sv, Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser) is a general municipal junior high school ( sv, grundskola) in Stockholm, Sweden with a focus on choral music, and highly competitive admission based on audition in singing and mu ...

in Stockholm at the age of 7 in 1969 and four years later, at the age of 11, became the youngest person ever to attend the

Royal Swedish Academy of Music The Royal Swedish Academy of Music ( sv, Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien), founded in 1771 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. At the time of its foundation, only one of its co-founder was a professional musician, Ferdin ...

. At the age of 16 in 1978, Wells won two major Swedish talent contests. Wells has also participated twice in

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...

. Wells was the musical director of two Swedish television shows. Wells appeared regularly on ''

Så ska det låta ''Så ska det låta'' is a Swedish game show, based on the Irish ''The Lyrics Board''. The show was introduced in 1997 and led by Peter Harryson until Peter Settman took over in 2006. In 2014, Kalle Moraeus became the third host of the show. In ...

'', the Swedish version of ''

The Lyrics Board ''The Lyrics Board'' was an Irish game show hosted by Aonghus McAnally and then by Eurovision Song Contest 1992 winner Linda Martin. In each episode there are two teams. Each team consists of a piano player/team captain who is joined by two cele ...

''. Wells's first musical tour was with the Leningrad Orchestra in 1991. Wells's music was chosen as the official television theme music for the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing.

Eurovision

Wells played piano during the

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entry at the

Eurovision Song Contest 2010 The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Oslo, Norway, following the country's victory at the with the song "Fairytale (Alexander Rybak song), Fairytale" by Alexander Rybak. Organise ...

on 25 May performed by 3+2.

Discography

Albums

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or unknown.

Singles

Videos

*1987: ''Robert Wells''

DVDs

*2002: ''Rhapsody in Rock – The Stadium Tour 2002'' *2004: ''Rhapsody in Rock – The Anniversary Tour'' *2005: ''Rhapsody in Rock- The 2005 Summer Tour''

Other works

Books

*2003: ''Mitt Liv Som Komphund'' *2019: ''Blod, Svett & Toner''

Awards and honors

*The Charlie Norman Honor Prize, 2011 * H. M. The King's Medal, 8th size with blue ribbon, 2012

References

External links

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Rhapsody in Rock: Robert Wells
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wells, Robert Swedish composers Swedish male composers Swedish pianists 1962 births Living people Male pianists 21st-century pianists 21st-century Swedish male musicians Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Belarus Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2010