The Gothenburg Combo is a classical guitar duo from
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
. It has toured and performed in the US, China, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Estonia, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Albania and Sweden.
Their repertoire contains contemporary, classical and popular music. They have performed very virtuous pieces by the likes of
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 ...
,
Steve Reich
Stephen Michael Reich ( ; born October 3, 1936) is an American composer known for his contribution to the development of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, a ...
and
Mauricio Kagel
Mauricio Raúl Kagel (; 24 December 1931 – 18 September 2008) was an Argentine-German composer.
Biography
Kagel was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, into an Ashkenazi Jewish family that had fled from Russia in the 1920s . He studied music, his ...
. Their close collaborations with modern composers have resulted in several world premieres of contemporary pieces. They have premiered works by composers such as
Miklós Maros
Miklós Maros (born 14 November 1943) is a Hungarian composer. He was born in Pécs, the son of composer Rudolf Maros and violinist Klára Molnár. He studied at the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Budapest with Rezsö Sugár and at the Ferenc Liszt ...
and
Kim Hedås. They have also composed and performed several compositions of their own. They have released four albums.
Musicians
*David Hansson - Guitar
*Thomas Hansy - Guitar
CDs
*Hausmusik (2005)
*Soundscapes (2007)
*La Vida Bréve (2008)
*Skeches of the World (2010)
References
Further reading
*
Junge Schweden entpuppen sich als Glücksgriff , NWZonline*
*
NWZonline
External links
Official webpage
Swedish musical groups
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