Upcoming Concerts
WORLD PREMIERE Albert Schnelzer Concerto FALUN
Albert Schnelzer "Arctic Starflower Concerto" for Soprano Saxophone & Orchestra
DalaSinfoniettan conducted by Claire Levacher
Albert Schnelzer "Arctic Starflower Concerto" Siljansnäs kyrka
Albert Schnelzer "Arctic Starflower Concerto" for Soprano Saxophone & Orchestra
DalaSinfoniettan conducted by Claire Levacher
Gustavsbergsteatern
Soloist with CAREFREE BIG BAND
Music by Bob Mintzer, Maria Schneider, Ann-Sofi Söderqvist & Nils Lindberg
My jazz life in New York:
In 1984 I was a soloist with Randy Brecker in Bob Mintzer's Lazy Day with the Manhattan School of Music Big Band at the Concord Jazz Festival.
Then there were many jazz nights on World Yacht Cruises around southern Manhattan, jams at clubs like the Blue Note and as a member of the Tom Pierson Big Band at the club 7th Avenue South, Jens Wendelboe Big Band with Kenny Garrett and with the Roland Vasquez Latin Band and the Aspen Music Festival 1984-86 in Colorado with guest artists like Slide Hampton and Wynton Marsalis.
At the Manhattan School of Music, in 1984, it was possible for the first time to get a Masters Degree in Jazz Performance,
so our class attracted already established musicians from Blood Sweat & Tears, George Shearing and others.
Back home in Sweden in 1991 there were many concerts with Red Mitchell, 2 CD recordings, SVT Musik i elfte timmen
Later with Nils Lindberg and Alice Babs, Roger Kellaway and Svante Henryson and.
Since then my main focus has been to commission and premiere classical soprano sax concertos and chamber music.
In 1977 I played Duke Ellington's Come Sunday as soloist with Adolf Fredrik's Musikklasser America Choir in Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Then at the age of 16 I decided to become a professional musician.
Andreaskyrkan
Soloist with CAREFREE BIG BAND
Music by Bob Mintzer, Maria Schneider, Ann-Sofi Söderqvist & Nils Lindberg
My jazz life in New York:
In 1984 I was a soloist with Randy Brecker in Bob Mintzer's Lazy Day with the Manhattan School of Music Big Band at the Concord Jazz Festival.
Then there were many jazz nights on World Yacht Cruises around southern Manhattan, jams at clubs like the Blue Note and as a member of the Tom Pierson Big Band at the club 7th Avenue South, Jens Wendelboe Big Band with Kenny Garrett and with the Roland Vasquez Latin Band and the Aspen Music Festival 1984-86 in Colorado with guest artists like Slide Hampton and Wynton Marsalis.
At the Manhattan School of Music, in 1984, it was possible for the first time to get a Masters Degree in Jazz Performance,
so our class attracted already established musicians from Blood Sweat & Tears, George Shearing and others.
Back home in Sweden in 1991 there were many concerts with Red Mitchell, 2 CD recordings, SVT Musik i elfte timmen
Later with Nils Lindberg and Alice Babs, Roger Kellaway and Svante Henryson and.
Since then my main focus has been to commission and premiere classical soprano sax concertos and chamber music.
In 1977 I played Duke Ellington's Come Someday as a soloist with Adolf Fredrik's Music Class America Choir in Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Then at the age of 16 I decided to become a professional musician.
Albert Schnelzer "Arctic Starflower Concerto" PITEÅ
Albert Schnelzer "Arctic Starflower Concerto" for Soprano Saxophone & Orchestra
Norrbottens Kammarorkester conducted by Claire Levacher
Albert Schnelzer "Arctic Starflower Concerto" LULEÅ
Albert Schnelzer "Arctic Starflower Concerto" for Soprano Saxophone & Orchestra
Norrbottens Kammarorkester conducted by Claire Levacher
Past concerts
Lutherse kerk Groningen
WORLD PREMIERE: FAITH, AD WAMMES with ANDREW CANNING
Uppsala Domkyrka
Christmas Concert with Uppsala Domkyrkokör & Milke Falck featuring
Anders Paulsson new composition BETHLEHEM for 2 choirs + organ
Sigtunastiftelsen
Advent Concert with Sigtuna Sångensemble, Greger Fellin, conductor
Klosterkurkan i Vadstena
Concert with Pax Mariae Choir conducted by Susanne Modin
Acusticum
Eliasson soprano saxophone concerto, Piazzolla & Ellington
on tour with Norrbottens Kammarorkester i.e. 7 concerts in Northern Sweden
Eva Ollikainen conductor
Stockholm Concert House
Soloist with Stockholm Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
B Tommy Andersson; Reflections for Soprano Saxophone & Orchestra
B Tommy Andersson conductor
Caddebostan Cultural Center
Soloist with Akbank Chamber Orchestra, Cem Mansur conductor
Music by Eliasson, Ellington, Bach & Piazzolla
Luxembourg Philharmonie
Soloist; Spirituals & Nils Lindberg; Requiem
NorrlandsOperan
Eliasson Concerto with NorrlandsOperans Symfoniorkester
First performance of Soprano Saxopohone version
Mei-Ann Chen - conductor
recorded by Swedish Radio P2
Musikaliska
Concert with Swedish Wind Ensemble
Sven-David Sandström 4 Pieces for Soprano Saxophone & Band
Wigmore Hall
Concert with Anne-Sophie von Otter & Bengt Forsberg
S:t Petersburg Philharmonic
Soloist with S:t Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Fabio Mastrangelo conductor
Music by W A Mozart, Fredrik Högberg & Duke Ellington

