73 Notable alumni of
Royal College of Music, Stockholm
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The Royal College of Music, Stockholm is 853rd in the world, 300th in Europe, and 7th in Sweden by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 73 notable alumni from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ludwig Göransson
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- musicianrecord producerconductorfilm score composermanufacturer
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Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson is a Swedish musician, composer, conductor, songwriter, and record producer. His accolades include two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, four Grammy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Malena Ernman
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- musical theatre actorrecording artistopera singermusicianperforming artist
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Sara Magdalena Ernman is a Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer. Besides operas and operettas, she has also performed chansons, cabaret, jazz, and appeared in musicals. She is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Ernman represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "La Voix", finishing in 21st place.
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King Diamond
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- composersinger
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Kim Bendix Petersen, better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish rock musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his powerful and wide-ranging countertenor singing voice, in particular his far-reaching falsetto screams. He is the lead vocalist and lyricist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond. He also plays keyboards and guitars on studio recordings but uses live shows to focus solely on his vocal performance. Diamond is renowned for his dark lyrical content and his story concepts. He is also known for his distinctive shock stage persona (in particular his black and white facepaint). He has been an influence for other rock and metal artists, including Metallica, Slayer and Cradle of Filth.
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Jussi Björling
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- opera singer
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Johan Jonatan "Jussi" Björling was a Swedish tenor. One of the leading operatic singers of the 20th century, Björling appeared for many years at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and less frequently at the major European opera houses, including the Royal Opera House in London and La Scala in Milan. He sang the Italian, French and Russian opera repertory with taste.
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Herbert Blomstedt
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- conductor
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Herbert Thorson Blomstedt is a Swedish conductor of classical music. At the age of 97 he continues to conduct concerts in Europe and the United States.
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Peter Jöback
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- voice actorrecording artistsingeractor
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Peter Arne Jöback is a Swedish singer, actor and musical artist.
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Esbjörn Svensson
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- composerjazz pianist
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Bror Fredrik "Esbjörn" Svensson was a Swedish jazz pianist and founder of the jazz group Esbjörn Svensson Trio, commonly known as e.s.t.
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Hugo Alfvén
- Enrolled in the Royal College of Music, Stockholm
- Studied in 1887-1891
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- violinistpainterconductorcomposerclassical composer
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Hugo Emil Alfvén was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. Alfvén was one of Sweden's principal composers. His "Swedish Rhapsody”, written when he was 31, is still one of the best-known pieces of Swedish music. After extensive European travels to develop his musical skills, Alfvén taught composition, before conducting choirs and orchestras. In 1954 he made the first Swedish classical stereo recordings. Hugo Alfvén’s extensive musical archive is held at Uppsala University, where he was music director for twenty nine years.
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Sylvia Vrethammar
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- singerjazz musician
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Eva Sylvia Vrethammar is a Swedish traditional pop and jazz singer.
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Pernilla Andersson
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- singer-songwriter
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Pernilla Maria Theresa Andersson Dregen is a Swedish singer-songwriter. She is the singing coach for the TV program True Talent.
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Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
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- composermusic criticmusicologist
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Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger was a Swedish composer and music critic. As a composer, his main musical influences were Grieg, August Söderman and Wagner as well as Swedish folk idiom.
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Kurt Atterberg
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- engineerchoreographerconductorcomposerclassical composer
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Kurt Magnus Atterberg was a Swedish composer and engineer. He is best known for his symphonies, operas, and ballets.
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Peter Mattei
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- opera singer
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Peter Mattei is a Swedish operatic baritone, particularly known for his performances in Mozart's baritone roles.
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Lars-Erik Larsson
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- music educatorcomposerrecord producerorganistuniversity teacher
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Lars-Erik Vilner Larsson was a Swedish composer, conductor, radio producer, and educator. He wrote three of the most popular works (each a suite) in Swedish art music: A Winter's Tale (En vintersaga; 1937–1938), the Pastoral Suite (Pastoralsvit; 1938), and God in Disguise (Förklädd gud; 1940). Other notable works by Larsson include three symphonies, a sinfonietta, and numerous concertante works.
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Monica Dominique
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- composeractorjazz musicianconductorpianist
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Monica Dominique is a Swedish pianist, composer, and actress.
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Sofia Karlsson
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- recording artistsingersongwriter
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Johanna Sofia Blåsippa Karlsson is a classically-trained Swedish folk singer and songwriter. Her breakthrough album was of poems from a book by the Swedish proletarian poet Dan Andersson, Svarta ballader. She is known for her interpretations of poems and songs by authors as varied as Baudelaire, Mikael Wiehe, Inger Hagerup, Carl Michael Bellman, Peps Persson, Evert Taube, and Boris Vian. She has won both Swedish and Danish Grammys.
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Eric Ericson
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- university teacherconductormusic educatorchoir director
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Eric Gustaf Ericson was a Swedish choral conductor and influential choral teacher.
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Staffan Scheja
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- pianist
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Bo Staffan Scheja is a Swedish 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 Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. He studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm 1964–1969 and 1969–1972 at the Juilliard School in New York with pianists Rosina Lhévinne, Ilona Kabos and Ania Dorfmann.
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Christian Lindberg
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- composertrombonistconductor
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Christian Lindberg is a Swedish trombonist, conductor and composer.
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Anders Eljas
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- composerpianist
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Anders Erik Gillis Eljas is a Swedish musician, orchestrator and conductor.
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Elfrida Andrée
- Enrolled in the Royal College of Music, Stockholm
- Studied in 1860
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- women's rights activistcomposerorganistconductor
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Elfrida Andrée, was a Swedish organist, composer, and conductor. She was the sister of Swedish opera singer-soprano Fredrika Stenhammar.
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Elisabeth Söderström
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- opera singer
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Anna Elisabeth Söderström CBE was a Swedish soprano who performed both opera and song, and was known as a leading interpreter of the works of Janáček, Rachmaninoff and Sibelius. She was particularly well known for her recordings of the lead soprano roles in the three Janáček operas Jenůfa, Káťa Kabanová, and The Makropoulos Affair, all of which received Gramophone Awards. The Gramophone critic John Warrack described her portrayal of Káťa Kabanová as "establishing by an infinity of subtle touches and discreet, sensitive singing the picture of Káta as the richest and most human character in the drama".
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Rigmor Gustafsson
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- singer
- Biography
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Rigmor Elisabeth Gustafsson is a Swedish jazz singer.
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Kerstin Meyer
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- opera singerillustrator
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Kerstin Margareta Meyer, CBE was a Swedish mezzo-soprano who enjoyed an international career in opera and concert. A long-time member of the Royal Swedish Opera and Hamburg State Opera, she appeared regularly at the Royal Opera House in London and international opera houses and festivals, including in world premieres such as Alexander Goehr's Arden Must Die and György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre.
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Kristin Amparo
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- singer
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Kristin Viktoria Amparo Sundberg is a Swedish singer. She attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. She participated in season 1 of the Swedish X Factor in 2012, which was broadcast on TV4, where she made it to the judge's houses stage before being eliminated. Amparo participated in Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song "I See You" in the third semi-final. She made it to the "Second Chance" round but failed to make it to the Melodifestivalen final.
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Jacob Mühlrad
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- composer
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Jacob Benjamin Mühlrad is a Swedish composer who has worked with prominent choirs and orchestras across the world. He has also collaborated with pop music acts and produced film music. Mühlrad's modern classical works have been performed at the Carnegie Hall in New York City, Victoria Hall in Singapore, the Orpheum in Vancouver, the Norwegian Opera, and the National Portrait Gallery in London.
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Dag Wirén
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- music criticcomposerorganistpianist
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Dag Ivar Wirén was a Swedish composer.
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Hilding Rosenberg
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- organistmusic educatorconductorcomposerpianist
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Hilding Constantin Rosenberg was a Swedish composer and conductor. He is commonly regarded as the first Swedish modernist composer, and one of the most influential figures in 20th-century classical music in Sweden.
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Rasmus Fleischer
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- musicianwriterhistorianjournalistblogger
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Rasmus Fleischer is a Swedish historian, essayist and musician. He earned his Ph.D. in history in 2012 with a dissertation that was also published as a book of 640 pages: "The political economy of music: Legislation, sound media and the defence of live music, 1925–2000".
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Sixten Ehrling
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- university teacherpianistconductormusic educator
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Evert Sixten Ehrling was a Swedish conductor and pianist who, during a long career, served as the music director of the Royal Swedish Opera and the principal conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, amongst others.
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Amanda Röntgen-Maier
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- composermusicianviolinist
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Amanda Röntgen-Maier was a Swedish violinist and composer. She was the first female graduate in music direction from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 1872.
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Erland von Koch
- Enrolled in the Royal College of Music, Stockholm
- Studied in 1931-1935
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- choreographercomposerorganistpianistuniversity teacher
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Sigurd Christian Jag Erland Vogt von Koch was a Swedish composer. He wrote symphonies, ballets, an opera, and other compositions, including music for film.
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Peter Dijkstra
- Years
- 1978-.. (age 47)
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- conductor
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Peter Dijkstra is a Dutch conductor, especially of choirs and vocal ensembles.
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Ann Hallenberg
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- opera singerperforming artist
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Ann Hallenberg is a Swedish mezzo-soprano. She has an operatic career on the stage and concert platform around Europe. She regularly appears in major opera houses and festivals: embracing roles by Rossini, Mozart, Gluck, Handel, Vivaldi, Monteverdi, and Purcell.
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Tor Aulin
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- composerconcertmasterconductorviolinist
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Tor Aulin was a Swedish violinist, conductor and composer.
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Sofi Jeannin
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- choir directorsinger
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Sofi Jeannin is a Swedish choral conductor and mezzo-soprano.
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Matti Lehtinen
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- opera singerprofessor
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Matti Kalervo Lehtinen was a Finnish operatic baritone, a long-term member of the Finnish National Opera, and professor of singing at the Sibelius Academy. He appeared at the Savonlinna Opera Festival and international opera houses, and as an oratorio and lieder singer.
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Oskar Lindberg
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- composermusic teacherorganist
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Oskar Fredrik Lindberg was a Swedish composer, church musician, teacher and professor. In 1939 he edited the Church of Sweden's hymnbook. His 1912 Requiem was of particular importance to the history of Swedish liturgical works.
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Kadri Voorand
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- violinistsingerbandleadercomposerpianist
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Kadri Voorand is an Estonian singer and composer. She has won four Estonian Music Awards and is signed to one of Europe’s most important jazz labels, ACT.
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August Söderman
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- composeroboistconductor
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Johan August Söderman was a Swedish composer. He has traditionally been seen as the pre-eminent Swedish composer of the Romantic generation, known especially for his lieder and choral works, based on folk material, and for his theatre music, such as the incidental music to Ludvig Josephson's Marsk Stigs döttrar ("Marshal Stig's Daughter"), 1866, or his Svenskt festspel ("Swedish Festival Music").
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Otto Olsson
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- composermusicologistorganist
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Otto Emanuel Olsson was a Swedish organist and classical music composer.
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Gunnar de Frumerie
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- composerpianistmusic educator
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Per Gunnar Fredrik de Frumerie was a Swedish composer and pianist. He was the son of architect Gustaf de Frumerie and Maria Helleday.
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Kristina Axén Olin
- Enrolled in the Royal College of Music, Stockholm
- Studied in 1987
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
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Anna Kristina Axén Olin is a Swedish Moderate politician and member of the Riksdag, she is currently a member and the Second vice-Speaker of the Education Committee. She currently takes up seat number 244 in the Riksdag. She was a member of the Justice Committee from her entry in the Riksdag until February 2019. She held the post of Mayor of Stockholm between 2006–2008, being the city's second female mayor. She also served as deputy chairman of the party from 2003 to 2009, when she was replaced by Beatrice Ask.
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Set Svanholm
- Enrolled in the Royal College of Music, Stockholm
- Studied in 1927-1929
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- opera singertheatre manager
- Biography
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Set Svanholm was a Swedish operatic tenor, considered the leading Tristan and Siegfried of the first decade following World War II.
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Mai Leisz
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- composermusician
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Mai Leisz is an Estonian bass player and composer.
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Valborg Aulin
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- composerpianistmusic educator
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Laura Valborg Aulin was a Swedish pianist and composer. Aulin's String Quartet in E minor, Op. 17 and String Quartet in F minor are the most important Swedish music compositions in that genre from the 1880s.
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Emil Sjögren
- Enrolled in the Royal College of Music, Stockholm
- Studied in 1869-1874
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- composerpianistorganist
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Johan Gustav Emil Sjögren was a Swedish composer.
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Helena Munktell
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- composerpianistmusic educator
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Helena Mathilda Munktell was a Swedish composer.
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Anna-Lisa Björling
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- opera singeractor
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Anna-Lisa Björling was a Swedish opera singer and actress. She was married to tenor Jussi Björling, from 1935 until his death in 1960.
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Eugene Tzigane
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- conductor
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Eugene Tzigane is a symphonic and operatic conductor. He is currently Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Kuopio Symphony Orchestra in Kuopio, Finland, since 2023.
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John Forsell
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- opera directormilitary personnelopera singermusic educator
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Carl Johan Jacob Forsell, known as John Forsell, was a prominent Swedish baritone, opera administrator and teacher of voice. He was the leading baritone of the Royal Swedish Opera (RSO) from 1896 to 1918, and thereafter sang roles periodically with the company until his last stage performance in 1938. From 1923б to 1939 he served as the director of the RSO. He also sang leading roles as a guest artist with opera companies internationally, drawing particular acclaim for his portrayal of the title character in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni.
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Natanael Berg
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- composerchoreographermilitary personnelveterinarian
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Carl Natanael Rexroth-Berg was a Swedish composer.
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Adolf Wiklund
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- composerpianistorganistconductor
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Adolf Wiklund was a Swedish composer and conductor. He was born in Långserud, Värmland, and his father was an organist. After graduating from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm as an organist and music teacher, Wiklund was awarded scholarships to study piano in Sweden and then in Paris. His debut as a piano soloist came in 1902 playing his own Konsertstycke in C major, Op 1.
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Gustaf Nordqvist
- Enrolled in the Royal College of Music, Stockholm
- Studied in 1901-1910
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- composerchurch musicianorganist
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Gustaf Nordqvist was a Swedish composer, organist, and music educator.
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Patrik Ringborg
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- conductor
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Patrik Ringborg is a Swedish conductor, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
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Fredrik Ullén
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- musicianpianist
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Fredrik Ullén is a Swedish pianist. He has made recordings for the BIS, BMG Classics, Caprice, Danacord, dbProductions, and Phono Suecia labels.
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Veronika Portsmuth
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- singerchoir directorconductor
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Veronika Portsmuth is an Estonian conductor and singer.
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Ruben Liljefors
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- composermusic teacherconductor
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Ruben Mattias Liljefors was a Swedish composer and conductor, brother of the artist Bruno Liljefors.
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Ellen Arkbro
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- composercomposer for carillonorganist
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Ellen Arkbro is a Swedish composer, sound artist and musician working with precision-tuned harmony in frameworks such as just intonation and meantone temperament. Having primarily composed for and performed on pipe organ, Arkbro's work has also included pieces for other acoustic instruments and sound synthesis. She has released several studio albums, beginning with For Organ and Brass (2017), in additional to several collaborative works.
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Marie Samuelsson
- Enrolled in the Royal College of Music, Stockholm
- Studied in 1987-1995
- Occupations
- composer
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Marie Samuelsson is a Swedish composer.
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Anton Jörgen Andersen
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- composercellist
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Anton Jørgen Andersen was a Norwegian composer and cellist.
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Ellen Gulbranson
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- opera singermusic educator
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Ellen Gulbranson was a Swedish operatic soprano with a strong, dramatic voice best suited to the works of Richard Wagner. She was a leading figure among the second generation of Bayreuth singers and her voice is preserved on a few acoustic recordings that she made for Edison Records and Pathé Records during the early part of the 20th century. In 1911, she was awarded The King's Medal of Merit by Sweden's monarch.
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Carl Unander-Scharin
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- opera singercomposer
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Carl Unander-Scharin is a Swedish opera singer, composer, professor, and researcher.
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Fredrik Ljungkvist
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- composerjazz musiciansaxophonist
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Håkan Fredrik Ljungkvist, is a Swedish jazz musician (saxophone and clarinet), the son of saxophonist Håkan Ljungkvist and married to the jazz singer Lina Nyberg.
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Nils Grevillius
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- violinistarchitectconductor
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Nils Grevillius was a Swedish conductor and violinist.
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Ákos Rózmann
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- composerorganist
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Ákos Rózmann was a Hungarian-Swedish composer and organist.
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Gustaf Hägg
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- composermusicianorganist
- Biography
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Gustaf Wilhelm Petersson Hägg was a Swedish organist and composer.
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Viking Dahl
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- writercomposerpainterorganist
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Viking Dahl was a Swedish composer, active also as a painter and an author.
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Dina Edling
- Enrolled in the Royal College of Music, Stockholm
- Studied in 1872-1876
- Occupations
- voice teacheropera singeractor
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Dina Edling, née Niehoff (14 November 1854 – 9 January 1935) was a Swedish opera singer (mezzo-soprano), singing teacher, and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
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Ellen Nisbeth
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- violistmusician
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Ellen Nisbeth is a Swedish violist. She performed on Britta Byström’s CD, “Invisible Cities” and on Ensemble Ernst’s CD, “...BUT...” As part of the European Concert Hall Organisation's "Rising Star" program, Nisbeth performed "Tales Of Lost Times" for solo viola by Katarina Leyman and other works by Kaija Saariaho at Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall in January 2018.
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Selma Ek
- Occupations
- opera singer
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Selma Ek was a Swedish operatic soprano who had an active international career from the 1870s through the 1890s. Like Lilli Lehmann and Lillian Nordica, she was one of those universally talented singers of the late 19th century who was able to master roles from the coloratura, lyric, and dramatic soprano repertoires. The leading Swedish soprano of her day, she was particularly admired for her portrayals of Mozart, Wagner, and Verdi heroines.
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Leonard Labatt
- Occupations
- opera singermusic educator
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Leonard Labatt was a Swedish dramatic tenor.
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Anders Lundegård
- Occupations
- saxophonist
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Anders Olof Lundegård is a Swedish classical saxophonist. Lundegård is best known for his cello-like tone and intense performance style.
