Stefan Östersjö Henrik Frisk: ABOUT THE ARTISTS (Continued)
Stefan Östersjö Henrik Frisk: ABOUT THE ARTISTS (Continued)
Stefan Östersjö Henrik Frisk: ABOUT THE ARTISTS (Continued)
Stefan Östersjö, born in 1967, is one of the most prominent soloists within new music
in Sweden. Since his debut CD (Swedish Grammy in 1997) he has recorded extensively
and toured Europe, the US and Asia. His special fields of interest are the interaction
with electronics, and experimental work with different kinds of stringed instruments
other than the classical guitar. His great interest in chamber music has resulted in the
founding of flute, viola and guitar-trio HOT 3 and collaboration with most chamber
ensembles and important soloists in Scandinavia such as Jonny Axelsson, Geir
Draugsvoll, KammarensembleN, Ensemble Gageego and Ensemble Ars Nova. He is
continuously working with composers both in Sweden and abroad on the task of
extending the repertory of solo works and chamber music with guitar. As a soloist he
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has cooperated with conductors such as Lothar Zagrosek, Peter Eötvös, Pierre André
Valade, Mario Venzago, Andrew Manze, Franck Ollu and Tuomas Ollila. He has
recorded extensively for the Swedish National Radio and also for Swedish TV as well as
and
in many other countries. Dr. Stefan Östersjö studied with Gunnar Spjuth and Prof Per-
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Olof Johnsson at the Malmö Academy of Music and also with Peder Riis and Magnus
Andersson in Stockholm and Darmstadt. He holds a PhD in the performance of new
music, his thesis SHUT UP ‘N’ PLAY! Negotiating the Musical Work is published by
Lund University Press. He is at present engaged in artistic research on the performance
of new music at the Malmö Academy of Music and as a research fellow at the Orpheus
Institute in Gent, Belgium. He is frequently invited to give lectures and master classes
at universities, festivals and academic conferences in Europe, the USA and Asia.