Johan Hedin - Svensk Musik - Stim

NEWSLETTER 2·2005 

Johan Hedin 

an innovative folk musician 

Johan Hedin was twelve 

when he was gripped by 

nyckelharpa fever once 

and for all. His own 

diaries from the time 

make, as he himself confesses, 

alarming reading. 

He played constantly: in 

the evenings, in the 

morning, before breakfast, 

on the train, at the 

bus stop – at any, in fact, 

spare moment of the day. 

He even got up especially 

early to play before 

school. 

‘‘But it was the best 

thing in the world for me, 

so it was no sacrifice,’’ he 

recalls. It was also possibly 

the right age to develop 

an obsession. Some 

children learn makes of 

car by heart, others collect 

football cards; Johan Hedin’s 

great passion was the nyckelharpa. 

And while cars and footballers eventually 

fade in other collectors’ minds, 

the nyckelharpa stayed alive for 

Hedin; and not only that, he has gone 

on to become one of the most important 

innovators of nyckelharpa musicianship 

in the world. Now when 

Swedish folk music, in particular 

nyckelharpa music, is winning ever 

greater international popularity, Johan 

Hedin is one of its cardinal practitioners. 

His innovativeness rests, however, 

on a bed of rock. He was born and 

bred in the folk music forests of Småland, 

echoes of which can be heard in 

his music; in the background of his 

bold innovations and musical voyages 

of discovery lies a strong local tradition 

of ornate baroque-inspired polskas. 

The nyckelharpa has ‘‘cultural significance’’ 

and ‘‘a good story’, as Robert 

Simonds, owner of North Side 

Records in Minneapolis put it in an 

interview a few years back. The 

uniqueness of the instrument makes it 

conspicuous – a necessity in today’s 

jungle of world music offerings. In 

1990, the nyckelharpa stepped onto 

the world stage, and its music became 

part of the world music scene. The 

instrument itself and its techniques 

spread, so that it is now played 

around Europe and as far afield 

as North America, Australia and 

Japan, and is reckoned amongst a 

collection of ‘‘global folk instrum 

ents’ alongside the sitar, djembe, 

mbira, didgeridoo, balalaika, and 

bouzouki. Even to Swedes the 

nyckelharpa is exotic and with 

its rasping bourdon tones belongs 

to the music of the Middle Ages. 

The greatest icon of the 20 th Century 

was Eric Sahlström, who, characteristically, 

took the instrument down 

Nyckelharpa: Swedish folkmusic instrument 

played with a bow like a 

fiddle; it has keys like a hurdy-gurdy, 

and sympathetic strings like a viola 

d’amore. Originally it had one melody 

string, one row of keys and one or more 

drone strings. In the 18 th century sympathetic 

strings became convention, 

and later more melody strings were 

added. The most common kind played 

today has three melody strings, one 

drone string and twelve sympathetic 

strings. 

The nyckelharpa has become a symbol 

of Swedish culture and of the 

country itself. A picture of the instrument 

can be found on the Swedish 50 

kronor bill. 

paths as yet untrod. He wrote music 

the like of which had never been 

heard from the nyckelharpa, and 

helped to develop it into a modern 

instrument. 

Continued on page 3 ➤ 

• New acquisitions _____________________ 2 

• Centenary celebration of Dag Wirén 

• Then! Now? 

• First performances ___________________ 3 

• What’s on: 

Båstad Chamber Music Festival · Stockholm 

Jazz Festival · The Kalv Festival · Östergötland 

Music Days · UNM (Ung Nordisk 

Musik/Young Nordic Music), Helsinki · 

Opera Pemières: Malmö, Göteborg and 

Vadstena · IAMIC conference in New York · 

Göteborg Book Fair – Bok& Bibliotek – 

2005 

• Jazz Music Awards ____________________ 4 

‘Jazzkatten’ (‘‘The Jazz Cat’’) · The Django d’Or 

• The Complete Works of Eduard Tubin 

• New publication 

Svensk Jazz 2004/05 

• New releases on Phono Suecia 

• Swedish Jazz in Canada 

• Music Export Handbooks 

• News from edition Suecia 

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NEW ACQUISITIONS 

This is a list of works recently deposited at the Swedish 

MIC. Look for further details at www.mic.stim.se. 

Copies of the works are obtainable from the Swedish MIC 

at SEK 6.80 (minimum price SEK 50) 

Keyboard 

SUNDIN, HÅKAN (1961) 

Solkraft (2002) org 

ÖJEBO, PÄR (1940) 

Två pianostycken, pf 

Strings 

BÅNG, MALIN (1974) 

... när korpen vitnar (2003) 

hardingfela 

FORSMAN, KRISTINA 

(1970) 

ghalán-ghalán (1993/2000) 

string quartet 

HALLBERG, BJÖRN 

WILHO (1938) 

l’Estate (2004) 


l’Inverno (2004) 


La primavera (2003) 


LEVITT, VLADIMIR 

(1934) 

Divertissement (2002) 

vl, vla, vlc 

Duet for violin and cello 

(2005) vl & vlc 

String quintet (2003) 

2vl, vla, vlc, cb 

SCHÖNBERG, STIG 

GUSTAV (1933) 

Capriccio elegante op.183 

(2004) 2vl 


Arabesk (1988/2004) vlc 

Winds 

BUNNSKOG, MAGNUS 

(1974) 

How to say? (2004) fl & pf 


(1970) 

... but sometimes you really 

need to go harping on the 

same string ... (1998/2002) 

8trb 

Dekafonia (2003) 

cor, 4tr, 3trb, b-trb, tu 

JANSSON, TORBJÖRN 

(1961) 

Quatuor pour flûtes (1992) 

4fl 

TYBONI, BÖRJE (1925) 

Convergence (1977) fl 

Gentilezza (2005) fl & tr 

Percussion 

SIMMERUD, S PATRIC 

(1963) 

Soon (2005) 3perc 

SKOG,YLVA (1963) 

Vibracell (2002-03) 

vibra & marim 

Ensemble 

FLODIN, ANDERS (1961) 

Svart stämma (2004) 

optional instruments 


(1970) 

Helig, helig, helig (1999) 

perc & trb 

Ingenting är evigt – utom 

förändring ... (2004) 

rec & perc 

GRAHN, ULF (1942) 

The forest pond (2004) fl, 

a-fl, vl, mand, git, arpa, 4perc 

The forest pond (2004) 

ten players of Japanese 

instruments 

JEVERUD, JOHAN (1962) 

Pianokvintett nr 2 (2004) 

pf & string quartet 

KURDA, HARDI (1982) 

Fötterna op.3 (2004) 

vl, vlc, pf 

Oss! op.5 (2005) 

six oriental instr 

PETERS, ERIK (1970) 

Der Wegweiser (2004) 

cl, fag, tr, trb, pf, vl, vla, vlc 


Skimmer (2004) vl & arpa 

Orchestra 

EDÉN, MATS (1957) 

Annas brudvals string orch 

Sliding doors (2005) 

4ob, 3perc, 4vla, 2vlc, cb 

Stråklåt 3vl, 3vla, 3vlc, cb 


(1970) 

Tissisat – water that smokes 

(2002) voice/riti & orch 

HALLNÄS, EYVIND 

(1937) 

Symfoni nr 1 (2005) 

-- 3*222 4231 11 0 str 


-- 3*222 4231 11 0 str 


-- 3*222 4231 11 0 str 


-- 3*222 4231 11 0 str 

JANSSON, TORBJÖRN 

(1961) 

Fågel blå 

-- 2222 2221 01 0 str 

MÅRTENSSON, PER 

(1967) 

Loss (2004-05) -- 1*1*1*1* 

1110 02 1 str, sax, pf 

PERDER, KJELL (1954) 

Reclaim the rhythm (2005) 

-- 3*3*3*3* 4330 13 0 str 

SANDGREN, JOAKIM 

(1965) 

Pour un(e) flûtiste à bec et 

neuf musiciens (2004-05) 

t-rec solo & fl, b-cl, tr/picctr, 

git, 2perc, vla, vlc, cb 

Concertos 

EDÉN, MATS (1957) 

Krafthalling vl & orch 

-- 2222 4221 10 str 

LARSSON GOTHE, 

MATS (1965) 

Clarinet Concerto (2004) 

cl & orch 

-- 2*2*2*2* 2210 01 0 str 

MARTINSSON, ROLF 

(1956) 

Cello Concerto No.1 op.69 

(2005) vlc & orch 

-- 2*2*2*2* 4330 12 1 str, 

pf/cel 

SJÖBERG, JOHAN-MAG- 

NUS (1953) 

The peace of God (2004) 

solo flute, marimba & 

strings 

Voice 

NURULLA-KHOJA, 

FARANGIS (1972) 

... a thorn expands to a rose 

(2004) 6 voices 

TYBONI, BÖRJE (1925) 

Statarvisa (1965) 

voice & git 

Till minne (1991/2004) 

voice & org/pf 

TYKESSON, NILS (1957) 

Lux aeterna (2002) 6 solo 

voices/6-part mixed choir 

WINTER, TOMAS (1954) 

Vinterträdet (2004) 

Bass & fl, vlc, pf, vibr, perc 

ÖJEBO, PÄR (1940) 

Den fattiga världen (2005) 

recit, voice, ob, drum, string 

orch 

Choir 

AHLIN, SVEN (1951) 

Kärlekens lov (2004) 

mixed choir 

Petrarca-echi (2004) 

double chorus 

ANDERSSON, MAGNUS 

F (1953) 

Kom, min älskade, kom ut! 

(2004) mixed choir 

BJÖRKLUND, STAFFAN 

(1944) 

‘‘... stora vatten ...’’ (2004) 

Sopr, Ten, mixed choir, 2tr, 

2trb, 2perc, 2org 

BLOMBERG, ERIK (1922) 

Paradox : vers. 1 (2004) 

mixed choir 


female choir 


male choir 

Tiden : vers. 1 (2004) 

female choir 

Tiden : vers. 2 (2004) 

mixed choir 

Tiden : vers. 3 (2004) 

male choir 

BUNNSKOG, MAGNUS 

(1974) 

Du är trädgårdens källa 

(2004) mixed choir 

Med undantag av morgondagen 

(2004) male choir 

Så går en dag (2005) 

mixed choir 

FORSBERG, ROLAND 

(1939) 

Du såg mig op.189 (2004) 

Mz/Bar solo, mixed choir, 

fl/ob/vl, vlc/vla, org 


(1970) 

Kyrie eleison (2004) 

SSA choir & pf 

Rör mig, berör mig! (1995/ 

2005) mixed choir 

Skapa i mig Gud ett rent 

hjärta (1998) mixed choir 

GRAHN, ULF (1942) 

Ceremonies for Christmas 

(2004) a-rec & mixed choir 

Vem är hon (2004) 

mixed choir 

JOHNSSON, STEFAN 

(1959) 

Five Martinson songs (2004) 

mixed choir, tr, pf, cb, batt 

Spiritus sanctus vivificans 

vita (2005) mixed choir 

LINDROTH, PETER 

(1950) 

ur Höga Visan (2004) 

mixed choir 

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LUNDIN, DAG (1943) 

Septembermåne (2004) 

mixed choir 

MELIN, STEN (1957) 

Canzone 365 (2005) 

mixed choir 

SANDSTRÖM, JAN 

(1954) 

The singing apes of Khao 

Yai:short version (1991/ 

95) male choir 

SIMMERUD, S PATRIC 

(1963) 

De ljudlösa (2005) 

mixed choir 


Mariasånger (2001) 

female choir, fl & arpa 

Stage music 

GEFORS, HANS (1952) 

Skuggspel : kammaropera = 

Schattenspiel : Kammeroper 

(2003-04) S, Mz, T-Bar, B- 

Bar & chamber orch 

LEVITT, VLADIMIR 

(1934) 

Dispute : opera buffa (1999/ 

2003) 

soli, mixed choir & orch 

-- 3*2*22 4331 13 0 str 

The poisoned cloak : opera in 

two acts (2002) 

6soli & string orch 

Centenary celebration 

of Dag Wirén 

On October 15 th the centenary of the birth of Dag Wirén 

will be celebrated with the publication of a comprehensive 

volume dedicated to his compositional achievement, 

called Dag Wirén – en vägvisare (Dag Wirén – a pathfinder). 

Additionally, a new recording of music by Wirén will 

be released on the Caprice label. Other events planned 

for this day of celebration devoted to Dag Wirén include 

a concert at Nybrokajen 11 in Stockholm with performances 

from the Lysell Quartet. On the following day, 

October 16 th , the Royal Swedish Academy of Music will 

host a seminar about Wirén and his works. 

The Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, 

SNYKO, is about to 

embark on a new project, Then! 

Now?, alongside Esa-Pekka Salonen. 

A series of concerts will 

start this year and will continue 

until 2009. The project will 

present new Swedish music together 

with works by Haydn. 

A research team will follow the 

project closely and compare the 

different worlds of music in a 

whole variety of ways. 

Proceedings commence on August 19 th during the 

Baltic Festival with a new piece by Britta Byström. At the 

GAS festival (Göteborg Art Sound) a new work by Pär 

Frid will be performed, written for the SNYKO and the 

innovative double-bass player Barry Guy. The concert will 

take place at the Artisten Concert Hall in Göteborg on 

October 8th. 

The Baltic Festival, August 13 th -19 th , Stockholm, 

www.sr.se/berwaldhallen/Baltic/ 

GAS, Göteborg Art Sound Festival, October 1st-8th, 

Göteborg, www.gas-festival.com 

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This is a list of first performances due in the near future. 

Visit our website for information on all premières. 

June 

2 HIDEKI KOZAKURA 

Farbtöne (2005) 

P: Stockholm. KammarensembleN 

10 LARS-GUNNAR 

BODIN 

The Lipton voice machinery 

(2005) P: Bourges 

(Festival Synthese). 

Mieli-ensemblen 

Les mechanismes des 

temps perdus (2005) 

P: Bourges (Festival 

Synthese) 

29 ALBERT SCHNELZER 

Spheres (2004) 

P: Filipstad, Saxå Kammarmusikfestival. 

N-E 

Sparf, D Härenstam 

July 

FIRST PERFORMANCES 

1 GUNNAR VALKARE 

Corso (2004) P: Åkerö 

kammarmusikfestival. 

M Macleod, M Sturfält 

STEFAN JOHNSSON 

Spiritus sanctus vivificans 

vita (2005) 

P: Lisbon. Coro Odyssea/ 

G Lourenco 

13 JONATHAN 

ÖSTLUND 

Aquarelle 

P: Ludvika, Ulrika kyrka. 

H Lundkvist, T L Eriksson, 

string quartet fr 

Bergslagen’s chamber 

symfonics 

14 DAG LUNDIN 

Glississmo (2005) 

P: Hörkens kyrka. Bergslagens 

brasskvartett 

27 EBERHARD EYSER 

Match for two (2002) 

P: Prague (Amerope). 

B Coelho, L Maxey 

LEIF ELGGREN 

The upper and the lower 

level (2005) 

P:Tokyo, Fourth Floor. 

August 

4 MAURICE KARKOFF 

The year 1942, reflection 

op.236A (2004) P: Eksjö 

kyrka. Quartett K 

September 

8 TOMMIE HAGLUND 

Hymns to the night (2005) 

P: Helsingborg, Konserthuset. 

E Pitcairn (vl), Helsingborg 

SO/M Rodin. 

17 HANS GEFORS 

Skuggspel : chamber opera 

(2003-04) P: Malmö. 

E Lyrén, M Weinius, 

Malmö Opera Orch. 

October 

4 JOHAN HAMMERTH 

Mirrors P: Stockholm, 

Moderna museet. 

H Jahren, M Leoson 

6 ANDERS ELIASSON 

Symfoni nr 4 (2003/04) 

P: Göteborg, Konserthuset. 

Göteborg SO/ 

M Venzago 

JOHAN HAMMERTH 

Violinkonsert 3 (2001) 

P:Västerås, Konserthuset. 

J Stigmer, Västerås 

Sinfonietta/H Koivula 

15 ANDERS EMILSSON 

Svenska landskap (2005) 

P: Stockholm, Nybrokajen 

11. S w. Wind Ensemble/B 

T Andersson 

27 MATS LARSSON 

GOTHE 

Clarinet Concerto (2004) 

P: Falun. T Agnas, Dala- 

Sinfoniettan/S Karpe 

WHAT’S ON ? 

Båstad Chamber Music Festival 

June 27 th -July 2 nd 

Artists from all over the world presenting music from the classical and modern repertoires. 

Programme on www.bastadkammarmusik.com 

Stockholm Jazz Festival 

July 19 th -23 rd 

Stockholm Jazz Festival – located within the eclectic artistic mix that is the island of 

Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm – is one of the city’s biggest summer events. 

During the course of the festival’s 22 years many of the most prominent international 

and Swedish jazz musicians have given performances. 

Full programme on www.stockholmjazz.com or Stockholm Jazz Festival, Regeringsgatan 

74, 2 tr, SE-111 39 Stockholm 

The Kalv Festival 

August 12 th -14 th 

International venue for new music development. Programme on www.kalvfestival.se 

Östergötland Music Days 

August 13 th -21 st 

Together with Linköping Chamber Music Festival. Featured composer: Sven-David 

Sandström. More info at www.musikdagar.just.nu 

UNM (Ung Nordisk Musik/Young Nordic Music), Helsinki 

September 3 rd -9 th 

This festival was founded in 1946 and since that time has taken place annually in one 

of the Nordic countries. This time, in September, the festival will be held in Helsinki. 

The main aim of the festival is to present the works of young Nordic composers. 

Swedish contributions this year come from Mattias Lysell, Rei Munakata, Christofer 

Elgh, Mikael Chesta, Stefan Thorsson, Martin Svensson and Mattias Sköld. 

Opera première, Malmö 

September 17 th 

A new opera by Hans Gefors ‘‘Skuggspel/Schattenspiel’’ will be premièred by Malmö 

Opera- och Musikteater. Libretto by Maria Sundqvist after the short story 

‘‘Skuggan/The Shadow’ by H.C. Andersen. It will also be performed at the Theater 

Lübeck in November. 

Opera première, Göteborg 


Göteborg Opera House. Jan Sandström: K. Beschreibung eines Kampfes. Libretto by 

David Radok and Joseph Kroutvor after texts by Franz Kafka. 

Opera première,Vadstena 


Vadstena Castle. Carin Bartosch Edström: Huvudsaken.Youth opera. Libretto: Kerstin 

Perski. Four performances at the castle and then a school tour in the region of 

Östergötland. 

IAMIC conference in New York 

September 25 th -29 th 

The annual conference of the International Association of Music Information Centres 

will this year take place in New York. One day is open also for external participants, 

preliminary Tuesday September 27. More information on www.iamic.net 

Göteborg Book Fair – Bok&Bibliotek – 2005 

September 29 th -October 2 nd 

Together with STIM (the Swedish Performing Rights Society), the Swedish MIC will 

take part in Northern Europe’s largest book fair. Look at our website later this summer 

for the stand number. 

JOHAN HEDIN 

➤ Continuing from page 1 

The same inquisitiveness and courage 

are what makes Johan Hedin so 

special. To obtain the sounds he wants 

from the instrument he has had new 

models constructed: the tenor nyckelharpa 

is pitched a fourth lower than a 

normal one, and has four rows of keys 

and slightly slacker strings to create a 

softer sound; the lute-nyckelharpa 

was designed from a church painting. 

But new instrument combinations 

also lend further dimension to the 

music. One of my favourite recordings 

is Låtar, on which Hedin is joined by 

organist Gunnar Idenstam; the bridled 

power of the former and the roughness 

of the latter create a priceless 

blend of baroque music and Swedish 

summers. 

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Do you want to know 

more about 

Swedish music festivals? 

Order the brochure from Svenska 

Musikfestivaler, Dalagatan 34, 

SE-113 24 Stockholm or 

info@musikfestivaler.se or look at 

www.musikfestivaler.se 

Johan Hedin belongs to the small 

clique of world class Swedish folk 

musicians who, over the past few decades, 

have given a whole new dimension 

to the nation’s folk music. His 

collaboration with Ale Möller and 

Jonas Knutsson in the Stockholm Folk 

Big Band was groundbreaking in more 

ways than one. In the trio Bazar Blå he 

teams up with bassist Björn Meyer 

and percussionist Fredrik Gille, and in 

Luftstråk with Maria Kalaniemi and 

Sven Ahlbäck. However, it could be 

said that Johan Hedin comes well and 

truly into his own in the really small 

musical contexts: in duos and trios 

and, not least, as a soloist. Innersta 

Polskan is a collection of his own compositions 

from 2004 centred around 

the polska, and is in a way a follow-up 

to his first solo album, Angel Archipelago, 

from 1998. Many of the pieces 

are idiosyncratic and possess a genuine 

intimacy.‘‘I sometimes torture my 

nyckelharpa,’’ he admits. ‘‘At times 

so much that I fear the strings will 

snap.’’ 

——————————————————— 

Dan Lundberg, Musician and writer, 

head of the Centre for Swedish Folk Music 

and Jazz Research, 

professor of Music at the University of Gävle 

English translation: Neil Betteridge

The Complete Works 

of Eduard Tubin 

A ceremonial signing took place recently in 

Stockholm just in time to mark the 100 th anniversary 

of Eduard Tubin’s birth, neatly anticipating 

also the international Tubin festival 

taking place across May and June in Estonia. 

On April 26 th the International Eduard Tubin 

Society together with representatives from several 

Swedish music publishers were gathered 

at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music to sign 

an agreement that gives the Tubin Society publishing 

rights to print a scientific edition of all 

works by Eduard Tubin. Two volumes have now 

been published – the first one including the 14 

Preludes for Piano and the second volume also 

containing piano compositions: the Ballade 

(ETW 40) and Variations on an Estonian Folk 

Tune. The international distribution will be 

handled by Gehrmans Musikförlag, order@gehrmans.se 

Eduard Tubin, born on 

June 18 th in 1905 in 

Estonia, fled to Sweden 

1944 and received 

Swedish citizenship in 

1961. In 1962 he became 

a member of 

the Society of Swedish 

Composers. He 

died in Stockholm 

1982. His oeuvre 

includes, amongst 

other works, ten 

symphonies, two 

operas and a ballet, 

five concer-tos for various instruments, chamber 

music, solo songs, choral music and incidental 

music. 

NEWS FROM EDITION SUECIA 

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routines regarding music scores, 

Edition Suecia is now trialling a free 

download service for printed music. 

It is our hope that in providing this digital 

opportunity, we will reach many more 

musicians than we otherwise would. 

First up are two chamber music pieces, 

both composed in 2003, and both lasting 

under ten minutes. 

Hans Ek (b. 1964) 

Va...var e vår vaktparadarptkav råv e rav 

av...va? 

Percussion duo 

Miklós Maros (b. 1943) 

Medaglia per saxofono alto 

in Eb e trombone 

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New DVD Release 

RIKET ÄR DITT/ 

THINE IS 

THE KINGDOM 

Jonas Forssell 

PSDVD 02 

NEW RELEASES ON PHONO SUECIA 

Opera Buffa in three 

acts about a family of 

refugees seeking shelter 

in a convent. This 

successful performance 

by The Vadstena 

Academy was recorded by the Swedish 

Television/TV2 in 1992. 

Music and libretto by Jonas Forssell after 

a play by Kim Procopé. Now on DVD with 

libretto in Swedish, English and German. 

Jazz Music Awards 

Among all the prizes that were distributed 

during the Swedish Jazz 

Celebration in Malmö two of the 

main groups of prizes were: 

The Swedish Broadcasting 

Corporation award ‘Jazzkatten’ 

(‘‘The Jazz Cat’’ ) 

Jazz Artist Fredrik Ljungkvist 

Jazz Group Yun Kan 5 

Grand Cru Staffan Svensson 

New Artist Jon Fält 

The Django d’Or Awards 

Legend of Jazz Åke Persson 

Master of Jazz Bosse Broberg 

Contemporary Star of Jazz Ulf 

Wakenius 

Swedish Jazz in Canada 

Swedish jazz artists on tour in Canada during 

the summer are now more or less a tradition. 

This is a result of the great co-operation between 

Swedish Jazz Celebration and the Vancouver 

Festival. This is the program for the concert 

tour this summer: 

Jonas Kullhammar Quartet 

June: 23 rd Ottawa, 24 th Calgary, 25 th Saskatoon, 

26 th Medecine Hat, 27 th and 28 th Vancouver, 

29 th Victoria. 

Maggi Olin and Mattias Welin with Ingrid 

& Christine Jensen Quintet 

June: 23 rd TD Canada Trust Jazz Festival Calgary, 

24 th JazzFest Medicine Hat, 25 th SaskTel 

Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, Saskatoon, 26 th 

Jazz Festival International Victoria, 27 th TD- 

Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival, 

28 th The Port Theatre, Nanaimo, 30 th 

L’Off Festival, Montreal. July: 1st and 2 nd :CD 

recording Montreal. 

Atomic 

June: 25 th and 26 th Vancouver. 

www.phonosuecia.com 

SÅ VILL JAG ÄLSKA DIG 

17 songs 

by Jan Sigurd 

interpreted 

by Anna-Mia Barwe 

PSCD 159 

Jan Sigurd divides 

his time between the piano and the typewriter. 

And they are not as far from each other as you 

may think. Music and lyrics are closely linked in 

Jan Sigurd’s world; these two moons circle 

around each other, constantly changing places. 

Jazz, also, is an important ingredient in this universe. 

The instrumentalists, the choir and above 

all the vocal soloist, Anna-Mia Barwe, display 

their roots in jazz music while not being adverse 

to other atmospheres. 

Music Export Handbooks 

As part of new EU cultural support programme (through 

its pilot projects), the European Music Office has published 

(together with its partners in the projects) six 

Music Export Handbooks. Each handbook covers the 

music industry in the six countries, providing all the important 

addresses that will enable new contacts to be 

established and for knowledge about each country’s musical 

situation to be increased. Now available are the 

handbooks for Brazil, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, 

Japan and USA. On behalf of the Swedish MIC, 

Export Music Sweden has been taking part in the production 

of the handbook about Japan. 

The handbooks are available for people involved in the 

world of music in all EU countries. Swedish music companies 

can send an e-mail to anita.turlock@stim.se in 

order to obtain a digital copy. The handbooks only exist 

in the form of digital files and therefore are not available 

in printed paper versions. 

NEW PUBLICATION 

Svensk Jazz 

2004/05 

The new yearbook has 

now been published, although 

on this occasion it 

appears in a slightly different 

layout. Although the 

intention of this year’s 

yearbook remains to represent 

jazz life in Sweden, this latest issue additionally 

covers part of this year’s activities, an 

overview of events to come in 2005 being included. 

Over 120 new CDs containing Swedish 

jazz were released in 2004 and all of them are 

listed in the book. Most of the articles are in 

Swedish but the majority of them will be translated 

and published on www.jazzfacts.com, a 

part of our website. 

Svensk Jazz 2004/05 / ed: Odd Sneeggen. 

Stockholm : STIM/Svensk Musik 2005. 

ISBN 91-85470-95-3 

STIM/Svensk Musik / Swedish Music Information Centre is concerned with the documentation 

and the spreading of information on contemporary Swedish music, and is financed by 

STIM and the Swedish government. Chief Editor: Roland Sandberg. Editor: Karin Heurling. 

Editorial staff: Ann Marie Belfrage, Gustaf Bergel, Karin Heurling, Jan Kling, Roland Sandberg, 

Odd Sneeggen. Distribution: STIM/Svensk Musik, P.O. Box 27327, SE-102 54 Stockholm. Phone: 

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