Performers & composers

Stefan Östersjö

born in 1967, is at present one of the most active musicians in the contemporary field in Sweden, with regular performances at major Swedish festivals and concert series for contemporary music. He has also performed in Albania, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland and the US. He writes articles on contemporary music and is frequently invited to give lectures and master classes at universities, festivals and academic conferences. One of his special fields of interest is works for instrument(s) and electronics. He has recorded extensively for the Swedish National Radio and also for Swedish TV. He has also recorded frequently for the Danish radio corporation and in many other countries. Stefan Östersjö studied with Gunnar Spjuth and Prof Per-Olof Johnsson at the Malmö Academy of Music and also with Peder Riis and Magnus Andersson in Stockholm and Darmstadt. He is at present engaged in artistic research on the performance of new music at the Malmö Academy of Music.

His first soloCD, with works by E Carter, J Dillon, F Donatoni and T Murail, recieved a Swedish "Grammy Award" in the category of "Best Classical Album" in 1998. His second soloCD, with works by Swedish composers, was released in spring 2001. Östersjö’s recording of Kent Olofsson's "Il Liuto d'Orfeo" was released by GMEB in Bourges and by dB Productions (Sweden). He recorded the lute works of JS Bach on the 11-stringed alto guitar for dB Productions (Sweden) in 2003.  His fourth solo CD on dB Productions, “Play Time” with works for guitar and electronics was released in 2004. In 2005 “Rhizome”, a portrait CD with works for guitar and chamber ensemble by Swedish composer Christer Lindwall was released on Phono Suecia (Sweden).