1. Magnus Lindgren then attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in Stockholm, Sweden, and began working with the Soul Enterprise.
16 Facts About Magnus Lindgren
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Magnus Lindgren began playing with Herbie Hancock aged 18, and formed his quartet in 1997.
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Magnus Lindgren has worked with James Ingram, Koop, Barbara Hendricks, Gregory Porter, Till Bronner, Nicola Conte, Marie Fredriksson, Ivan Lins and David Foster.
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In 2001, Lindgren was voted the best Swedish jazz artist of the year by the Fasching jazz club in Stockholm.
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Magnus Lindgren has received a number of awards, including a Grammis award in 2001, and the Arne Domnerus Prize.
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Magnus Lindgren was commissioned to write music for the Nobel Banquet in 2003, and in 2016 he performed at the Nobel banquet together with Martin Frost, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and the Adolf Fredriks Girls Choir.
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Magnus Lindgren was born in 1974 in Vasteras, Sweden, and began to play guitar and sing in 1982.
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Magnus Lindgren has played the saxophone since the age of 13, in 1987.
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Magnus Lindgren started a jazz septet in 1994, and a quartet in 1997.
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Magnus Lindgren played at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 2000.
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Magnus Lindgren began a collaboration with opera singer Barbara Hendricks in 2002, and worked with James Ingram in Los Angeles in 2004.
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Magnus Lindgren performed at the Montreux jazz festival with his quartet in 2006.
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Magnus Lindgren released an album, titled Batucada Jazz, in the spring of 2009.
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Magnus Lindgren arranged music to the Berliner Philharmoniker and their celebration of the Chamber Music Hall, in October 2012.
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Magnus Lindgren worked with Nils Landgren once more and Quincy Jones.
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In 2015, Magnus Lindgren was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.