1. Svante Henryson was born on 22 October 1963 and is a Swedish composer, cellist, bass guitarist and double bassist, active within jazz, classical music, and hard rock.
12 Facts About Svante Henryson
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Svante Henryson was born in Stockholm and grew up in Umea in northern Sweden.
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Svante Henryson's father was a Full Professor of Education, and his mother a Director of Studies in English at Umea University.
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At age 12, after falling in love-at-a-distance with a female bassist at a concert, Svante began playing bass guitar in a rock band.
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Svante Henryson left his hometown already at age 14 to study music; two years in Harnosand, three years at Ingesund College of Music and one year at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
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Svante Henryson was Principal Double Bass of the World Youth Orchestra 1983 to 1984.
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Svante Henryson has been prominently featured on many other albums in a very wide musical area.
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Svante Henryson is a composer of orchestral music, as well as choral music and chamber music.
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Elvis Costello and Svante Henryson collaborated as songwriters on the album "For the Stars".
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Svante Henryson has been the Musical Director of Asian, American and European tours with Anne Sofie von Otter.
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Svante Henryson is currently artistic director of the Umea Chamber Music Festival.
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Svante Henryson is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.