Lina Nyberg

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Lina Nyberg (born February 27, 1970 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish jazz singer and composer.

Live and act

Nyberg grew up in an artist household and discovered jazz at the age of fourteen . At the age of eighteen she appeared in public, initially singing with Bernt Rosengren , Nisse Sandström and Fredrik Norén . In 1990 she founded her own quintet, but was only accompanied by Esbjörn Svensson on her debut album Close . Between 1991 and 1993 she studied at the Royal Music Academy . She made fourteen albums by 2011 and toured Europe, Japan, Vietnam, Canada and Brazil; with Magnus Lindgren she arranged Brazilian music for their big band album Brasil Big Bom . In 2012 her quintet included Cecilia Persson (piano), David Stackenäs (guitar), Josef Kallerdahl (bass) and Peter Danemo (drums). She also worked with John Taylor , Marilyn Crispell , Anders Jormin , Rigmor Gustafsson and Jacob Karlzon (joint album Temper , 2008).

Nyberg founded in April 2006, the network IMPRA that for the equality enters the sexes in the musical life. She is married to Fredrik Ljungkvist .

Prizes and awards

In 1995 she received a Swedish Grammy for her second album When the Smile Shines Through . Her album Open was also nominated for a Swedish Grammy. In 2002 she received the Jazzkannan , the award of the Swedish Jazz Association, as a “courageous and mature musician” who is constantly transforming her material . In 2014 she was awarded the Lars Gullin Prize .

Discographic notes

  • Close (Prophone Records, 1993, with Esbjörn Svensson)
  • When the Smile Shines Through (Prophone Records, 1994, with Per "Texas" Johansson , Esbjörn Svensson, Dan Berglund , Mikel Ulfberg)
  • So Many Stars (Prophone Records, 1996)
  • Temper (Prophone Records, 1997, with Jacob Karlzon)
  • Open (Prophone Records, 1998, with Palle Danielsson and Anders Persson )
  • Smile (Prophone Records, 2000)
  • Brazil (Prophone Records, 2001, with Staffan Svensson, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Anders Jormin, Audun Kleive )
  • A Song Book (Spice of Life, 2003, with Anders Persson and Yasuhito Mori)
  • Saragasso (Moserobie, 2004)
  • Lina Nyberg & Magnus Lindgren Brasil Big Bom (Caprice Records, 2007)
  • West Side Story (Hoob Records, 2010, with Fabian Kallerdahl, Josef Kallerdahl, Michael Edlund)
  • Palaver (Moserobie, 2011)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ portrait
personal data
SURNAME Nyberg, Lina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm