Sofia Jernberg

Sofia Jernberg 2015

Sofia Jernberg (born July 5, 1983 in Ethiopia ) is a Swedish singer ( soprano ) and composer of creative jazz and improvisation music . She is considered a "singer who is constantly on the move to explore new terrain."

Live and act

Jernberg, who grew up in Vietnam and Sweden, was initially trained in a choir. As a teenager she discovered her interest in sounds far removed from western musical traditions and studied the work of Sainkho Namtchylak , Sidsel Endresen , Phil Minton and Diamanda Galás . Between 2002 and 2004 she studied jazz at the Fridhem Adult Education Center . Then she studied composition with Per Mårtensson and Henrik Strindberg at Gotlands Tonsättarskola . In 2008 she was honored with the Jazz Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music .

Together with the pianist Cecilia Persson she led the septet Paavo , which was also named Jazz Group of the Year by Sveriges Radio in 2008 and continues to exist as a trio. She became internationally known as the soloist in Mats Gustafsson's Fire! Orchestra . She also worked with DuoEgo , the Peärls Before Swïne Experience , Christof Kurzmann ( Song for Beggars ), the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra ( Moers Festival 2015), The Opera Group and the chamber music ensemble Norrbotten NEO , for which she also composes in part. She also appeared as a soloist in Arnold Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire .

Sofia Jernberg (left) with Mats Gustafsson and Mariam Wallentin (2016)

Discographic notes

• Paavo paavo (Apart Records 2007)
• Lene Grenager / Sofia Jernberg Crochet (2009)
• The New Songs: A Sonic Nest at the Junction of Paths (Umlaut Records 2012, with Eve Risser , Kim Myhr and David Stackenäs )
• Fire! Orchestra Ritual (Rune Grammofon, 2016, with Mariam Wallentin , Niklas Barnö, Susana Santos Silva , Hild Sofie Tafjord , Mats Äleklint , Per Åke Holmlander , Mette Rasmussen , Anna Högberg , Per "Texas" Johansson , Jonas Kullhammar , Lotte Anker , Mats Gustafsson , Martin Hederos , Edvin Nahlin, Andreas Berthling, Finn Loxbo, Julien Desprez, Johan Berthling , Andreas Werliin , Mads Forby)
• Lana Trio With Sofia Jernberg (Clean Feed 2018, with Andreas Wildhagen, Henrik Nørstebø, Kjetil Jerve)

Web links

Commons : Sofia Jernberg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Web presence
• Sofia Jernberg at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Trondheim Jazz Orchestra feat. Olav Mjelva & Sofia Jernberg (Moers Festival) ( Memento from May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Lists: Sofia Jernberg tracks - The Wire. Retrieved July 1, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Paavo
4. ↑ Fire! Orchestra »Nordic Music. Retrieved July 1, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Norrbotten Big Band. Retrieved July 1, 2019 (Swedish). 
6. ^ The New Songs »Nordic Music. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .