Viktoria Tolstoy

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Viktoria Tolstoy (born July 29, 1974 near Stockholm ; actually Louise Viktoria Kjellberg ) is a Swedish jazz singer .

Life

The singer joins the group of Scandinavian jazz singers who have received much attention. The descendant (maternal great-great-granddaughter) of the famous Russian writer Lev Nikolajewitsch Tolstoy has recently received a lot of attention, even without special singing training.

On her CD Shining on You , released in 2004, she presents herself as an all-rounder with her direct, swinging voice. On the CD mentioned, she sings songs by Esbjörn Svensson ( est ); Toots Thielemans and Nils Landgren support them. In 2006 Tolstoy recorded a cover version of the song Te Amo Corazón , which Prince released in 2005 as the first single from his album 3121 .

The CD My Russian Soul , released in autumn 2008, is based on Russian pieces of music, the selection of which is inspired by classical composers - above all Peter Tchaikovsky - as well as by Russian folk songs. The pieces were arranged by Jacob Karlzon and Joakim Milder , the texts are mainly by Anna Alerstedt.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE DE DE
1996 För älskad SE2 (13 weeks)
SE 		-
1997 White Russian SE19 (5 weeks)
SE 		-
2004 Shining on You SE26 (6 weeks)
SE 		DE-
Gold (jazz)
Gold (jazz)
DE
2005 My Swedish Heart SE15 (5 weeks)
SE 		DE-
Gold (jazz)
Gold (jazz)
DE
2006 Pictures of Me SE27 (5 weeks)
SE 		-
2008 My Russian Soul SE50 (4 weeks)
SE 		-

More albums

  • 1994 - Smile, Love and Spice
  • 2001 - Blame It on My Youth
  • 2011 - Letters to Herbie
  • 2013 - A Moment of Now with Jacob Karlzon
  • 2017 - Meet Me At The Movies feat. Iiro Rantala & Nils Landgren
  • 2020 - Stations produced by Nils Landgren

Web links

Commons : Viktoria Tolstoy  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: SE
  2. ↑ Awards for music sales: Gold / platinum database of the Federal Association of the Music Industry, accessed on June 5, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Tolstoy, Victoria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kjellberg, Louise Viktoria (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH near Stockholm