Nils Lindberg

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Nils Lindberg, born June 11, 1933 in Uppsala, is a Swedish composer and pianist.

Lindberg belongs to a family of musicians from Gagnef, Dalecarlia, where he lives. He studied classical composition at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm with Lars-Erik Larsson and Karl-Birger Blomdahl.

Lindberg is known both as a jazz composer and musician, but also as active within other styles. Several of his works are written in a style combing elements of jazz, Swedish folk music and classical music.

He was awarded the Jussi Björling scholarship in 1990 and the medal Litteris et Artibus in 2006.

[edit] Discography

• Sax Appeal (1960)
• Trisection (1963)
• Contradictions (club jazz 1) (1970)
• 7 dalmålningar (1973)
• Reflections (1975)
• Saxes galore (1979)
• Brass galore (1981)
• Big band galore (1984)
• O Mistress mine (1990)
• Melody in blue (1993)
• Requiem (1994)
• Alone with my melodies (1995)
• Third saxes galore (2000)
• The sky, the flower and a lark (2001)