Peter Johansson (musician)
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Peter Johansson (born August 22, 1977, in Norrköping, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, guitarist, dancer and musical artist. He was educated at School of musical theatre, Bjärnum and Ballet Academy, conservatory of musical theatre, Gothenburg, Sweden.
He has participated in the german production of Saturday Night Fever in Cologne, Germany in 2001–2002 and A Chorus Line at the Gothenburg Opera, Sweden, in 2002–2003.
From April 2003 to September 2007 Peter Johansson performed in the Queen musical We Will Rock You in West End, London. From June 2005 he made the leading role Gallileo. On leaving the show he was given a gold disc and a special We Will Rock You guitar – a variation of the Queen guitarist Brian May’s Red Special – for his efforts.[1]
In 2007 he moved back to Sweden to perform in Footloose at Stora Teatern in Gothenburg. The musical will also be given in Stockholm in February 2008.
In 2006–2007 filmmakers Magnus Roudén and Gunnar Ernblad made a documentary for Swedish television about Peter Johansson in London (We Will Rock You) and in Sweden (Rhapsody In Rock, church concerts, Footloose etc).[2]
[edit] References
- ^ May, Brian (2007-10-01), A wonderful night, Bri’s Soapbox, <http://www.brianmay.com/brian/brianssb/brianssboct07a.html>
- ^ Peter Johansson documentary to be aired in Sweden, Queen world, 2007-12-12, <http://www.queenworld.com/artman/publish/article_718.shtml>
