BIOGRAPHY
Anders Widmark

Anders Widmark was born 1963 in Uppsala, Sweden. At the age of seven, he started to compose and improvise parts on his piano. After his examination at the University of Music in Stockholm 1986, Anders started to work as a professional musician.

During his career he has collaborated with OD-choir, Uppsala Chamber Musicians and Sundsvall's Symphony Orchestra, and musicians such as Bob Brookmeyer, Eddie Harris, Clark Terry and with the Swedish singers Louise Hoffsten, Sara Isaksson, Helen Sjöholm and Rebecka Törnqvist.

In 1991 Anders worked with Rebecka Törnqvist and released “Sylvesters sista resa”. The album contained, among other things, Anders's version of Jussi Björling's most famous song;”Till havs”. This was a debut for both of them.

The year after he released the album “Anders Widmark and The Soul Quartet”. That was the first Swedish record where jazz was intermixed with hip-hop and acid jazz influence. The record got big response among the younger audience and was played in clubs all over Scandinavia.

In 1994 Anders wanted to try something different and took a break from the jazz and started to play and sing songs of his own. The same year, the album “Holly Hannah” was released and in 1995 it was followed by “Freewheelin´” where Sara Isaksson and André De Lange contributed among others on the cd. In 1996 he released his solo-album “Anders Widmark”, with his own songs in Swedish.

1997, Anders played through 694 hymns from...
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