Anders Widmark
The pianist and composer Anders Widmark has during his career released eleven records and has been awarded with a Grammy for the record "Genom varje andetag".
Furthermore, he has also got the Jan Johansson-scholarship. The jury established, among other things, that Anders “has in Jan Johansson's spirit taken good care of and developed Swedish tradition and cherished hymns and songs with the same tenderness and with the jazz as the connected formal language”.
Anders has played with jazz musicians as Bob Brookmeyer, Eddie Harris, Clark Terry and with Swedish singers as Louise Hoffsten, Sara Isaksson, Helen Sjöholm and Rebecka Törnqvist.
I first heard Anders in 1999 and was knocked out by his playing. I've followed his playing ever since and have never failed to be impressed by the range of his talent. He's among the great pianists of our time.
Stuart Nicholson
(Stuart Nicholson is an acclaimed author, critic and journalist, who has contributed to many leading newspapers and magazines including the New York Times, The London Times, Jazz Times and others.).