Erik Arvinder

Erik Arvinder (born 1984) is a Swedish violinist, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, orchestrator and conductor known for his work with artists such as Avicii, Childish Gambino, John Legend, Galantis and deadmau5.

Early life and influences
Arvinder was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. He completed undergraduate and graduate studies in violin performance at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.

Career
Arvinder began his career as a violinist and was a member of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra from 2008 to 2012. He has served as concertmaster for multiple Nordic ensembles and is one of the founding members of the Vamlingbo Quartet.

Between 2011 and 2013, Arvinder toured as a multi-instrumentalist with Childish Gambino playing violin, keyboard and percussion during the I Am Donald and Camp tours.

In 2014, Arvinder toured as a violinist with John Legend during the All Of Me tour,

Arvinder has worked as an arranger for multiple international music artists, including Avicii, Zara Larsson, deadmau5, Galantis & Childish Gambino. Arvinder worked as an orchestrator for the 2015 film Creed, and continued to orchestrate for multiple films and television shows, including the Netflix musical comedy The Prom, NBC comedy Community and Netflix documentary series Chef's Table.

In 2017, together with Anthony Gonzalez (M83) and Chris Hartz (Passion Pit), Arvinder arranged and orchestrated the Cirque du Soleil show Volta.

As a multi-instrumentalist, Arvinder is a member of the band in the Swedish reality television music show Så mycket bättre.

Selected discography

 * Lord Huron - Your Other Life (2022) - Conductor
 * FOX - Monarch (2022) - String arranger, conductor
 * Netflix - Chef's Table Pizza (2022) - Orchestrator, conductor
 * Jake Wesley Rogers - Hindsight (2022) - String arranger, conductor
 * First Aid Kit - Palomino (2022) - String arranger, conductor
 * Becky Hill & Galantis - Run (2022) - String arranger, conductor
 * Nisa Nesbitt - When You Lose Someone (2022) - String arranger, conductor
 * Lord Huron - Long Lost (2021) - Conductor
 * The Knocks & Dragonette - Slow Song (2021) - String arranger, conductor
 * Galantis & Years & Years - Sweet Talker (2021) - String arranger, conductor
 * Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Ella Tiritiello - For A Better Day (2021) - Producer, arranger, conductor
 * Netflix - The Prom (2020) - Lead orchestrator, conductor
 * Galantis - Hurricane (with John Newman) (2020) - String arranger, conductor
 * Galantis & Dolly Parton - Faith (feat. Mr. Probz) (2019) - String arranger, conductor
 * James Arthur - Quite Miss Home (2019) - String arranger, conductor
 * deadmau5 - Where's The Drop? (2018) - Arranger
 * John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Original motion picture soundtrack (2017) - Violin
 * Morrisey - Low in High School (2017) - Viola
 * Justin Timberlake & Mitchell Owens - The Book of Love - Original motion picture soundtrack (2017) - Violin
 * Harry Styles - Harry Styles (2017) - Violin
 * Katelyn Tarver - Tired Eyes (2017) - String arranger, conductor
 * Galantis - The Aviary (2017) - String arranger, conductor
 * Anastacia - Evolution (2017) - String arranger, conductor
 * Lady Antebellum - Heart Break (2017) - Viola
 * Netflix - Chef's Table - (2017-2018) - Orchestrator
 * Cirque du Soleil - Paramour (2016) - Arranger
 * Cirque du Soleil - Volta (2016) - Arranger, orchestrator
 * Michael Bublé - Nobody but Me (2016) - Violin
 * Ludwig Göransson - Central Intelligence - Original motion picture soundtrack - (2016) - Orchestrator, violin
 * Theodore Shapiro - Ghostbusters - Original motion picture soundtrack (2016) - Violin
 * Ludwig Göransson - Creed - Original motion picture soundtrack (2015) - Orchestrator, violin
 * Joshua Radin - Onward and Sideways (2015) - String arranger, conductor
 * Demi Lovato - Confident (2015) - Violin
 * Avicii - Stories (2015) - String arranger, conductor
 * John Williams - Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Original motion picture soundtrack (2015) - Violin
 * Ellie Goulding - Delirium (2015), Violin
 * Zara Larsson - Introducing EP (2014), String arranger, conductor
 * Lupe Fiasco - Stellar Light (2014) - String arranger, conductor
 * Lykke Li - I Never Learn (2014) - Violin
 * Dirty Loops - Loopified (2014) - String arranger, conductor
 * Childish Gambino - Because the Internet (2013) - String arranger, violin
 * Tinie Tempah - Demonstration (2013) - String arranger, violin
 * CeeLo Green - Cee Lo's Magic Moment (2012), Violin
 * Ludwig Göransson - Community - Television soundtrack (2011-2015) - Orchestrator, conductor, violin
 * Childish Gambino - Camp (2011) - String arranger, violin
 * Robyn - Body Talk (2010) - Violin
 * Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster (2009) - Violin
 * Alexandra Burke - Overcome (2009) - String arranger, violin
 * Lykke Li - Youth Novels (2008) - Violin
 * Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing (2009) - Violin
 * Primal Scream - Beautiful Future (2008) - Violin