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Niklas Sivelov (born April 11, 1968) is a Swedish concert pianist, composer and teacher. Contents [hide]

1 Biography 2 Discography 3 Compositions 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

Niklas Sivelov was born in Skellefteå in Northern Sweden.[1] His ancestors came from Karelia and Northern Finland.

Sivelov began studying the organ at age of 6 and later winning prizes throughout Scandinavia as an organist, mostly with his own compositions and improvisations. At the age fourteen he switched to piano and he began to practice more seriously.[3] At seventeen, Sivelov attended the Royal College College of music in Stockholm, where he studied keyboard and composition, and he made his soloist debut with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic performing the Bartok Second Piano Concerto in 1991. He continued his studies in Helsinki, Bucharest, Trossingen and London. His repertoire extends from Bach to Contemporary, including a number of Swedish composers. His performance collaborations with conductors include, among others, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leif Segerstam, Thomas Dausgaard, Jukka Pekka Saraste, Kees Bakels, Alan Gilbert, Paavo Berglund and Kazufumi Yamashita. He has performed with the leading orchestras in Scandinavia, Tonhalle Zurich, Suisse Romande and orchestras all over Europe.

Niklas Sivelöv is a dedicated chamber musician. He gives recitals in prestigious venues all over the world and has worked together with Mark Peskanov, Leonid Gorokhov, Martin Fröst, Patrick Gallois and Malena Ernman and, showing another side of his versatility, he has performed and recorded with accordionist Lelo Nika.

Few pianists have the courage and stamina to perform Bach's Wohltemperierte Klavier book 1 and 2 in three concerts, as Niklas Sivelöv has done with success in legendary Bargemusic, New York in January, 2010.

The distinctions Niklas Sivelöv has received are many and impressive signifying his position as leading Scandinavian pianist. His recording of own improvisations over Bellman’s music was awarded the important The Independent Music Awards, where he as the first Scandinavian ever won the prize for the best classical album and was elected Winner of Vox Populi poll, a component of the 8th IMA program. Former winners include names like Norah Jones, Tom Waits and Peter Gabriel. Niklas Sivelöv was recently elected for the Steinway Hall of Fame.

He has received the Diapason d’Or (Berwald’s Piano Concerto), Cannes nomination for best 20th century recording (Einar Englund’s Piano Concerto No.1) and Penguin Record Guide’s highest marks (Piano works by Wilhelm Stenhammar and Wilhelm Peterson-Berger). Sivelöv has recently released the recording of Schumann’s Piano Sonatas and Stenhammar’s two Piano Concertos with Malmö Symphony Orchestra.

Bach’s Wohltemperierte Klavier is Sivelöv’s next recording project.

Niklas Sivelöv is professor at the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen.

[edit]Discography J.S Bach

1. 3 Sonatas for cello and piano with Morten Zeuthen 2. Schumann Piano Sonatas

3. Vers la flamme music of A.N Skrjabin

4. Uncut with Lelo Nika

5. Improvisational 1 piano improvisations inspired by C M Bellman

6. Piano Music of Argentina. Music by Ginastera, Piazzolla and Guastavino

7. Wilhelm Stenhammar Piano Works

8.Danzas Music for tuba and piano with Oystein Baadsvik. 9. Franz Berwald Piano Concerto in D Major

10. Swedish Piano Music. Music by Morales, Seymer, Milveden Rangström a.o.

11. Wlodek Gulgowski. works for piano

12. W.Peterson-Berger

Flowers from Frösö Island (Melodies, Humoresques and Idylls for Piano)

13. Wilhelm Stenhammar The 2 concertos for piano

14. Einar Englund Orchestral Works Blackbird" Symphony - "Nostalgic" Symphony - Piano Concerto No

15. R. Schumann Piano Works Kreisleriana, Sonata g-minor, Arabesk and Variations op 14

16. Liszt Pianotranscriptions of Symphony nr. 1 and 3 "Eroican" by Beethoven

17. Lars Ekström The Dream Age-Concerto dedicated to Niklas Sivelöv

18. Fratres with Szymon Krzeszowiec, violin music by Pärt, Reger, Stravinsky, Dallapiccola and Schnittke.

19. Pending Dialogoues with Thommy Andersson, doublebass

[edit Compositions

1. Concerto nr 3 for piano and Chamber orchestra 2012

2. Album for the youth book 1 2010

3. 2 Improvisations 2010

4. 24 Preludios e Figuras 2010

5. Suite in modo classico

6. Suite for marimba and vibrafon

7.Touchè! for percussion ensemble 4 players

8.The NY trio for violin, cello and piano 2005 premiered by Mark Peskanov, Sophia Shao and the composer at The Barge Music Series in Brooklyn, NYC ”..there were plenty of sharp edges, starting with the series of strident chords that opens the score. There were also some jazz-influenced turns and a lot of rhytmic verve in the finale catching some of the city’s vibrancy in themes that circled around the ensemble” Allan Kozinn in The NY Times

9.Tres Danzas for tuba and piano 2005

10.Introduction and Allegro for oboe and piano 2004

11 Toccata for piano 12. The Spiders Nest for cello and piano 2003

13. Concerto nr. 2 for piano and strings 2001 (24’)

14. Suite for percussion and piano

15. Concerto Classico for piano and orchestra 1998 (25’)

16. Twist and Shout for clarinet solo 1997

17. Sonatina for flute and piano 1997

18. Sonata quasi una rhapsodia per violino e pianoforte 1996

19. Suite para marimba 1995

20. Sonata for tuba and piano 1992

21. The Rage of the Chameleon for piano

22. Divertimento per archi 1989