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Svante Henryson (born October 22, 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a composer, cellist, electric bassist and double bassist, active within jazz, classical music, and hard rock.

Childhood & Studies
Svante Henryson grew up in Umeå in northern Sweden. His father was a Full Professor of Education, and his mother a Director of Studies in English at Umeå University. At age 12, after falling in love-at-a-distance with a female bassist at a concert, Svante began playing electric bass in a rock band. Two years later, he switched to jazz and double bass. A concert with Stan Getz at the Umeå Jazz Festival made up his mind about becoming a musician. Another life-changing experience was hearing the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in concert in Östersund.

He left his hometown already at age 14 to study music: two years in Härnösand, three years at Ingesund College of Music and (later) one year at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

Early professional years
Still in his teens and halfway through music college, he became a member of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra under Mariss Jansons 1983-1986. After making his solo debut with the Oslo Philharmonic in Vanhal's Bass Concerto, he became the orchestra's Assistant Principal Bassist.

1987-1989 he was Principal Bassist of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra led by Iona Brown.

After a drastic change in direction, he became bass guitarist of Yngwie Malmsteen's band 1989-1992. During this period he started playing cello, an instrument on which he is an autodidact.

Henrysons first solo album, Enkidu, was released in 1997. He has also been prominently featured on many other albums in a very wide musical area. As a session player he has worked with Stevie Wonder, Ryan Adams, Ted Gärdestad, Elvis Costello and Steve Gadd.

Today
Svante Henryson is a composer of orchestral music, as well as choral music and chamber music. His "Electric Bass Concerto", composed in 2007, introduces the electric bass in a new role as a classical solo instrument. Elvis Costello and Henryson collaborated as songwriters on the album "For the Stars".

Svante Henryson is an ECM recording artist, in various formations with Jon Balke, Arve Henriksen, Ketil Bjørnstad, Nils Petter Molvaer, Arild Andersen, Marilyn Mazur, Tord Gustavsen and Trygve Seim.

He also performs in chamber music duos and trios with Roland Pöntinen, Martin Fröst, Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg and Mikael Samuelson. Svante has been the Musical Director of Asian, American and European tours with Anne-Sofie von Otter.

Svante Henryson currently lives in Stockholm, Sweden, and is married to Katarina Henryson, singer of The Real Group.

Works
(selected)

Orchestral

 * Legatissimo for cello and orchestra (1996)
 * Songs from the Milky Way concerto for cello and orchestra (1997)
 * Memento for cello and string orchestra (2003)
 * Electric Bass Concerto for electric bass and orchestra (2007)
 * Vinterfest concert overture for orchestra (2007)
 * Sinfonia Concertante for orchestra (2009)

Choral

 * Eyes of a Child for five voices (1999)
 * Himlar av Djupaste Glädje for soprano, mixed choir and piano (2007)
 * Enfaldiga Ren for soprano, mezzo, alto, mixed choir, string octet, guitar and six-handed piano (2009)
 * DoReMi for cello, men's choir and jazz trio (2009)

Chamber music

 * Vintermusik for soprano, tenor, narrator, clarinet, bassoon, violin, double bass and percussion (1980)
 * Slussen (the Sluice) for cello and city sounds (1994)
 * Off Pist for soprano saxophone and cello (1996)
 * π (pi) for violin, cello and drums (2006)
 * Sarabande Metamorphose for cello and piano (2007)
 * Allegro Moderato for clarinet, cello and piano (2007)
 * Quartet for Violin, Viola and Two Celli (2007)
 * Eckency for cello and piano (2008)
 * Suite for Solo Cello (2008)
 * Sonata for Solo Violin (2009)

Discography
(selected)

As leader

 * Enkidu (1997) composer, cello, celtar, double bass
 * 21st Century Swedish Composers - Concertos by Henryson, Nelson, Högberg (2001) composer, cello

Classical

 * Tjajkovskij - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons (1984) double bass
 * Mozart - Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Iona Brown (1988) double bass
 * Mozart/Britten/Tchaikovsky	- Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Iona Brown (1988) double bass
 * Britten - Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Iona Brown (1991) double bass, cello
 * Midvinter - Mikael Samuelson (1996) composer, cello, celtar
 * Home for Christmas - Anne Sofie von Otter (1999) arranger, cello, double bass, celtar
 * Hymn For Life - Anders Paulsson (2004) double bass

Hard Rock

 * Eclipse - Yngwie Malmsteen (1990) electric bass, double bass
 * Fire & Ice - Yngwie Malmsteen (1991) electric bass, cello, double bass
 * Guitars that rule the world (1991) electric bass
 * Crisis vs crisis - Glory (1994) electric bass, double bass, cello
 * Pounds - Mental Hippie Blood (1994) cello
 * Live and learn - Brazen Abbot (1995) electric bass
 * Lint - House of Shakira (1997) cello
 * Fall From Grace - Lion's Share (1999) cello

Jazz

 * Sol Niger Within - Fredrik Thordendal (1993) electric bass
 * Amazing Orchestra - Thomas Jäderlund (1994) cello, composer
 * Stoneheater - Erik Weissglas (1994) composer, electric bass, double bass, cello
 * With a little help from my friends - Mats Bergström (1994) electric bass
 * On a friday - Putte Wickman (1995) double bass
 * The spirit of milvus milvus - Christer Bothén (1996) double bass
 * Kyanos - Jon Balke's Magnetic North Orchestra (2000) cello, composer
 * Seafarer's Song - Ketil Bjørnstad (2003) cello
 * Ten Easy Pieces - Morten Halle Trio (2004) cello
 * Waiting For Atonesjka - Krister Jonsson Trio + Svante Henryson (2004) composer, cello
 * Factotum - Kristin Asbjørnsen (2004) cello
 * Attitude & Orbit Control - Jeanette Lindström (2009) cello

Pop

 * Äntligen på väg - Ted Gärdestad (1994) electric bass
 * Uno - Uno Svenningsson (1994) cello
 * Andas fritt - Irma Schultz (1995) electric bass
 * Möss & människor - Uno Svenningsson (1998) cello
 * For the Stars - Anne Sofie von Otter/Elvis Costello (2000) composer, cello, double bass, electric bass
 * Commonly Unique - The Real Group (2000) composer
 * Janina - Janina (2005) cello
 * I Let The Music Speak - Anne Sofie von Otter (2005) arranger, double bass
 * Sleepwalkers Lament - Lesli (2008) cello
 * The Night Shines Like the Day - Kristin Asbjørnsen (2008) cello, electric bass
 * Red - Randi Tytingvåg (2009) cello

Rock

 * Mellan sol och måne - Janne Schaffer (1993) electric bass
 * Av ren lust - Janne Schaffer (1993) electric bass
 * Shine on	- Kee Marcello (1995) electric bass, double bass
 * A place to call home - Joey Tempest (1995) electric bass
 * Under my skin - Jack Mittleman (1995) cello
 * Closer - Blom & Petrén (1996) cello
 * Happymandontkill - Mikael Rickfors (1997) cello
 * Demolition - Ryan Adams (2002) cello

World

 * Por donde me lleva el ritmo - Erik Steen Flamenco Fusion (1991) composer, cello, electric bass
 * Ohcan - Giron (1993) electric bass
 * Ealát - Giron (1993) composer, electric bass
 * Entre atardecer y amanecer	- Erik Steen Flamenco Fusion (1995) composer, cello
 * yellow - HaLo (2000) cello
 * "Simon Issát Marainen (2007) electric bass, cello