Andreas Öberg

About Andreas Öberg:

"At 28, Andreas Öberg has mastered everything from bebop and swing to "bossa nova, Gypsy jazz and fusion, enhanced with youthful, rock-driven vigor". Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times

Biography

Early life

Swedish guitar virtuoso Andreas Öberg was born in Stockholm on August 6, 1978. As a teenage Swedish tennis prodigy, Andreas Oberg had to make a tough decision of whether to continue his sport or pursue his true love, playing guitar. Fortunately, he chose the latter, and his agility and grace on the fret board have made him one of the most fluent young stylists playing jazz today, further attested to in his performances alongside such musicians as Bucky Pizzarelli, Ken Peplowski, Frank Vignola and Joey DeFrancesco. At 30, he has mastered everything from bebop and swing to bossa nova, Gypsy jazz and fusion, enhanced with youthful, rock-driven vigor. At the age of 18, Andreas already had made a name for himself on the vibrant Swedish music scene. Performing with many of Sweden's top artists, he was also admitted to the Royal Music Academy in Stockholm.

Career

During recent years Andreas successfully has been working with his own projects as well as performing with such diverse artists as: Les Paul, Eros Ramazzotti, Toots Thielemans, Bireli Lagrene, Larry Coryell, Barbara Hendricks, John Pisano, Martin Taylor, Stuart Hamm, Danny Gottlieb, Jimmy Rosenberg, Frank Vignola, Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Ulf Wakenius, Joey DeFrancesco, Mark Murphy, Stochelo Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre and Florin Nicolescu just to name a few.

Possessing the rare talent to master many different music styles, Andreas Öberg's obvious energy and brilliant technique constantly impresses listeners all over the world. Frequently appearing and performing on TV & radio shows, Andreas is regurarly also featured in international music and guitar magazines.

Andreas Öberg this far has recorded four solo albums and one DVD. His latest album titled "My Favorite Guitars" was released on Resonance Records, US, on April 8 2008.

"The best part of being a guitarist is to entertain an audience." "I really wish for each and everyone of you to enter a music stage" "one day. Believe me, the feeling is truly amazing." "See you soon." Andreas Öberg, March 2008

Awards

Winner of the Audience Prize of Gibson International Guitar Competition in Montreux, Switzerland (2006)

Gevalia Award (2004)

Hagström Guitar Award (2003)

Armstrong Award (2003)

Fasching Jazz Award (2002)

Winner of National Jazz Competition (2002)

Nominations

Nominated for Guitar People's Prize (2004)

Nominated for Guitar People's Prize (2002)

Discography

My Favorite Guitars (2008)

Solo (2006)

Young Jazz Guitarist (2005)

Andreas Invites Yorgui & Ritary (2004)

DVD

Andreas Öberg Live In Concert (2006)

Book

Gypsy Fire (2005)This 60-page instructional book, accompanied by a CD, includes four complete Gypsy jazz style solos of various skill levels, each composed by Andreas Öberg. On the CD Andreas plays all examples both at slow and fast tempos.

Collaborations/Performances

* Djangofest Northwest 2007
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ources

* [http://www.andreas-oberg.com/index2.html The Official Website of Andreas Öberg]
* [http://www.myspace.com/andreasoberg The Official MySpace Page of Andreas Öberg]

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=andreas+oberg&search_type= Andreas Öberg at YouTube]
* [http://www.johnpierce.us/jazz/guitar/oberg.html Links to some recordings of Andreas Öberg]
* [http://www.resonancerecords.org/andreasoberg Andreas Öberg on Resonance Records]

References