Øystein Baadsvik, the tuba soloist on this album, began playing the tuba at age fifteen and won a national competition for soloists at eighteen.
Performer Biography
Christian Lindberg, the conductor on this album, is a renowned trombonist who has also embarked on careers as a conductor and composer.
Composition History
Daniel Nelson's Metallëphônic, featured on this album, was inspired by the accidental fusion of Beethoven's 7th Symphony with his neighbor's heavy metal music.
Performer Biography
Øystein Baadsvik is the only tuba virtuoso to have pursued a career exclusively as a soloist, rather than joining an orchestra or taking a teaching position.
Performer Biography
The Swedish Wind Ensemble, which celebrates its centenary in 2006, is one of the oldest of its kind globally and was originally funded by Stockholm's local transport company.
Composer Biography
Leonard Bernstein, a major conductor of the mid-20th century, significantly influenced American musical life as an educator and composer by integrating jazz and popular music into art music.
Compositional Technique
Øystein Baadsvik has developed new tuba-playing techniques, including 'multiphonics' (singing and playing simultaneously) and his own invention 'Lip Beat' (percussive tuba), which are used in many recent works for the instrument.
