Anders Berglund Explained

Anders Olof Berglund (born 21 July 1948) is a Swedish arranger, composer, conductor, pianist and musician.^[1]

Career

Born in Stockholm, Berglund is best known as conductor of Melodifestivalen, the Swedish final of the Eurovision Song Contest.^[2] ^[3] He was musical director of the ESC when the event was hosted by Sweden in Malmö in 1992. In addition he also acted as one of the Swedish commentators for the 1999 Contest together with Pekka Heino.

In the 1970s he was a member of the band Blue Swede.

He composed the music of the musical SKÅL at the Maxim-theatre in 1985.

1997-2005 he was one of the team captains/pianists in the popular Swedish TV show Så ska det låta.

In Autumn 2007, Berglund arranged the music in the musical "Sound of Music" at the Göta Lejon.

Selected Original Scores composed

1983 – Happy We
1988 – Gull-Pian
1989 – 1939
1990 – Nils Karlsson-Pyssling
1997 – Pippi Longstocking

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External links

"Anders Berglund: Leader of the Band", iTunes

Notes and References

https://www.stim.se:8443/stim/prod/stimv4eng.nsf/AllDocuments/97E0BDA6B84F2A1AC12572AA00340D57 "Anders Berglund – a musical chameleon", STIM
Web site: Sveriges Radio – Sidan finns ej . 2010-03-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120328231535/http://sverigesradio.se/cgi-bin/berwaldhallen/program/artikel.asp?ProgramID=1141&Artikel=379788 . 28 March 2012 .
Web site: EMA Telstar / Live Nation – Håkan Hellström och Sven-Bertil Taube – från tango till Taube – Mynewsdesk . 29 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111009111430/http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/view/pressrelease/103884 . 9 October 2011 . dead .
Web site: Anders Berglund Filmography . 28 March 2010 . 15 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615023500/http://www.fandango.com/andersberglund/filmography/p231048 . dead .
https://web.archive.org/web/20121102090938/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/231048/Anders-Berglund The New York Times Movies