Lina Nyberg
Biography Lina Nyberg
Lina Nyberg
is one of Sweden’s most creative and innovative jazz singers and contemporary composers. For more than 20 years she has been attracting consistent and widespread attention, mainly in Scandinavia, but also in many other parts of the world.
Lina Nyberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1970 and raised in an artistic home, both parents being artists/illustrators. After gratuating from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 1993 she released her first CD Close (Prophone records). A duo recording with late jazz pianist Esbjörn Svensson. An instant success and Swedish jazz classic.
As a solo artist she has released 24 albums.
She has received awards as Lars Gullin prize, Swedish Royal Academy of music Jazz prize, but also a Swedish Grammy and the “Gyllene Skivan award” for “jazz album of the year”.
As a composer she has writing works on commission from big bands, string quartets other chamber
settings and symphony orchestras.
One of her most significant works are the album trilogy with pieces for big band – Sirenades 2014, for string quartet – Aerials 2016 and for symphony orchestra – Terrestrial 2017.
The trilogy confirmed her as one of the most exciting composers in Scandinavia right now connecting the rhythmic and harmonic parts of her European jazz background with a contemporary classical language.
In 2020 the album “the Clouds” was released with her new all star constellation, Lina Nyberg Tentet, her regular quintet reinforced with five of the most brilliant horn players one can find in Europe today. The album recieved great reviews from for example All About Jazz.
During 2023 she was the composer in residence with Bohuslän Big Band and also performed and conducted her big band music with the Danish Radio Big Band.
In 2024 Lina introduces a new constellation with Daniel Karlsson piano, Mauritz Agnas bass and Peter Danemo drums with the distinguished guests, reed player Fredrik Ljungkvist and the Norwegian trumpet player Hildegunn Øiseth.
Lina Nyberg has a long experience as a teacher, coaching ensembles, improvisers, composers and of course singers since 1993. She is the Associate Professor in Jazz Voice at Grieg Academy of music in Bergen, Norway.
