For press purposes you will find all text and hi-res images as downloads. She gained even more attention and greater commercial success with 1996s För Älskad, a pop album that hinted strongly at star potential. No wonder young Viktoria made an impact in Stockholm jazz clubs with leading Swedish musicians like Svante Thuresson and Putte Wickman. What do I need for playback? Swedish jazz and pop vocalist, Viktoria Tolstoy is a much celebrated performer in Europe. These thematic threads give Viktoria Tolstoy a way of singing songs which is hers and hers alone.
And her voice has something truly special and individual too: there might be a hint of melodrama, or perhaps a certain sadness which is nonetheless underpinned with joy, or happiness, yet with an urge. In the years since its foundation in 1992, it has built a global presence and profile. The piano seat of her new band is now, after Esbjörn Svensson and Jacob Karlzon, manned by Joel Lyssarides, a rapidly rising star of the Nordic jazz piano scene. Our Website Our website offers an online shop as well as extensive information about our artists, releases and our company. Jacob Karlzon born 19 October 1970 in , Sweden is a Swedish musician, pianist, composer and accompanist.
This list includes the likes of Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Nils Landgren, Michael Wollny, Marius Neset, Lars Danielsson, Joachim Kühn, Youn Sun Nah, Leszek Możdżer, Vincent Peirani, Emile Parisien and many more. Two years later, with the album För Älskad, she became an overnight pop sensation in Sweden. Today With Mattias Svensson bass , Peter Danemo drums 2002 Big5 Prophone Most tracks quintet, with Karl-Martin Almqvist soprano sax, tenor sax, flute , Peter Asplund trumpet, flugelhorn , Mattias Svensson bass , Peter Danemo drums, percussion ; one track sextet, with vocals added 2008? Known for her lilting, emotive style, she has also worked with McCoy Tyner, Benny Andersson, Jacob Karlzon and Iiro Rantala, crafting her unique crossover jazz, pop, and folk sound. Signed to Blue Note Records, she released White Russian in 1997, most of the songs on which were written by Tolstoy in collaboration with pianist Esbjörn Svensson. ProStudioMasters offers the original studio masters — exactly as the artist, producers and sound engineers mastered them — for download, directly to you. The weight of the Blue Note contract helped her gain entry to the inner circles of jazz and she performed with Ray Brown, singing with him in 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland, McCoy Tyner, and others. .
Nevertheless, she concentrated for a while on strengthening her base in Sweden. Since then, she has established herself as one of the leading voices in jazz today with some chart-topping jazz albums like Shining on You another collaboration with Esbjörn Svensson , My Swedish Heart and My Russian Soul. This prepared the ground for her collaboration with Esbjörn Svensson, who produced and wrote the songs for White Russian, the first Scandinavian album released by the legendary Blue Note label. Her mid-90s recording debut, Smile, Love And Spice, for which she was praised by Swedish jazz musicians such as Arne Domnérus, Svante Thuresson and Putte Wickman, began attracting attention further afield. Since then the ancestors of Viktoria, the greatgreat-granddaughter of the legendary novelist, have lived in Sweden.
Search for artists, album titles or genres. Going Places With Mattias Svensson bass , Peter Danemo drums 2002? Joined here by special guest pianist Iiro Rantala and trombonist and producer Nils Landgren, Tolstoy and her band span decades of great movie music, from As Time Goes By to Kiss from a Rose. The great-great-granddaughter of the Russian writer, Leo Tolstoy, singer Viktoria developed a small but dedicated following in Sweden in the early 90s. He has often performed with singer. Swedish jazz vocalist Viktoria Tolstoy is known for her theatrical quality, her vivid scene-setting and the pictorial clarity she brings when she sings. She recorded her first album in 1994, aged 20.
Improvisational Three Caprice Solo piano 2010 Heat Caprice Some tracks trio, with Hans Andersson bass , Jonas Holgersson drums ; some tracks quintet, with Karl-Martin Almqvist saxes , Peter Asplund trumpet added 2011? In 1999 she appeared in London at the Swedish Jazz Extravaganza. When Viktoria Tolstoy sings, it is her personal background, the things that have made her who she is, that resonate above all. If Tolstoy sings a song, it is not simple interpretation; she shapes and marks it in her own way. The Big Picture Stunt Trio, with Hans Andersson bass , Jonas Holgersson drums 2012 More Trio, with Hans Andersson bass , Jonas Holgersson drums 2013 A Moment of Now Most tracks duo, with vocals ; one track with Jocke Bergström vocals added 2014 Shine With Hans Andersson bass and Robert Mehmet Ikiz drums 2015? Crystal clear, dynamic, untamed and vibrating, but also down-to-earth - her voice is probably the most brilliant of all Scandinavian singers. In addition to Scandinavian and northern European countries, Tolstoy has also appeared in Italy and Malaysia.
Her great-grandfather, the son of the world-famous writer Leo Tolstoy, grew up in Tsarist Russia. Her debut album Smile, Love and Spice. The release of Shining On You early in 2004 was concurrent with a Rising Stars tour of Germany, Denmark, Austria and Switzerland. Perhaps it is not that surprising that Tolstoy says she's been a massive film fan all her life. The Swedish singer Viktoria Tolstoy was born in the small town of Sigtuna, near Stockholm, in 1974, but she has Russian blood in her veins. . .
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