Lisa Nilsson möter Bohuslän Big Band

One of our greatest voices and most popular artists returns to UKK with music from her latest acclaimed album and other beloved songs from the repertoire – backed by a world-class big band.

Category & Stage	Duration	Price	Age limit
Music, Jazz Uppsala Concert & Congress, Stora salen	about 2 hours (incl. break)	Ordinary: SEK 595 MHV: SEK 450 Student/youth: SEK 450 Service fee will be added	13 years

About the Performance

A long-awaited musical encounter becomes reality when Lisa Nilsson steps on stage together with Bohuslän Big Band – one of Sweden’s most renowned and recently Grammy-nominated big bands. The evening is led by conductor and organizer Calle Rasmusson. Here they are united in the common love of jazz.

The concert is based on Lisa’s acclaimed album Uteblivna vi, in new specially written big band arrangements that lift the music to new heights. In addition, the audience is offered selected favorites from Lisa’s rich song treasure – all performed with warmth and an irresistible swing.

Lisa Nilsson

Lisa Nilsson had her big break in 1992 with the critically acclaimed album Himlen runt hörnet, which sold 450,000 copies and established her as one of the most prominent artists in the Nordic region. Since then, she has released eleven solo albums and collaborated with a number of artists, including Blacknuss, Freda’, Peter LeMarc, Montserrat Caballé, Mauro Scocco, Bjørn Eidsvåg and Plura. She has also appeared on tribute albums to Sonja Åkesson, Cornelis Vreeswijk and Ted Gärdestad.

In recent years, the success has continued. Lisa has, among other things, been awarded the Music Publishers’ Prize for Lyricist of the Year, the SAMI Megaphone Prize and Vi magazine’s Taubes Scholarship – one of Sweden’s most prestigious cultural awards.

With her critically acclaimed album Uteblivna vi, she has further consolidated her position as one of the most important voices in the Nordic region.

Bohuslän Big Band

Bohuslän Big Band is one of Sweden’s most innovative and internationally acclaimed big bands – recently Grammy nominated for the album Lumen, in collaboration with Danilo Pérez. They have also been hailed by Quincy Jones as “A World Class Jazz Orchestra”.

Over the years, they have collaborated with major international jazz figures such as Vince Mendoza, John Beasley, Christian McBride, Danilo Pérez, Luciana Souza and Maria Schneider, as well as Swedish favorites such as Jill Johnson, Björn Skifs, Sarah Dawn Finer and Tommy Körberg.

Bohuslän Big Band is part of Vara Konserthus and operates on behalf of Region Västra Götaland. With curiosity, courage and musical integrity, they continue to develop and spread first-class jazz – both in Sweden and internationally.

Calle Rasmusson

Calle Rasmusson is a trained drummer but works primarily as a composer, arranger, conductor and producer. He has collaborated with a wide range of artists and orchestras, including Metropole Orkest, Bohuslän Big Band, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tommy Körberg, Rigmor Gustafsson, Chaka Khan, Gregory Porter, Björn Dixgård, Jojje Wadenius, Lalah Hathaway, Gretchen Parlato and Cory Henry.

Presented by Uppsala Konsert & Kongress