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Anders Berglund

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

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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

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References

  1. "Anders Berglund – a musical chameleon", STIM [ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Sveriges Radio - Sidan finns ej". Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
  3. "EMA Telstar / Live Nation - Håkan Hellström och Sven-Bertil Taube - från tango till Taube - Mynewsdesk". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  4. "Anders Berglund Filmography". Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  5. The New York Times Movies
Preceded by Eurovision Song Contest conductor
1992
Succeeded by