Anders Eljas

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Eljas in 2015.

Anders Erik Gillis Eljas (born 15 January 1953 in Stockholm [ citation needed ]) is a Swedish musician, orchestrator and conductor.

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Biography

He was educated at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, [1] where he studied piano and violin, [2] began his musical career at Alexandra's [3] [4] and soon toured as keyboardist with Björn Skifs and on ABBA's world tours. [5] [1]

During the 1970s and 1960s, he worked as an orchestrator and arranger for a number of Swedish artists, including Lill-Babs, Lasse Berghagen, Elisabeth Söderström, and Sven-Bertil Taube. [2]

Eljas worked as a producer for CBS Records International (now Sony Music) [2] During the 1980s, he orchestrated the musical Chess , conducting the London Symphony Orchestra for a recording of the musical and a 1984 European tour. [2] In 1988, Eljas was also one of the orchestrators for the Broadway musical Carrie . [6]

Eljas has conducted and acted as musical director for musicals such as Guys and Dolls , Les Misérables , and Mamma Mia! , and was a conductor for many of Povel Ramel's musical revues. [1]

From 1978 to 1995, Eljas was often Sveriges Television's band leader for its shows.[ citation needed ] He was also a regular celebrity contestant on the popular charades show Gäster med gester on TV.[ citation needed ]

In 1995 he was responsible for the orchestration of Kristina från Duvemåla . [1]

Since 2000 he has lived with singer Wenche Myhre in Norway. [7] [8]

Movie music

1987: Mio in the Land of Faraway

Filmography

1977: ABBA: The Movie – musician

Musicals

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "About us - The Göteborg Opera". en.opera.se.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Anders Eljas Music". www.eljasmusic.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Catarina Ericson-Roos I väntan på räven; Kjerstin Dellert på livets scener ISBN 9789189063839 p. 197
  4. ↑ About Swenglistic Underground
  5. ↑ Sheridan, Simon (8 May 2012). The Complete ABBA (40th Anniversary ed.). Titan Books (US, CA). ISBN   9781781164983 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Review/Theater; The Telekinetic 'Carrie,' With Music". The New York Times. 13 May 1988.
  7. ↑ Article in VG 2000-05-31
  8. ↑ Article Se & Hör 2015-12-25
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