Erik Arvinder

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Erik Arvinder
Born1984
Origin Stockholm, Sweden
Genres Orchestral
Years active2004–present

Erik Arvinder (born 1984) is a Swedish violinist, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, orchestrator and conductor known for his work with artists such as Avicii, Childish Gambino, John Legend, Galantis and deadmau5.

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Early life and influences

Arvinder was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. He completed undergraduate and graduate studies in violin performance at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. [1]

Career

Arvinder began his career as a violinist and was a member of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra from 2008 to 2012. [2] He has served as concertmaster for multiple Nordic ensembles and is one of the founding members of the Vamlingbo Quartet. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Between 2011 and 2013, Arvinder toured as a multi-instrumentalist with Childish Gambino playing violin, keyboard and percussion during the I Am Donald and Camp tours. [7]

In 2014, Arvinder toured as a violinist with John Legend during the All Of Me tour, [8]

Arvinder has worked as an arranger for multiple international music artists, including Avicii, Zara Larsson, deadmau5, Galantis & Childish Gambino. Arvinder worked as an orchestrator for the 2015 film Creed, and continued to orchestrate for multiple films and television shows, including the Netflix musical comedy The Prom, NBC comedy Community and Netflix documentary series Chef's Table .

In 2017, together with Anthony Gonzalez (M83) and Chris Hartz (Passion Pit), [9] Arvinder arranged and orchestrated the Cirque du Soleil show Volta . [10]

As a multi-instrumentalist, Arvinder is a member of the band in the Swedish reality television music show Så mycket bättre . [11]

Selected discography

[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]

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