SOPHIE DUNÉR

E-mail:

info@sophieduner.com

Born in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Lived in Boston, USA 1989 -1995; NYC, USA 1996; Madrid, Spain 1996 – 2002,

Gothenburg, Sweden & Commuting to Madrid, Spain / London, UK 2003 - 2010

DISCOGRAPHY

AS ARRANGER, SINGER & COMPOSER & CO-COMPOSER

° Orange / The Sophie Dunér Orchestra – As leader. Boston, USA  1994

° Dance with me / Interplay Collective Big Band Dreamscape, Lausanne, CH 1997

° The Rain in Spain / Sophie Dunér Quartet – As leader. Music by S. Dunér. Produced by Bob Rusch.

 With Rory Stuart, Matt Pennman & Kahlil Kwame Bell. CIMP records, NY, USA 2006

° The City of My Dreams/The Sophie Dunér String Quartet - As leader. Sophie Productions, Madrid, 2008

(Produced, composed, arranged & sung by Sophie Dunér)

For purchase at http://cdbaby.com/cd/sdsq

° Sophie Dunér & The Callino Quartet - As leader. Composed, arranged & sung by Sophie. Produced by

Grammy award winning classical producer Michael Haas. London, UK 2010

AS INVITED SINGER

° Travelogue / by Werner Fischer, featuring Juerg Wickihalder among others. Zürich, CH 2010

° Ballads and Sallads/with Rigmor Gustafsson, Lina Nyberg, Siri Larsen. Produced

 By Mika Pohjola.  Change Records NYC, USA 2006

 ° Prausagios da Carnaval/Fernando Tarrés & Arida Conta Group. With Dan

Rieser, Tino Derado, Fernando Huergo, Don McCaslin. BAU records, Argentina, 2001

 ° Dobra/Dobra Dobra. Arabic Fusion.  Phorminx Records, Madrid, Spain 1998

 ° Reggaewomen/Featuring Rita Marley. Arcade Records, Madrid, Spain 1998

 ° El Minotauro/The Big Van. Big Band led by Guillermo Klein. Featuring Chris

  Cheek, Seamus Blake, Sten Höstfält, Mark Turner etc. Candid Records, NYC 1997

 ° The Outsider/Fernando Tarrés & Arida Conta Group.  Savant, NYC, USA 1996

With Dan Rieser, Tino Derado, Fernando Huergo, Don McCaslin.

 ° The Big Van/Guillermo Klein. Beat Records, NYC, USA 1995

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

 • Sapporo Snow Festival ( Japan )   • Sculler´s • The Willow • The Middle East ° Kings Theatre ° The French Library ° BPC ( Boston )

• Small´s • Birdland • Gonzalez y Gonzalez • Cornelia St. Café • Kavehaz ° The Theatre for the New City ( NYC )

• Pizza Express Jazz Club • Pizza on the Park • ( UK ) • AMR • Chorus • Moods • Holenstein Cultural Centre • Glarus Jazz Festival

° Festival Aum Braunwald ( CH ) °  Kalkscheune ( DE ) • Storyville ° • Baltic Jazz Festival ( Finland ) • Café Central • Clamores

• Dizzy Jazz • La Bilbaina  • Circulo de Bellas Artes • Centro Cultural Plaza Catalunya • Centro Cultural  Garcia Lorca

• Embajada de Suecia ° Getxo Jazz Festival  • Jazz en la Costa • Fiestas Dos de Mayo • VI Lugo Jazz Festival

• Homenaje a Garcia Lorca ° Centro Galega de Información ° Fundación Eugenio Granell ° Lugo Town Hall ( Spain )

• Stockholm Jazz & Blues Festival  ° Stockholm New Music Festival ° Glenn Miller Café • Mosebacke • Stenhammarsalen • Gothenburg

Symphony Hall • Galleri Gummesons • Scandinavium • Frölundaborg ( Sweden )

CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

2004 & 2005 • Stockhausen Music Course ( Invited by Karlheinz Stockhausen )

- Kuerten, Germany. Supported by a grant of € 3000 from the Arts Council

( Konstnärsnämnden ) in Sweden.

1996 - 2000

Concerts as mezzo soprano with the composers Manuel Ceide, Francis

Schwartz & Eduardo Kusnir performing "Música de Vanguardia" at:

• University of Puerto Rico ( San Juan, PR ) • Caja Madrid  • Fundación

Eugenio Granell • Centro Galega de Informació • Radio Galega ( Spain )

• Fenteneer Van Vissingen Zaal • Gerte Kerk • Rotterdam Conservatory

( Holland ).

 Featured as mezzo soprano in the play " Seven Last Words " directed by Thamare

 Thorne  • The Theatre for the New City ( New York City )

1995

Concerts as mezzo soprano for the Composers of the New England

Collectives at • The French Library & • The Boston Public Library ( Boston,

USA ) Tour in Spain with concerts at • Centro Cultural de Buenavista 

( Madrid, Spain ) • Circulo de Belas Artes  ( Lugo, Spain ) • Televisión

Galega ( Santiago, Spain ).

RADIO & TELEVISION

• Stolen Moments/Mendocino County Public Radio ( CAL ) • La Guagua,/Radio Palermo ( ARG )

° Mitt i Musiken,/SR ( SWE ) • Radio Berlin ( DE ) • Radio Galega ( ES ) • Peligrosamente Juntas,/RTE ( ES )

• Canal Plús ( ES ) • Lo Más Plus ( ES ) • Télevisión Galega ( ES ) • Días de Vino ( ES )

• Morning News TV 4 ( SWE ) • FOX TV ( USA & Canada ) • Radio Volym/SR ( SWE )

° Jazz without Borders/Taintradio( USA ) ° Kaleidoskop SR P2 ( SWE ) ° Wivatt SR P4 ( SWE )

° Felicia SR P2 ( SWE ) ° Monday Afternoon Classics with Gandalf / WJFF ( USA )

° Radio Grenouille ( FR ) ° Música de Nadie / Radio Clásica RNE ( ES ) ° Changing the record / Offbeat Radio ( IR )

° WMPG ( USA ) ° Canción a quemarropa/Aitiden Radio ( ES ) ° Como lo Oyes/Radio 3 RNE ( ES )

° Baile dos Bombeiros/Radio Universitaria do Minho ( PORT ) ° No solo Jazz/Contrabanda FM ( ES )

TEACHING

2003 -   • Private Teaching ( Voice & Improvisation ) Sweden

1999 - 2002  • Escuela Música Creativa  - Madrid, Spain

2003 • Serpent School of Music. / "Women in Music" Masterclasses in improvisation - Zürich, CH

2002 • Centro Cultural de Villalba-  Masterclass in improvisation - Madrid, Spain

1999 • University of Puerto Rico - Masterclasses in contemporary singing 

1997 – 1999 • Rítmo y Compás Voice & improvisation Madrid, Spain.

1996 - 1997  • Instituto de Música y Tecnología – Voice, improvisation &

Solfege Madrid, Spain.

1996 •  Escuela Pentagrama Voice Madrid, Spain

1994  • Instituto de Butarque - Master class in Music. Madrid, Spain

EDUCATION

2004 & 2005 • Stockhausen Music Course - Kuerten, Germany. Supported by a

Grant of € 3000 from the Arts Foundation ( Konstnärsnämnden ) in Sweden.

1989 – 1993 • Berklee College of Music - Boston USA

Bachelors Degree in vocal Performance. Improvisational studies with Hal

Crook and George Garzone. Featured singer with the Phil Wilson Rainbow

Band & Herb Pomeroy Big Band.

1985 – 1988 • The Stage School - Gothenburg Sweden. Vocal studies with John

Kincaid.

1977 – 1985 • Classical piano studies with Professor Carl Tillius - Gothenburg

Sweden.

AWARDS

2008 € 5000 ° Konstnärsnamnden The Arts Council - Stockholm, Sweden

2005 € 3000 • Konstnärsnämnden The Arts Council - Stockholm, Sweden

1997 € 4000 • Konstnärsnämnden The Arts  Council - Stockholm, Sweden 

1993 $ 1500 • Berklee College of Music - Boston, USA

1992 € 1500 • Anna Whitlocks Minnesfond - Stockholm, Sweden

1991 € 1500 • SE Banken  Scandinavian Bank - Gothenburg, Sweden

REVIEWS & PRESS

° Cadence Magazine ( USA ) ° Dusted Reviews ( USA ) ° All about jazz Italia

( IT ) ° Nordische Musik ( DE ) ° Sonoloco Record Reviews ( SWE ) ° KIM

( SWE ) ° Musenblätter ( DE ) ° Jazz.com ( USA ) ° Tidningen Kulturen ( SWE  )

  ° Temporary Fault ( IT ) ° The Expressionist ( USA ) ° BSC News Magazine

( FR) ° Tokafi ( DE )  ° Scherzo ( ES ) ° Tomajazz ( ES ) ° Jazzhot ( FR )

° Orkesterjournalen ( SWE) ° Cuadernos de Jazz ° Folk World ( DE ) ° Rootsy.nu ( SWE )

ART

Art Website

ART EXHIBITIONS:

2007:

Gothenburg Art Fair, Gothenburg, Sweden

2005:

Galleri Gummeson, Stockhom, Sweden

( The oldest art gallery in Scandinavia that has included artits such as Vasilij Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Max Ernst, Edward Munch, Andy Warhol, Isac Grünewald and August Strindberg ).

2002:

Café La Palma, Madrid, Spain

Café Virveln, Stockholm, Sweden

The barn of Brottkärr, Hovås, Sweden

2001:

Hotel Carlton, Madrid, Spain

Gothenburg Symphony Hall

1998:

Killebäcksgården, Torekov, Sweden

ART REVIEWS & ARTICLES:

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