Elsbeth Bergh

Swedish viola player, born December 17, 1954. She is mostly active in contemporary repertoire and baroque music. After studying in Örebro and Copenhagen, she moved to Stockholm and played for many years in the Radio Orchestra, Folkoperan and Gotlandskvartetten. Since 1987 member of the Chamber Ensemble Sonanza, ensemble for contemporary music, which was awarded the 2009 Grammy in the genre of classical music. Participated as a musician in productions at Orionteatern and Jordcirkus and has been a member of Karlsson Barock since 2009. Since she moved to Gothenburg in 1995, chamber music has been at the center. With the stage concert "Café Terezin", with music written in the concentration camp Theresienstadt during the Second World War, came a commitment for children and young people's meetings with new art music. She has run many such projects in the Västra Götaland region. Most recently, as chairman of Levande Musik, Klangbotten: a collaborative project with representatives of art galleries in the region, about these rooms as natural meeting places for contemporary art, which also includes contemporary art music and other art expressions.