Thomas Frykberg

Swedish musician and composer, born July 27, 1945. His first band was a skiffle group back in the 50th,and he played the banjo. There was also a piano in his home, and he used to sit there for hours, trying out chords and melodies, and so it started. He continued to play the clarinet and traditional jazz, then saxophone and experimental jazz and rock. Then followed classical training, piano, violin and music-theory, and so on. After graduating from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm 1973, he joined different bands as a keyboard player. he started as a pro with the Opus 6 orchestra 1974, playing dance music (covers and standards),entertainment and show music. This was his second university. And so he realized that composing is what he really wanted to do. An album of his own was released 1979. That year he started his appointment as a music teacher and composer at the Academy of Dramatic arts. 1989 he started his home studio, "Studio Singlehanded" producing and composing, mainly for different media and theaters. So he is fairly familiar with a lot of music from many traditions, and everything he has heard and love has influenced his music - as well as other arts and life itself. He retired from the Academy 2007 and is now 100% devoted to his music.