Jan-Erik Gustafsson
- Cello
Finnish Cellist Jan-Erik Gustafsson is one of the most outstanding and sought after soloist and chamber musician in the international music world today. He began his studies with Markku Luolajan-Mikkola at the West Helsinki Music Institute. He studied further with Mikhail Homitser and Frans Helmerson at the EdbergMusikinstitut in Stockholm, completing his soloist diploma examination in 1992. At the age of fifteen, Gustafsson placed well in the EBU Young Musician competition in Copenhagen, and since then he has performed worldwide both as a soloist and as a chamber musician.
He has appeared with countless distinguished orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Brisbane Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Lausanne and Vienna Chamber Orchestras, Camerata Bern and the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra. He performed also with nearly all Finnish orchestras.
He regularly gives solo recitals on tour in the USA, Europe and the Far East at venues such as Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, Suntory Hall in Tokyo and the Brahms Hall in Vienna, and many more.
Jan-Erik Gustafsson has made several recordings for Ondine, claiming world-wide critical acclaim and praise for his interpretations. His album featuring Cello Sonatas by Szymanowski, Kodály and Schnittke (ODE 827-2) was nominated Record of the Year in 1994 and his Englund Cello Concerto disc (ODE 951-2) was nominated Record of the Year 2000, both by the Finnish IFPI. Jan-Erik Gustafsson currently teaches at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. He was the Artistic Director (1998-2010) of the Loviisa Sibelius Festival in Finland. Currently he is the Artistic Director of the new Porvoo-Borgå Festival. Jan-Erik Gustafsson plays a Stefano Scarampella Cello from 1890.
Jan-Erik Gustafsson has made several recordings for Ondine, claiming world-wide critical acclaim and praise for his interpretations. His album featuring Cello Sonatas by Szymanowski, Kodály and Schnittke (ODE 827-2) was nominated Record of the Year in 1994 and his Englund Cello Concerto disc (ODE 951-2) was nominated Record of the Year 2000, both by the Finnish IFPI. Jan-Erik Gustafsson currently teaches at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. He was the Artistic Director (1998-2010) of the Loviisa Sibelius Festival in Finland. Currently he is the Artistic Director of the new Porvoo-Borgå Festival. Jan-Erik Gustafsson plays a Stefano Scarampella Cello from 1890.
