Kontempel Kultur i Eric Ericsonhallen: Klubb Skaiv med Mårten Landström och inledning av Olle Carlsson

Mårten Landström Born in uppsala, sweden in 1966, this ”child prodigy” was reading musical notes before he could read written words. Besides being greatly encouraged by his family, his first major musical influence was ingmar bergman’s film adaption of “the magic flute”, which he says “...suddenly made classical music become something alive and enormously dramatic.” Later it was Artur Rubinstein’s playing that effected him most, and he says, does to this day. nature too plays a major role in his life, both musically and otherwise. At sixteen landström was accepted into the royal college of music in stockholm, and after graduating, went on to further studies at the royal college of music in london. He graduated with honors, accumulating multiple awards in the process. Returning to Sweden in 1991, he has been a soloist in all the major Swedish symphony orchestras, was one of the founders of the Peärls before swïne experience, and a member of the Gothenburg ensemble Gageego. he is as well the pianist and ensemble leader of Norrbotten Neo, based in Piteå, since the start of the ensemble in 2007. Ironically, with this re-release by Mårten Landström - “(Do you remember) the last silence” (which also includes a bonus track recorded this year, visionary landscapes), it is difficult to remember anything at all, let alone the last silence, when you’re lost in such incredibly beautiful music.