ArtistInfo

Leo Nilson

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Electronic

Leo Nilsson (Feb. 20, 1939, Västra Skrävlinge, Malmö, Sweden) studied at the State Academy of Music in Stockholm 1958-62, graduating as organist, soloist instructor and music teacher, then at the electronic music studio of Radio Télévision Française (RTF) in Paris. He has been active as a composer, pianist, organist and chamber musician, and was one of the very first pioneers of electronic music in Sweden. He has supplied integral electronic music for exhibitions in Paris, Milan, New York, Tokyo and elsewhere, as well as composing music for films, film strips, theatre, dance & television. composed mainly at Electronic Music Studio (EMS), Fylkingen, Studio Andromeda (with Ralph Lundsten) and more recently in his own Viarp. He's been on the teaching board of the State College of Music in Stockholm since 1982.

Genres

• Electronic
• Jazz
• Classical

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