On a Boat Productions – Peter Friis Johansson

Biography

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By his powerful yet incredibly nuanced sound, his flawless technique and his brilliant musical mind, Peter Friis Johansson has emerged as one of Scandinavia’s most interesting performers. He has toured extensively and appeared at some of the world’s most important venues, including the Concertgebouw – Amsterdam and Musikverein – Vienna, and made his New York debut recital at the ”˜International Keyboard Institute and Festival’ in 2014. In 2009 he became the artist in residence at Swedish Radio P2, and has since then been a recurring soloist with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. His performances have been described as groundbreaking, earth shattering and miraculous, he never shies away from challenging tradition and continues to receive the greatest critical praise.

Mr. Friis Johansson is the winner of the 2014 International Piano-e-Competition in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he also received the Franz Schubert award. He has achieved formidable results in other international competitions, such as the Scottish International Piano Competition 2010, the Nordic Piano Competition 2008 and 2010, and the Southern Highlands International Piano Competition 2011, and is also a prize winner in all national competitions. He has made numerous radio recordings that have been broadcast live in the EBU and throughout the world.

Peter Friis Johansson is currently pursuing many projects, including performing the eleven completed piano sonatas by Franz Schubert. Mr. Friis Johansson is also a keen performer of contemporary music and premiered the new piano concerto by Sven-David Sandström with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Piano Concerto by Andrea Tarrodi with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in 2018. He has previously premiered more than fifteen solo and chamber music works by among others Thea Musgrave and Sunleif Rasmussen, and has received prizes and awards for his interpretations of new works.

Apart from his solo career, Mr. Friis Johansson is a sought after chamber musician and has performed with many world renowned soloists.

Some voices from the press:

His performance of Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto … was one of the best things heard in Alaska ever.

Mike Dunham, Alaska Dispatch News

An enchanting performance…

Deutsche Welle

Friis Johansson’s playing was soaring with confidence

Lars Hedblad, Svenska Dagbladet

The fugal finale … is handled with rigor and yet with plenty of excitement to conclude the disc in winning fashion

Leslie Wright, MusicWeb International

Svenska

Sedan sin debut vid 17 års ålder har Peter Friis Johansson genomfört omfattande turnéer och framträtt på bl.a. Wien Musikverein samt Amsterdam Concertgebouw, och säsongen 14-15 inkluderar hans recitaldebut i New York. Peter har tidigare representerat Sveriges Radio (SR) som deras P2:artist och har efter det blivit en återkommande och bejublad solist med Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester i Berwaldhallen.

Peter Friis Johansson vann första pris och guldmedalj vid 2014 International Piano-e-Competition i Fairbanks, Alaska. Han har tidigare utmärkt sig i flertalet internationella tävlingar, bland andra Nordisk Pianotävling 2008 och 2010, Nordisk Pianist-konkurrence 2010 och Scottish International Piano Competition 2010, samt vunnit priser i samtliga svenska tävlingar.

Under de kommande säsongerna arbetar Peter med att studera in och framföra Franz Schuberts elva färdigställda pianosonater. Under 2017-2018 har han bl a uruppfört Sven-David Sandströms nya pianokonsert tillsammans med Göteborgs Symfoniorkester samt Andrea Tarrodis pianokonert tillsammans med Kungliga Filharmonikerna. Framöver väntar även framföranden med bl a Norrköpings symfoniorkester samt Svenska kammarorkestern. Peter har tidigare uruppfört fler än femton solo- och kammarmusikverk av bland annat Jesper Nordin, Sunleif Rasmussen och Thea Musgrave.

Vid sidan om sin solistkarriär är Peter en passionerad kammarmusiker och har etablerade samarbeten med bland andra cellisterna Andreas Brantelid och Jakob Koranyi. Tillsammans med klarinettisten Emil Jonason bildar han duon Emil&Peter som arbetar med att expandera den klassiska musiken med nyskapande uttrycksmedel. Deras projekt ”˜Worst of Emil&Peter’ inkluderar musik av Queen och Arvo Pärt, och framförs på såväl flygel och klarinett, som Synthesizer och Electrical Wind Instrument. Peter har tidigare spelat in skivor i samarbete Jakob Koranyi (2007) och Emil Jonason (2012).

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