Andreas Öberg

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Andreas Öberg
Andreas Öberg, Swedish guitarist
Background information
Birth name	Andreas Öberg
Born	(1978-08-06) August 6, 1978 (age 33)
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Jazz Club Soul
Occupations	Guitarist Songwriter
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1996–present
Website	Andreas Oberg

Andreas Öberg at Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival in Samois-sur-Seine, June 2009, France

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Andreas Öberg is a Swedish guitar player.

Early life

Öberg was born in Stockholm on August 6, 1978. He began playing guitar at the age of 8 years old and studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.^[1][2]

Career

Öberg is a world acclaimed guitar player, song writer and composer. His albums Six String Evolution and My Favorite Guitars were released on Resonance Records in 2010 and 2008 and reached No 15 and No 22 on the US Radio JZ Chart. Andreas was also a featured soloist/performer on the album Resonance Big Band which received a 2010 US Grammy Award.

Öberg has performed/recorded with artists like Les Paul, Eros Ramazzotti, Jennifer Batten, Frank McComb, Robyn, Bill Champlin, DJ Qbert, Toots Thielemans, John Patitucci, Andreas Carlsson, Michael Manring, Bireli Lagrene, Larry Coryell, Barbara Hendricks, Jeff "Tain" Watts, James Carter, Martin Taylor, Stuart Hamm, David Kikoski, Rasmus Faber, John Taylor, Lewis Nash, Joey DeFrancesco, Mark Murphy, Stochelo Rosenberg, John Pizzarelli and Harvey Mason.^[1]

As a song writer, Andreas has co-written songs with Andreas Carlsson, John King, Shep Solomon, Jeff Miyahara, Melanie Fontana, Adrian Newman, Her0ism, Michele Vice-Maslin, Ludwig Goransson, Erik Lidbom, Kalle Engström and many more.

Öberg is also a teacher and lecturer at the Musicians Institute (formerly GIT) in Hollywood.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, Öberg created the Andreas Guitar Universe, together with ArtistWorks Inc, founded by former AOL executive David Butler. AGU is an interactive internet guitar training program with students of different styles and levels from all over the world.

In 2010, Öberg released his first club/dance single on i-tunes called "Parenzo Summer", produced and arranged by U-NAM.

Öberg is also a songwriter and composer, having written numerous of titles for TV, internet and radio world wide.

Awards, competitions and nominations

• Gibson International Guitar Competition, Audience Prize, Montreux, Switzerland (2006)
• Gevalia Award (2004)^[1]
• Hagström Guitar Award (2003)^[1]
• Swedish Armstrong Society Award (2003)^[1]
• Fasching Award (2002)
• Guitar People's Prize, nomination(2004)^[1]

Discography

• Six String Evolution (2010)
• My Favorite Guitars (2008)
• Solo (2006)
• Young Guitarist (2005)
• Andreas Invites Yorgui & Ritary (2004)
• Andreas Öberg Live In Concert (2006) (DVD)

Publications

• Gypsy Fire (2005) 60-page instructional book and CD
• Jazz Combustion CD_ROM (2008) Instructional video
• Duets CD_ROM (2009) Instructional video with Frank Vignola

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Andreas Öberg

• The Official Website of Andreas Öberg
• Andreas Öberg at Resonance Records
• Andreas Öberg at Allmusic

References