Anders Hagberg is a Swedish musician and composer who plays flutes and soprano saxophone. His background is in jazz but over the years He has been influenced by music from many other cultures and genres and He has had long time collaborations with Indian and Japanese musicians.

He studied at the Gothenburg University of Music inbetween 1979 and 1983 and majored in improvisation for flute and saxophone.

Anders has toured worldwide with groups such as Mynta, Yggdrasil and New Jungle Orchestra as well as his own projects Winduo (with Japanese bassplayer Yasuhito Mori) and worldjazz group Earthsongs

His solo CDs Earthsongs and The Herd, which uses traditional Nordic sounds as a point of departure for improvisations were both nominated for Grammies.

Anders has played on a great number of records and been commissioned to compose music for a number of films and dance performances where the TV documentary Stenristarna and collaborations with Embla Dance & Theatre are worth noting.

Other projects are Solo Performances with Contra bass flute & electronics and "Of Air" with organist Johannes Landgren.

Anders teaches as a Senior lecturer in improvisation at the Academy of Music & Drama at Gothenburg University.

He has been the recipient of grants from among others, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee, The Swedish Performing Rights Society (STIM) and the municipality of Gothenburg.

”As an improviser on the flute and sopranosax, Hagberg is an enchanting musician…suceeds in uniting some of the improvised freedom of jazz with a kind of archaic quality.” 
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