Meet a teacher – Katherine Osborne

Katherine Osborne is a Senior Lecturer in Musical Performance and teacher of opera. Although she was born and raised in New Orleans, the capital of jazz, her heart has been in classical music since childhood.

Meet a teacher - Fredrik Högberg

Fredrik Högberg is a composer and senior lecturer in musical design at the Academy of Music in Piteå, Luleå University of Technology. – If you study composition in Piteå, you have comparatively good chances of getting a job despite a tough labour market, says Fredrik Högberg.

Meet a teacher – Aaron Sunstein

“The organ is the instrument for those who like cultural history, to move their whole body and want to tackle a wide repertoire, everything from 14th century music to contemporary organ music. As an organist, you also have good chances of getting a job as a church musician or teacher”, says Aaron Sunstein, university lecturer in music theory and church music.

Meet a teacher – Petter Sundkvist, Professor of Orchestral Conducting

Students of orchestral conducting at the School of Music at Luleå University of Technology meet Professor Petter Sundkvist – a modern conductor with a broad repertoire. During his career he has conducted more than 100 premiere performances of contemporary music and 30 opera productions.

Meet a teacher – David Myhr

The teacher David Myhr has played the role of Paul McCartney in the live version of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band. He has also been a member of The Merrymakers who achieved great success especially in Japan. His greatest moment in his career is when he appeared in the role of Benny Andersson in a big ABBA show in front of a sold out Hollywood Bowl.

Meet a teacher – Mårten Landström

Mårten Landström is pianist in Norrbotten NEO. When he picks som highlights from his career, he primarily thinks of Lidholms Poesis with Herbert Blomstedt and the Radio Symphony Orchestra in the Berwald Hall, the television production of Stravinsky's Petrushka with the same orchestra, and speaking of Stravinsky - his own transcription of The Rite of Spring for two pianos that I performed with Peter Jablonski while studying at the Royal College of Music. Last but not least: a magical Verklärte Nacht Norrbotten Neo in a crammed community center in Lauker ...