2015 in Swedish music
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| By location |
|---|
| By genre |
| By topic |
| List of years in Swedish music |
|---|
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2015 in Swedish music.
February
- 7 – The first semi-final of Melodifestivalen was arranged. The three next semi-finals took place on February 14, 21, and 28.[1]
March
- 7 – The Melodifestivalen second chance took place on March 7.
- 14 – The final of Melodifestivalen was carried out on March 14, 2015.[2] Måns Zelmerlöw's song "Heroes" won the competition.
April
- 25 – Gamlestaden Jazzfestival started in Gothenburg (April 25 – May 2).[3]
May
- 23 - Måns Zelmerlöw wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 for Sweden with his song "Heroes". It goes on to top the charts in Sweden, Greece, Iceland and Poland.
June
- 4 – The Malmö Live venue is officially inaugurated in Sweden; it becomes the new home of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra.[4]
- 25 – The 3rd Bråvalla Festival opened near Norrköping (June 25–27).[5]
October
- 12 – The 30th Stockholm International Composer Festival opens at the Stockholms Konserthus, focusing on the work of Lili and Nadia Boulanger.[6]
December
- 11 – The 27 years old Martin Almgren won the final of Sweden's Idol series.[7]
Album and singles releases
January
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Pinball | Marius Neset with Ivo Neame, Petter Eldh, and Anton Eger | ACT Music | Produced by Marius Neset and Anton Eger | [8] |
February
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Picture You | The Amazing with Reine Fiske | Partisan Records | [9] |
March
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Trees Of Light | Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa | ECM Records | Produced by Manfred Eicher | |
| 22 | Hit The Wall! | Mats Gustafsson together with Thurston Moore | Smalltown Superjazzz | ||
| 23 | Lucidity | Atomic | Jazzland Recordings | Produced by Atomic, co-producer Sten Nilsen | [10] |
| 27 | Young At Heart | Ida Sand | ACT Music | Produced by Nils Landgren, executive producer Siggi Loch | [11] |
May
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Firehouse | Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity with Petter Eldh and André Roligheten | Clean Feed | [12] |
August
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Silver Mountain | Elephant9 with Reine Fiske | Rune Grammofon | [13] | |
| 28 | Just The Two Of Us | Cæcilie Norby and Lars Danielsson | ACT Music | [14] |
September
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Allas Sak | Dungen | Smalltown Supersound | ||
| 25 | Postcard from a Painted Lady | Kikki Danielsson | Lionheart/Universal | Produced by Sören Karlsson | [15] |
October
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Redo att gå Sönder | Bo Kaspers Orkester | Columbia |
November
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Melt | Brian Chippendale / Mats Gustafsson / Massimo Pupillo | Trost | [16] |