Christoffer Sundqvist
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Christoffer Sundqvist | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978 (age 47–48) Jakobstad, Finland |
| Origin | Finland |
| Instrument | clarinet |
Christoffer Sundqvist (born 1978) is a Finnish clarinettist. Since 2005 he has been first clarinet of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.[1]
In 2013 he was the soloist in the first performance of the clarinet concerto Peregrinus ecstaticus by Erkki-Sven Tüür, with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu.[2]
Sundqvist was born in Jakobstad in 1978.[3]: 10 [4] He first studied at the Pietarsaaren Musiikkitalo, the conservatory of Jakobstad, under Bernhard Nylund, and then at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki under Anna-Maija Korsimaa, and after that under François Benda at the Music Academy of Basel.[4]
Work
He has been first clarinet of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra since 2005.[4]
In 2013 he was the soloist in the first performance of the clarinet concerto Peregrinus ecstaticus by Erkki-Sven Tüür, with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu.[2] He has also been the soloist in first performances of clarinet concertos by Markus Fagerudd and by Sebastian Fagerlund,[4] and was the soloist in the clarinet concerto of Kimmo Hakkolas in Norrköping in Sweden in 2013–2014.[5] He and Fagerlund are the artistic directors of the annual RUSK festival of chamber music in Jakobstad, which took place for the seventh time in 2019.[3]
