Staffan Scheja
Swedish pianist and professor (born 1950)
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Bo Staffan Scheja (born 25 April 1950) is a Swedish pianist and professor.[1] Scheja started studying piano at the age of nine and made his concert debut at the age of 14 with the Sveriges Radios symfoniorkester.[2] He also performed with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.[3] He studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm 1964–1969 and 1969–1972 at the Juilliard School in New York[4] with pianists Rosina Lhévinne, Ilona Kabos and Ania Dorfmann.[5]
25 April 1950
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| Born | Bo Staffan Scheja 25 April 1950 Danderyd Municipality, Sweden |
| Occupations | Pianist, professor |
| Known for | Stjärnorna på slottet |
In 1975, he was the awardee at the international Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano. For a number of years he lived in the US and performed in concerts at Carnegie Hall and at several head of state visits by Swedish dignitaries to the US.[1]
He is a professor of piano and also prorector at the Royal College of Music since 1997 and has held a chair at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music since 2001.[6] He founded and was artistic director for the Gotland Chamber Music Festival,[7] held annually at Gotland since the 1980s.[8] He is also the director of the Gotland Baltic Music Academy.[9] In 2010 Scheja performed at the Pianomusik på Konstakademien, a special session at the Konstakademien in Stockholm.[10]
In 1995, he was awarded the Litteris et Artibus, and he has received several Swedish Grammis awards. In 2008, he was a participant in the Sveriges Television 2009 series Stjärnorna på slottet along with four other Swedish celebrities.[11] In the series he had a well-publicized feud with comedian Jonas Gardell when Scheja tried to teach Gardell how to play the violin.[11]
In August 2010, he was presenter of an episode of the Sveriges Radio series Sommar i P1.[12]
Scheja is on the jury for the award, Jan Wallander Prize 2026.[13]
Family
Staffan Scheja is the father of Swedish DJ Rebecca Scheja.[14]
