Anders Eljas
Anders Erik Gillis Eljas (born 15 January 1953 in Stockholm [citation needed ]) is a Swedish musician, orchestrator and conductor.
Biography
[edit ]He was educated at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm,[1] where he studied piano and violin,[2] began his musical career at Alexandra's [3] [4] and soon toured as keyboardist with Björn Skifs and on ABBA's world tours.[5] [1]
During the 1970s and 1960s, he worked as an orchestrator and arranger for a number of Swedish artists, including Lill-Babs, Lasse Berghagen, Elisabeth Söderström, and Sven-Bertil Taube.[2]
Eljas worked as a producer for CBS Records International (now Sony Music)[2] During the 1980s, he orchestrated the musical Chess , conducting the London Symphony Orchestra for a recording of the musical and a 1984 European tour.[2] In 1988, Eljas was also one of the orchestrators for the Broadway musical Carrie .[6]
Eljas has conducted and acted as musical director for musicals such as Guys and Dolls , Les Misérables , and Mamma Mia! , and was a conductor for many of Povel Ramel's musical revues.[1]
From 1978 to 1995, Eljas was often Sveriges Television's band leader for its shows.[citation needed ] He was also a regular celebrity contestant on the popular charades show Gäster med gester on TV.[citation needed ]
In 1995 he was responsible for the orchestration of Kristina från Duvemåla .[1]
Since 2000 he has lived with singer Wenche Myhre in Norway.[7] [8]
Movie music
[edit ]1987: Mio in the Land of Faraway
Filmography
[edit ]1977: ABBA: The Movie – musician
Musicals
[edit ]- 1984 – Chess – arrangements & orchestration
- 1995 – Kristina från Duvemåla – orchestration
- 2017 – Chess – new orchestration (first performed in Kristianstad, Sweden, relaunching the musical globally)
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d "About us - The Göteborg Opera". en.opera.se.
- ^ a b c d "Anders Eljas Music". www.eljasmusic.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ Catarina Ericson-Roos I väntan på räven; Kjerstin Dellert på livets scener ISBN 9789189063839 p. 197
- ^ About Swenglistic Underground
- ^ Sheridan, Simon (8 May 2012). The Complete ABBA (40th Anniversary ed.). Titan Books (US, CA). ISBN 9781781164983 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Review/Theater; The Telekinetic 'Carrie,' With Music". The New York Times. 13 May 1988.
- ^ Article in VG 2000年05月31日
- ^ Article Se & Hör 2015年12月25日