Musicians
Live music gives the ceremony its own expression.
Live music does something special with a ceremony. It creates presence, opens up emotions and makes room for both grief and memories – beyond words.
We collaborate with a selection of musicians in different genres, ages and with varying experience. Soloists and ensembles, classical and contemporary, acoustic and stripped-down. Based on your wishes, we suggest alternatives that suit the form, location and atmosphere of the ceremony.
For those who already have a relationship with music – or for someone who wants to play or sing – we are happy to help create the right conditions for this as well. This can involve support in choosing music, structure, technical solutions or a safe presence on site.
The music is not an element among others, but part of the whole.
Price from 4000
Oskar B Marklund
Sings acoustic folk and pop music with roots in jazz and Swedish soul. Accompanied by singing and playing friends. Has a broad palette that can range from folk to rock to pure jazz.
Price from 3 000 SEK
Maria Andersson
Maria Andersson is a singer and songwriter, with extensive experience on stage and in the studio, including as a member of the band Sahara Hotnights.
She performs music with a stripped-down and heartfelt expression that gives depth and presence to the ceremony. Maria plays guitar and accompanies herself, and can also perform songs on the piano.
Examples of songs include Always on My Mind (Elvis), The Healing Day (Bill Fay), Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen), Into My Arms (Nick Cave), Wildflowers (Tom Petty) as well as hymns and Swedish songs such as Visa vid vindens ängar, Bred dina vida vingar and Guds kärlek är som stranden och som gräset.
Price from 7 500 SEK
Johan Carlberg
Johan Carlberg is a guitarist with extensive experience from stage and touring, both in Sweden and internationally. With acoustic and electric guitar he moves between the stripped-down and the more expressive, always with a clear sense of tone and mood.
With a confident and personal expression, Johan Carlberg creates music that gives space, warmth and depth to the moment.
Nils Närman Svensson
Nils Närman Svensson is a singer and musician with a warm and expressive presence. With voice, guitar and piano he creates musical interpretations that carry both stillness and depth. He conducts himself at a high level and can perform solo or with a smaller or larger ensemble, depending on the wishes and the nature of the ceremony.
He has a great love for the Swedish singing tradition and interprets, among others, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Viktor Jara and Evert Taube. Together with his trio, he has participated in the Royal Swedish Opera's Blue Hour concerts.
Nils is an experienced and established singer with roles in several major musical theater productions at Malmö Opera, China Theater, Park Theater and Gothenburg Opera. He has also participated in several funerals and has a great understanding of the importance of music in the moment of farewell.
Martin Björklund
With many years of experience in ceremonies, Martin is a violinist who moves with confidence and feeling in the special rooms of the ceremony. With great musical presence and sensitivity, he captures moods and creates a personal and touching expression. His playing is characterized by deep musicality, integrity and an obvious sense of tone and context.
With roots in Swedish, Irish and American folk music, the repertoire is carefully shaped based on the wishes of the person being honored and the relatives.
He is active in several musical contexts and plays in the Banna Sona Band together with Kalle Moraeus, among others.