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About Magnus

Pianist Magnus Svensson is acknowledged as one of the leading Scandinavian accompanists, collaborating with singers worldwide including Pretty Yende, Dorothea Röschmann, Ian Bostridge, Nina Stemme, Christophe Prégardien, Malin Byström, Benjamin Appl, Miah Persson, Irène Theorin, Katarina Karnéus, Anna Larsson, Ailish Tynan, Ann Hallenberg, John Lundgren, Matthew Rose, Elin Rombo, Camilla Tilling, Daniel Johansson, Kristina Hammarström, Cornelia Beskow, as well as rising stars such as Christina Nilsson and Johanna Wallroth.

Renowned for his versatility and extensive repertoire knowledge, he is a regular solo guest, chamber musician and accompanist at leading music venues and festivals across Scandinavia, Europe, and the United States. In the 2023/24 season, Magnus continues his strong relationship with the Konserthuset Stockholm, his musical home since 2015. Guests this season include Christina Nilsson, Mark Padmore, Louise Alder and Dorothea Röschmann.

Magnus has a wide-ranging discography including solo piano discs of Mozart, Schumann and Bach. He has been the Musical Editor at The Royal Swedish Academy of Music since 2012 and has since published over 750 new editions of Swedish music. For many years he was involved in the extensive programming of music and concerts produced in association with the Royal Palace in Stockholm. He teaches at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm as well as at The College of Music and Opera at Mälardalens University.

Magnus is based in Stockholm

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Season Highlights

Nov 2023
Stockholm Concert House
Works by Liszt & R. Strauss Christina Nilsson (soprano)
Dec 2023
Wigmore Hall, London
Works by Sibelius, Grieg & Stenhammar Miah Persson (soprano)
Feb 2024
Stockholm Concert House
Works by Beethoven & Schumann Mark Padmore (tenor)

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  • Nina Stemme and Magnus Svensson Recital

    Zellerbach Hall
    May 2023
    • Full of flourishes on the piano, trills, elaborate arpeggios, and multitudinous decoration, the plaintive ballad-style piece received an entirely distinctive treatment by Liszt as performed by Svensson. Here there was virtuosity and melody with the cross-handed repetitions and strong forte decoration coupled with pianissimi trills, that altered the touching work and located it in the realm of Liszt’s performative hot-house. Svensson adorned the piece in this spirit, by sometimes raising and sometimes blurring the extravagant romanticism; a fascinating excursion. Stemme and Svensson gave us one encore, “My Ship,” a Broadway tune from “Lady in the Dark,” and in English, leaving us with a bravado sound and spirit that left no doubts about their extraordinary gifts.