Anders Paulsson

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Anders Paulsson (born 14 October 1961) is a Swedish soprano saxophonist. Since his Carnegie Hall debut in 1992, Anders Paulsson is widely recognized as one of the finest soprano saxophonists in the world. His pioneering musicianship has inspired a succession of over 60 international composers to write solo concertos and chamber music for him and another 20 commissions are scheduled to be premiered in the coming years. He has recorded 28 CDs and performed concerts in 28 countries in major music halls like Berliner Philharmonie, Alice Tully Hall, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall in London, Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Moscow International Performing Arts Centre and Kitakyushu Performing Arts Centre in Japan with orchestras like the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Choir, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Sweden-based organist Andrew Canning, organist Gunnar Idenstam, pianist Magnus Svensson and cellist Svante Henryson.. After classical saxophone studies at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm and with Jean-Marie Londeix in France, he was awarded a ITT International Fellowship Program to study with Joseph Allard and Bob Mintzer at Manhattan School of Music, New York City where he earned a master's degree in jazz performance in 1986. Equally at ease in jazz improvisation he has collaborated with singers ranging from Anne Sofie von Otter to Alice Babs. As the concert world comes to life after the pandemic, he envisions musical collaborations beyond business as usual, with more creative programming and performance concepts that reach new audiences and have relevance to the most urgent issues of our time – ecological recovery and strengthening democracy. As a passionate environmentalist he is the co-founder of Coral Guardians www.coralguardians.org, an organization that combines music and science to raise awareness about the world's coral reefs and what...