BIOGRAPHY
Susanne Rosenberg (born 1957) is one of Swedens foremost folksingers today, exhibiting a wide range of vocal expressions,from her focus at folksinging techniques, such as kulning, extending to baroque, jazz and contemporary art music.

Susanne Rosenberg has been a pioneer in both rediscovering the older swedish style of folksinging, as well as using it in new artistic environments, involving cooperation with Swedens foremost contemporary composers and directors. Since the middle of the 1980th she's been working very close together with the Swedish composer Karin Rehnqvist,who have written music directly for Susanne.

Susanne Rosenberg has started some of Swedens most famous folkmusic groups, such as Rosenbergs Sjua and Rotvälta,has toured Europe and US several times. She has been a soloist i Ryuichi Sakamotos Opera L I F E in Japan during 1999 and is represented on a number of records since the early eighties until today.

She received the prestigious "Kristallpriset" of year 2000 for her work in Swedish music life and she is head of the folk music department and professor of folk singing at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. In 2001 she participated as a soloist in "Sonic Convergence" in New York together with, among other, trumpeter Clark Terry and under the conducting of Quincy Jones.

click above for an extended CV of Susanne (pdf format, 4 pages)