Anders Åstrand

Om Anders Åstrand

 Anders Åstrand – Resume led the contemporary music/improvisation class at Orford Music 

Mallet Artist, Clinician, Composer Summer Academy in Quebec, Canada. Since 2021, Åstrand teaches at the Evolution Classical summer courses at 

Åstrand is a renowned Swedish mallet specialist, considered being a unique voice of both the marimba and the vibraphone. He is a popular and sought after soloist, regularly performing and giving master classes and clinics throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. From 2017-2022, Åstrand Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. 

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Åstrand focuses on melodic and rhythmical improvisation, with influences ranging from jazz, Scandinavian folk music, Gregorian chants, and ancient Greek songs. The element of improvisation is also an essential feature in his compositions. His commissions include compositions for percussion and chamber music ensembles, brass quintets, double woodwind quintet, saxophone quartet, choirs, and big band. A more spectacular side features compositions for ice instruments for percussion ensemble, as well as using fighter aircrafts, snow trucks, and buildings as instruments. 

Åstrand’s music can also be found in multimedia performances, including dance, video projections, ice instruments, and fire sculptures. His compositions include More Steps, a duet for saxophones, flute, marimba, and vibraphone, and Spring Dance, a solo piece for marimba, vibraphone, and symphony orchestra, which premiered 2016 at the Busan Maru Festival, South Korea. Anders Åstrand regularly collaborates internationally with various ensembles and groups. The Omnibus Ensemble (Uzbekistan) has premiered two of his pieces, Omnibus 17 and Next Move. 

As a featured guest artist and mallet player, Åstrand has toured both in Europe and South America with Pies En la Terra (Ecuador). He plays vibraphone in both Soundscape Orchestra and Firm Roots. Soundscape Orchestra is based on electronic and acoustic instruments. 

Åstrand also plays the vibes in Ann-Sofi Söderqvist Jazz Orchestra, and can be heard on the album Move. The duo Vibes and Bass (Mikael Berglund, bass, Anders Åstrand, mallets) has released three albums with original music, Seven Thoughts , Frantelunia, and Watercolors. He also performs in WÅG (Mattias Wager, church organ, Anders Åstrand, mallets and percussion, and Gary Graden, vocals), Åstrand/Erlandsson Duo (Robert Erlandsson, double bass, Anders Åstrand, mallets), and the percussion ensemble, Global Percussion Network, with which he has toured extensively in Sweden, Europe, the United States, and South Korea. 

Anders Åstrand has performed several times at PASIC (Percussive Arts Society International Convention). He is International Education Orchestral Consultant for Zildjian since 2008. 

Anders Åstrand plays Yamaha instruments, Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth mallets, and Evans drumheads. 

Recordings 

Impros@Stockholm: Evaristo Aguilar, percussion, Gary Graden, vocals, Anders Åstrand, marimba/ vibraphone 
Coffee at the Gallery: Global Percussion Network 
Spring Colors: Anders Åstrand, vibraphone/percussion, Daniel Saur, marimba/percussion 
Anders Åstrand Norrbackagatan 41 113 34 Stockholm Mobil: 0708-81 96 40 e-post: anders@andersastrand.com 

Swexican Music for Flute and Percussion: Evaristo Aguilar, percussion, Jan Bengtsson, flute, Anders Åstrand, marimba/vibraphone 
Mythological Creatures: Evaristo Aguilar, percussion, James Campbell, percussion, Anders Åstrand, mallets 
Framework: Daniel Berg, marimba, Anders Åstrand, vibraphone 
Framework II: Daniel Berg, marimba, Anders Åstrand, vibraphone 
Banzat trio: Brad Townsend, double bass, Nick Zielinski, drums, Anders Åstrand, vibraphone/marimba 
Collaborations, Vol 2: Miles Osland, saxophone/flute, Anders Åstrand, vibraphone/ marimba 
Collaborations Vol 3: Miles Osland, Jan Levander, Alberto Pinton, saxophones, Filip Augustsson , double bass, Anders Åstrand, drums/vibraphone, Mikael Berglund, electric bass