Bengt Forsberg [SEP] occupation
Bengt Forsberg
Bengt Forsberg (born 1952) is a Swedish concert pianist most famous for his numerous collaborations with the mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter. He participated in her project to record songs written in the concentration camp of Terezín. Forsberg has a reputation as a champion of neglected music and composers. He is highly acclaimed as a recital accompanist and regularly plays alongside Mats Lidström and Nils-Erik Sparf.
After graduating from the Gothenburg School of Music and Musicology, Forsberg was trained by Peter Feuchtwanger and Herman David
", Hyperion CDH55342 (with Bengt Forsberg, piano)
- 1999 "Rendezvous with Korngold – Songs and Chamber music", (with Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano, Kjell Lysell and Ulf Forsberg, violins and Nils-Erik Sparf, viola) Deutsche Grammophon DG 459 631-2
- 2000 "French Cello Music", Hyperion/Helios CDA67244 (with Bengt Forsberg, piano)
- 2000 "Smörgasbord" Hyperion CDA67184, (with Bengt Forsberg, piano) (awarded