Anders Erik Gillis Eljas (born 15 January 1953 in Stockholm) is a Swedish musician, orchestrator and conductor.
Biography He was educated at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where he studied piano and violin, began his musical career at Alexandra'sCatarina Ericson-Roos I väntan på räven; Kjerstin Dellert på livets scener ISBN 9789189063839 p. 197About Swenglistic Underground and soon toured as keyboardist with Björn Skifs and on ABBA's world tours.
During the 1970s and 1960s, he worked as an orchestrator and arranger for a number of Swedish artists, including Lill-Babs, Lasse Berghagen, Elisabeth Söderström, and Sven-Bertil Taube.
Eljas worked as a producer for CBS Records International (now Sony Music) During the 1980s, he orchestrated the musical Chess, conducting the London Symphony Orchestra for a recording of the musical and a 1984 European tour. In 1988, Eljas was also one of the orchestrators for the Broadway musical Carrie.
Eljas has conducted and acted as musical director for musicals such as Guys and Dolls, Les Misérables, and Mamma Mia!, and was a conductor for many of Povel Ramel's musical revues.
From 1978 to 1995, Eljas was often Sveriges Television's band leader for its shows. He was also a regular celebrity contestant on the popular charades show Gäster med gester on TV.
In 1995 he was responsible for the orchestration of Kristina från Duvemåla.
Since 2000 he has lived with singer Wenche Myhre in Norway.Article in VG 2000-05-31Article Se & Hör 2015-12-25
Movie music 1987: Mio in the Land of Faraway
Filmography 1977: ABBA: The Movie – musician
Musicals 1984 – Chess – arrangements & orchestration 1995 – Kristina från Duvemåla – orchestration 2017 – Chess – new orchestration (first performed in Kristianstad, Sweden, relaunching the musical globally)
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