The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2015 in Swedish music.
Events
February 7 – The first semi-final of Melodifestivalen was arranged. The three next semi-finals took place on February 14, 21, and 28.
March 7 – The Melodifestivalen second chance took place on March 7. 14 – The final of Melodifestivalen was carried out on March 14, 2015. Måns Zelmerlöw's song "Heroes" won the competition.
April 25 – Gamlestaden Jazzfestival started in Gothenburg (April 25 – May 2).
May 23 - Måns Zelmerlöw wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 for Sweden with his song "Heroes". It goes on to top the charts in Sweden, Greece, Iceland and Poland.
June 4 – The Malmö Live venue is officially inaugurated in Sweden; it becomes the new home of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra.Om Malmö Live. Malmö Live. Retrieved 1 September 2015. 25 – The 3rd Bråvalla Festival opened near Norrköping (June 25–27).
October 12 – The 30th Stockholm International Composer Festival opens at the Stockholms Konserthus, focusing on the work of Lili and Nadia Boulanger.http://www.konserthuset.se/Default.aspx?MenuId=84&InformationPageItemId=354&Kategori=In+english "Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra presents fascinating 2015-16 programme"]. Accessed 24 February 2016
December 11 – The 27 years old Martin Almgren won the final of Sweden's Idol series.
Album and singles releases
January DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.30 Pinball Marius Neset with Ivo Neame, Petter Eldh, and Anton Eger ACT Music Produced by Marius Neset and Anton Eger
February DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.17 Picture You The Amazing with Reine Fiske Partisan Records
March DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.6 Trees Of Light Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa ECM Records Produced by Manfred Eicher22 Hit The Wall! Mats Gustafsson together with Thurston Moore Smalltown Superjazzz 23 Lucidity Atomic Jazzland Recordings Produced by Atomic, co-producer Sten Nilsen27 Young At Heart Ida Sand ACT Music Produced by Nils Landgren, executive producer Siggi Loch
May DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.19 Firehouse Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity with Petter Eldh and André Roligheten Clean Feed
August DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.21 Silver Mountain Elephant9 with Reine Fiske Rune Grammofon 28 Just The Two Of Us Cæcilie Norby and Lars Danielsson ACT Music
September DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.25 Allas Sak Dungen Smalltown Supersound 25 Postcard from a Painted Lady Kikki Danielsson Lionheart/Universal Produced by Sören Karlsson
October DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.23 Redo att gå Sönder Bo Kaspers Orkester Columbia
November DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.27 Melt Brian Chippendale / Mats Gustafsson / Massimo Pupillo Trost
Deaths July
13 – Bengt-Arne Wallin, Swedish composer, arrangeur, trumpeter, and flugelhornist (born 1926).
November
5 – Kjell Öhman, jazz pianist, hammond organist, and accordionist prostate cancer(born 1943)
December
22 – Peter Lundblad, singer of "Ta mig till havet" (prostate cancer)(born 1950).
See also Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden (see 2015 section on page)
References