“Suggestive Jazz – each note carries an image, a feeling, an impulse toward something higher.”  (LIRA)

” Anders Hagberg has delivered an album of remarkable delicacy and depth. …In the Heart of European Jazz, Anders Hagberg Crafts a Timeless Soundscape of Lucid Poetics and Hope.” Thierry De Clementsat August 2025 Paris Move

Anders Hagberg is a musical voyager, and in this group he has assembled some of Scandinavia’s finest musicians in jazz and global music, associated with artists such as Mari Boine, Jon Hassell, Jon Balke, Billy Cobham, Marilyn Mazur, Avishai Cohen, Shakti to name a few.

Rooted in buoyant melody and intuitive interplay, the record features Hagberg’s distinctive voice on flutes and soprano saxophone. The quartet brings a textured sonic palette to these soundscapes, enriched by prepared piano, unique percussion sounds and other subtle textures, creating a nuanced, cinematic backdrop that holds the balance between sorrow, joy, and hope.

With Hope is Hagberg’s second album with his Nordic ensemble, following the acclaimed North (2020), which garnered glowing reviews across Europe. With Hope is a poignant and timely response to a world in turmoil — a record that acknowledges the sadness of war, polarization, and climate change, while seeking resilience, wonder, and connection in the spaces between.

Anders Hagberg – concert, alto, bass, and contrabass flutes, soprano sax
Joona Toivanen – piano, zither, synthesizer
Johannes Lundberg – double bass, voice
Helge Norbakken – percussion

Watch full concert Haga Church

(See also QUARTET for the first edition of the band which existed between 2010-2015)

“A unique world of sound, filled with beautiful, lyrical melodies and suggestive rhythms…It moves from quiet wonder to expressive, explosive exuberance.” (Opulens, 5/5)

With the critically acclaimed album TRUST (2018), Anders Hagberg created a sound world of his own with cinematic storytelling, evocative grooves and desolate melodies. Through the unique Contrabass flute and other wind instruments, Hagberg has created all the rhythmic beats and ambient sounds which are sampled and processed into musical starting points for an intuitive and improvised live performance.

The music for TRUST was created in collaboration with visual art forms such as dance, painting, video and sculpture and has been performed in connection with exhibitions by Louise Bourgeois and Bill Viola, dance performances and at site-specific concerts. (See: Dance, Film, Art)

In 2022, the album MA was released, which examines the importance of space as a musical co-player and was recorded in places with different acoustics. Double bass player Johannes Lundberg appears here on several tracks in close dialogue with Hagberg. Several of the pieces are made in collaboration with visual arts that has been premiered at exhibitions in Sweden and Italy.

Presence, communication and transcending genres are central words in Hagberg’s artistry, and they characterize this solo act, which has been played at festivals in the USA, South Korea, Turkey, Iran, Portugal and Sweden.

This program is offered as a solo/duo performance with options on guest artists:

Anders Hagberg: Concert-, Alto-, Bass- & Contrabass Flute, sopranosaxophone, electronics

Johannes Lundberg: Double Bass, Voice, Zither
Options: guest artists percussion/dancers/visual arts

“Temple of Culture”, The Water Tank in Gothenburg:

”An enchanting musician who unites the improvised freedom of jazz with an archaic quality.” UNT

“A fantastic interpretation of waves, winds and the singing of whales.” GT

ANDERS HAGBERG and JOHANNES LANDGREN
–flutes/soprano sax & church organ/piano

“These two musicians create an organic, almost physical sensuality.”/Lira

Hagberg & Landgren explore and develop improvisations taking their point of departure in Gregorian chant, chorales, contemporary music and their own original compositions. An encounter between two improvisation traditions. Anders and Johannes also collaborate with choirs. During their longtime collaboration they have released two albums and made a large number of concerts.

“Hagberg and Landgren offer some stunning moments.” /Greenman Review

”Magical Melange”  (Times of India)

Connecting Worlds is a platform for musical collaborations between genres and cultures created by Anders Hagberg.
Since 2014 a great number of performance, concert series and collaborations have been made with artists from India, Japan, South Korea, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Sweden as well as string ensembles from e.g. Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO).

The partnership between Anders Hagberg and Palestinian oud player Ahmad al Khatib started in 2011 with an artistic development project at the University of Gothenburg on Modal Improvisation – “A Melodic Melange between Nordic Jazz and Arabic Maqam”

There collaboration has resulted in the album Melodic Melange and tours in Scandinavia, Estonia, India and South Korea. During their tours in India with artists from Bombay and Bangalore, they have made the album Ley Lines.

Anders Hagberg – flutes, soprano sax (Sweden)
Ahmad al Khatib – oud (Palestine)

with a selection of partners such as:
Johannes Lundberg – double bass, voice.
Youssef Hbeisch / Lisbeth Diers – percussion

Fazal Qureshi / Suranjana Ghosh – tabla (India)
Giridhar Udupa – ghatam (India)
Karin Nakagawa – koto, vocals (Japan)
Sabir Khan – sarangi (India)
Gyo Ho – geomungo (S.Korea)

ANDERS HAGBERG QUARTET – STORIES OF NOW (See also NORTH)

“Exquisite world jazz, both rhythmically rich and mellifluous” Lira

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A unique synthesis, where the freedom of jazz blends with melodies and rhythms of the world. Melodic lyricism, dynamic improvisations and enchanting soundscapes!

With the starting point in Jazz, the quartet creates a wide spectrum of sounds with unusual instrumentations and influences from Nordic and Oriental music. The musicians have played with artists such as Steve Swallow, Carla Bley, Bob Mintzer, Billy Cobham, John Tchicai, Marilyn Mazur e.g.

Anders Hagberg – flutes, bass flutes, soprano sax
Johannes Lundberg – double bass, vocals
Joona Toivanen – piano, prepared piano
Göran Kroon – drums, percussion

Anders has been commissioned to compose music for a number of films, dance performances and exhibitions of visual arts.

“Gränsland” part 2 sample (2023):

TEACHING

Anders is a Professor in Musical Performance, specialized in Improvisation at the Academy of Music and Drama, Gothenburgh University.

His work includes teaching (individual and ensemble classes in improvisation, lectures and seminars) supervising student thesis, mentorship and artistic research.

His work with artistic development and research at the Academy resulted in conducted several projects and recordings.
Link to published works

He has been doing Workshops and Master Classes all over Scandinavia and Europe as well as in the US, India, Middle East and South Corea.

As a pedagogue he is offering seminars, courses and masterclasses in Jazz, Improvisation and Global Music.

WINDUO
”Human communication, crossing musical borders…astoundingly expressive”. / JazzLife, Tokyo

Anders Hagberg and japanese bass player Yasuhito Mori started playing duo together in 1985. Since then they have gone through many phases, developing the rare touch that only somes from a long musical friendship.

Both musicians work in other groups but keep returning to this duo, where the traditional roles of solo and comp are replaced by an open script for two voices in free flight. On the repertoire you will find Japanese lullabies and Swedish folkmelodies, but also bluesy rhytmic grooves and viruoso unison parts in a close dynamic interplay.

Winduo has made 5 CDs and toured both Europe and Japan. They have also performed with others, including Japanese pianist Wong Wing Tsan, a number of Swedish and Indian percussionists, modern dance ensembles and with the Ginestera string quartet.

EARTHSONGS
”Boundary crossing music at its very  best…modest beauty, magical sounds…breaths love, veneration and respect for the roots.”

Earthsongs was formed by Anders Hagberg from a will of expressing his nordic roots, using the melodies from joiks and herding calls as a starting point for improvisations. Together with experiences of Indian and Japanese music, Earthsongs has explored soundworlds where jazz, world and ambient meet.

The CDs EARTHSONGS and THE HERD were both nominated for swedish grammy award and the group has featured some of the finest nordic traditional vocalists including Sami Inga Juuso and Faroese Eivor Palsdottir. Earthsongs has been featured at the openings of several festivals and exhibitions where Stockholm Millenium Celebration and “Eldnatt” at Urkult Festival is worth noting. In 2004 they recorded music for STENRISTARNA, a TV-documentary. The CD and DVD was released in 2005.

“Earthsongs amused me deeply and wholehearted. Beautiful lines, interesting harmonies and rhytmical variety were  forming the base of their success.” Dziennik Polski.