Frid & Frid

KARL FRID Karl Frid (b. 1979) has written numerous arrangements and compositions ranging from soloists to larger bands and orchestras for different albums, radio and television shows as well as concert productions for artists such as: John Martin (Swedish House Mafia), Jasmine Kara, Pauline, Eva Dahlgren, Louise Hoffsten, Calle Real, Rasmus Faber, Jessica Folcker, Magnus Carlson & the Moon Ray Quintet , The Platina Jazz Orchestra and The Karl Frid Sextett. As a musician Karl has performed with various groups on radio and television in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the United States. He has also been touring world-wide with groups and artists such as Koop, Calle Real, Maia Hirasawa, Hoffmaestro, Vincent, Jasmine Kara, Calixto Oviedo, Marit Bergman, Platina Jazz Orchestra, RaFa Orchestra, and The BBC Jazz Orchestra. Karl studied classical music at the Royal College of Music in London, Afro-Cuban music at the CNSEA in Havana before finishing his studies in Afro-American music at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Karls Latin group Calle Real is today considered as one of the world’s most sought-after Latin groups emerging from Europe. PÄR FRID Pär Frid (b. 1977) works in intersectional areas between sound, temporality and space using different media and staging. He often collaborates with internationally acclaimed artists, performing artists and music soloists. Pär’s classical compositions have been played throughout Europe by soloists, ensembles and orchestras such as Norway Radio Orchestra, Nieuw Ensemble Amsterdam, Musica Vitae Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Recherche, New European Ensemble, Stockholm New Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain and the virtuosic double bass player Barry Guy to name a few. Pär is trained as a classical composer with deep knowledge in computer and electro- acoustic music. He obtained his Master of Fine Arts in Composition in 2002 after studies at The Göteborg University School of Music and Musicology,The Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Paris and IRCAM in Paris with full scholarship from the French State and the Swedish Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. Déjà vu, over and over again - recorded by The Sonanza Chamber Ensemble releesed on the CD Unheard of Again at Phono Suecia, won the Swedish Grammy Award in 2010.