Virtuoso of three instruments, composer of orchestral music and improviser fluent in all musical languages, Svante Henryson moves boundlessly across the musical spectrum. As a cellist, performing jazz, world music or rock, he makes the cello sound perfectly at home in these disparate worlds. Svante grew up in Umeå, playing bass in local jazz clubs. Still in his teens, he joined the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra as a double-bassist, and then enjoyed a three-year stint playing bass guitar with rock legend Yngwie Malmsteen. Svante’s compositions include symphonic, choral, chamber and jazz works, as well as concerti for cello and electric bass. His Sonata for Solo Violin was awarded the Swedish prize for Chamber Music Work of the Year. Noted performers of his pieces include Anne-Sofie von Otter, Elvis Costello and Martin Fröst. As an improviser Svante is one of the foremost Scandinavian jazz musicians; in 2014 he was named Swedish Jazz Musician of the Year, and in 2015 he won the Nordic Council Music Prize.