Peter Asplund

Peter Asplund is a Swedish jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Asplund studied at the Royal [College of Music, Stockholm|Royal College of Music] in Stockholm. He has recorded several solo albums and participated as solo artist on records with other artists, such as Lisa Ekdahl, and Viktoria Tolstoy. He earlier performed and toured regularly with Bo Kaspers Orkester.
In 2010, Asplund released an album, Asplund Meets Bernstein, in cooperation with Mats Hålling - a Swedish composer and arranger - and Dalasinfoniettan - a regional chamber orchestra. In 2014, the Konserthuset, Stockholm - the home for the Royal [Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra] - presented a concert with Peter Asplund and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, led by Mats Hålling.

Awards

In 2004 and 2010, Asplund was awarded the Gyllene skivan prize for the best jazz album of the year.

Discography

As solo artist

1995 - Open Mind
1999 - Melos
2000 - Satch as Satch
2004 - Lochiel's Warning
2008 - As Knights Concur
2010 - Asplund Meets Bernstein
2013 - The Christmas Feeling
2015 - ''Aspiration, Home Safe...and Sound''