Steve Dobrogosz
Steve Dobrogosz is an American composer, songwriter and pianist.
Dobrogosz is the son of Walter Dobrogosz and Donna Bartone and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended Jesse O. Sanderson High School. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and afterwards moved to Stockholm, Sweden in 1978, where he began recording and performing. Dobrogosz continues to reside in Stockholm.
Dobrogosz's over 1700 compositions span several genres, including jazz, pop, and classical. He has written a number of popular choral compositions, including Mass which has been performed in over 40 countries.
He has collaborated with singers such as Radka Toneff, Jeanette Lindström, Berit Andersson and Anna Christoffersson. His albums with Christoffersson, It's Always You and Rivertime, were nominated for the Grammis Award in the jazz album category. His 1982 album with Radka Toneff, Fairy Tales, was named best Norwegian album of all time in a 2012 Norwegian artist poll.
He is married to Swedish flutist Katarina Fritzén. They have three sons, including Jonathan Fritzén, a contemporary jazz pianist and multi-instrumentalist.
Partial Discography
Songs Confessions Fairytales with Radka ToneffThe Child's Gift with Steve Dobrogosz Vocal EnsemblePianopieces solo, duets with Petur ÖstlundDuckwalk Mass and Chamber Music with St. Jacob's Chamber ChoirEbony Moon Best of Dobrogosz and Andersson with Berit AnderssonFeathers with Jeanette LindstromRequiem/Te Deum with St. Jacob's Chamber ChoirIt's Always You with Anna ChristofferssonWhen Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd with St. Jacob's Chamber ChoirRivertime with Anna ChristofferssonMy Rose with Projectkoor Opus, NetherlandsStream Poems with Annika SkoglundGolden Slumbers Your Songs Covers with Anna ChristofferssonWorld Celebratory Music with Andrew Canning, organCharts Christmas Cantata Linköpings AkademiskakörenThe Water of Life Forest Dreams Free Country Bara with Chikako HinoThe Wild Bird Flies Stabat Mater Hiroshima Chuo Choir, Nozomi TerasawaSilencer Anthology with Berit AnderssonSha-La Steve Dobrogosz Vocal EnsembleThe Earth Is Singing with SYC Ensemble Singers, Jennifer ThamRocking Chair Mood The Gospel Chord Yuletide Almost Live with Anna ChristofferssonThe Wild Bird Flies jazz collectionLeaves in the Grass Parables Candlelight ''Candlelight Two Blues Conspiracy Relived coversWhirligig Ambient Land Scapes 17 Reels original Scottish reelsRelived Again coversLounge'' piano trio jazz