Paulsson & Canning

ANDREW CANNING is University Organist at Uppsala University and is the first person to hold the position at Sweden's famous "City of Eternal Youth." He is also Assistant Director of Music and Organist at Uppsala Cathedral, seat of Sweden's Archbishop. For seven years he was artistic director of the cathedral's famous choir of boys and men, the Uppsala Domkyrkas Gosskör.

Mr. Canning was born in London in 1967 and studied organ with David Sanger and Christopher Bowers-Broadbent at The Royal Academy of Music. In 1984 he won First Prize at The West of England Organ Festival Competition and in 1991 he was awarded The Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal. He has held appointments at Westminster Abbey and St. Marylebone Parish Church in London.

As an organ soloist and recitalist he has broadcast many times on Swedish and Finnish radio, and has performed throughout Europe and in Japan. Recent performance highlights include the Poulenc Concerto and the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony with the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, a guest appearance with the male voice choir Orphei Drängar at King's College, Cambridge, England, and recitals at Washington National Cathedral, National City Christian Church, and the Old South Church in Boston. His discography contains seven commercial releases.

Soprano saxophone phenomenon ANDERS PAULSSON is probably the first musician in the world who is successfully pursuing a classical solo career on this rare instrument.

Adolf Sax invented the soprano saxophone in 1841 with the intention of combining the power of the trumpet with the technical fluidity of the flute and the timbral warmth of the violin. Anders Paulsson is living proof that Adolf Sax's vision is successful. Paulsson's masterful tone has inspired over forty composers to write directly for him, and he is constantly involved in the process of creating new music for this magnificent instrument.

Paulsson won admittance to the Royal Academy of Music in 1978 and later continued his studies in France with Jean-Marie Londeix. He won both the Gold and Silver medals at the 1982 Concours Fin d'Anneé in Bordeaux and was awarded a major ITT International Scholarship for graduate studies in Jazz improvisation and composition at the Manhattan School of Music, New York City.

He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1992 with the premiere of a new work written for him by the American composer David Conte and has since performed extensively and taught master classes on the soprano saxophone in the United States, Brazil, Japan, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, and at home in Sweden. He has been a guest artist at many international music festivals and has collaborated with many prominent performing artists.

Many of his performances have been broadcast on national television and radio in the USA, England, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and Israel, and his recordings have received high acclaim from music critics and audiences worldwide.

As a composer, Anders Paulsson received "The Golden Clapperboard" award for best original film music in 1994 together with Johan Söderqvist. His music is published by Gehrmans Musikförlag.

Recent performance highlights include a solo recital for the Nobel Prize winners in Medicine and the world premiere of "Four pieces for soprano saxophone and band" by Sven-David Sandström with the Östgöta Symphonic Wind Orchestra as well as the premiere of "Concerto for soprano saxophone and orchestra" by B. Tommy Andersson with the Jönköpings Sinfonietta.

Anders Paulsson has created a new version for Soprano Saxophone and strings of Sergei Prokofiev's Sonata in D-Major, Op.94, premiered at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, as well as a version for soprano Saxophone of Mozart's "Concerto in C Major" K.314, which will be performed with the Musica Vitae strong Orchestra during an upcoming concert tour in Spain.

Caprice Records in 2003 released "A date with a soprano saxophone" performed by Anders Paulsson, and in 2004 released "Hymn to Life" featuring choral compositions by Mr. Paulsson. He has an extensive discography of commercial releases.

Anders Paulsson's hobbies are chess, sailing, diving, and skiing, and he is deeply committed to the global work for a more ecological society.