Saxophonist, sound engineer and teacher
I’ll take the liberty of showing you another clip with me playing solo saxophone. It is from my Graduation concert at Bistro Hijazz december 5th, 2012. I wasn’t aware that there was a video recording of it until now, and I was really happy to see it! The music has already been published here.
This is our take of Pedro’s ”Sketches” from our show in Lausanne 28th of november.
It’s a long sax intro, and judging by my mate’s faces, they wish it was shorter. Or maybe they just wanna play?
This is how we looked at Blew Note in Lausanne yesterday evening. First we did a short recording session and later we did the concert with another session. I think it was a nice gig and hope to have gotten some nice material for the upcoming cd!
So currently I’m out on a tour with Caius Cat in Switzerland, it is going to be awesome and this is our plans so far:
thurs 21: Rehearsal
fri 22: Diese Pub – Dex –Â 8:30 pm
sund 24: Blew Note – Lausanne – 6pm
mond 25: RECORDING SESSION
tues 26: Jam Session – Bern
wed 27: Jam Session – Geneva
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The video is here, enjoy!
 Your Home is our Stage!
From the 21st of April 2013:
Performing a duo with dancer Melody Sheik at Upplandsmuséet, during Landstingets celebration!
Styckets namn: Follow
Senaste veckan har jag varit pÄ bröllopsgig med Marie LåLa i Dala Floda samt undervisat med Sigtuna Kulturskola pÄ deras sommarkurs! Fantastiska elever och lÀrare, har varit vÀldigt kul och givande. Ca 120 personer allt som allt med bÄde, blÄs strÄk och piano.
Har gjort en hel del framtrÀdanden pÄ Gubbhyllan ocksÄ, och hoppas pÄ nÄgra fler innan hösten Àr hÀr!
Funderar pÄ att starta upp ett supersax gÀng och vill börja spela loopsax igen!
Allt gott,
Oskar
The last weeks I’ve been out on the countryside playing flute and saxophone in the beautiful outdoor theatre Wira spelen south of NorrtĂ€lje. After that I went camping with first stop Copenhagen and the Jazz festival. Lots of great music like Martin, Medeski and Wood, ‘Weather Report Remixed’ and Czech sax player Lubos Soukop!
The Stockholm musik och sommarvecka is cancelled for my part. I’ve got an other summer camp teaching saxophone however.
On monday and tuesday I’ll play with wonderful Emil Skogh and Alexander Brott again at Gubbhyllan!
And there is some gigs with Marie Lala coming up!
Right now we’re in SkĂ„ne, at a camp close to HĂ€ssleholm. What a place!
Last two weeks I’ve been busy with my official graduation from ‘Kungl. Musikhögskolan’ (Royal College of Music in Stockholm). It was a nice and kind of touching day where I met so many of those I started with four years ago. I also got a nice golden suit broch to wear on official occasions.
I also had end day at ‘Kommunala Musikskolan’ in Uppsala, where I’ve been teaching saxophone this semester. That was touching. My students have been so great and inspiring and I wish them all the best, next semester my substitution for this teacher is over and I’m gonna meet some new students.
We’ve been playing with Marie Lala on a Moxie party, and I’ve been meeting with ‘Tonight it’s at your place’ for  planning the autumn. I feel it’s gonna be a great one.
My friend and colleague Pedro Martinez Maester have started working on a Swiz tour for november, I’m really excited about that! I hope I get the chance to visit my friend Bernhard as well, that would be sweet!
Tomorrow I’ve got the earliest gig in my life. Gig time, 08:00.
See ya!
Hi,
This week I’ve been busy working on my new car. But Wednesday night I got the chance to join in with KĂ€rleken and their ”Livebandskaraoke” at Stampen. I had a really nice night with Olle, Love, Johan, Otto and Daniel. Friday was the ”Uppsala Youth Jazz & Blues Festival” where I was helping out as a teacher as well as sitting in with the music schools big band. Today was once again gig at Melt bar.
Below is a video of me starting up the 1965 SAAB two stroke 95, first success in about two weeks. Now it runs like a god again!
IgÄr var det premiÀr för Melt bar pÄ södermalm.
”I maj öppnar vi upp dörrarna till Stockholms nya vin- och cocktailbar: MELT. Lika mjukt,
förföriskt och sensuellt som namnet Melt smakar i munnen kommer vi att bygga upp
atmosfÀren. Vi kommer att ta med dig tillbaka till Frankrikes belle époque, till förbudstiden
i New York och till de finaste salongerna i gamla New Orleans. FörestÀll dig en elegant
atmosfÀr av djupröd sammet, kristallglas, levande ljus, rosor, lustfyllda begÀr och hjÀrtlig
personal.
MELT bygger pĂ„ en passionerad kĂ€rlekshistoria, som Ă„terspeglar sig i allt vi gör. Ăn har
kÀrleken bara börjat. Den kommer pÄgÄ under varje minut pÄ MELT. Bjud ut din bÀsta vÀn,
ditt livs kĂ€rlek eller de dĂ€r vackra ögonen som du fick numret till förra helgen. Ăr du inte
redan förÀlskad nÀr du kommer hit, kommer du vara det nÀr du gÄr ut.
LĂ„t dig förföras av MELT.”
Jag spelade saxofon solo och varvades med en burleskdansös, coolt!
NÀsta tillfÀlle Àr hemligt men kom förbi lördag 1 juni!
IgĂ„r framförde jag ett solostycke för saxofon i samband med invigningen av utstĂ€llningen ”I huvudet pĂ„ Carl von LinnĂ©” som invigdes i Uppsala.
Fina bilder av fotograf Richard von Hofsten. Stycket var min tolkning av hans verk.
http://www.destinationuppsala.se/sv/Gora/I-huvudet-pa-Linne/
Jag har nu Àntligen gjort fÀrdigt allt som krÀvs för min Kandidat examen frÄn Kungliga Musikhögskolan. KÀnns skönt!
Ăn har det dock inte gĂ„tt igenom sĂ„ hĂ„ll tummarna!
Jag kommer undervisa i Saxofon pÄ Stockholms Musik och Sommarvecka, lÀs mer nedan och pÄ karismaagency.se
Ălskar du musik? Gillar du att dansa? Ăr du nyfiken pĂ„ teater? DĂ„ Ă€r Stockholms Musik & Sommarvecka ett bra val för dig under sommarlovet. För dig mellan 5-13 Ă„r presenterar Karisma Agency en helvecka fylld med musikundervisning och musikaktiviteter. Vi introducerar Ă€ven dans och teater pĂ„ schemat.
Du fÄr chansen att ta privatlektioner i det instrument du valt inför veckan, spela i ensemble, sjunga i kör, dansa, spela teater och ta del av spÀnnande workshops, besök och mycket mer!
Tillsammans med en kompetent personal och styrka vill vi kunna ge dig en spÀnnande och lÀrorik musikvecka dÀr du fÄr möjligheten att trÀffa kompisar i samma Älder med samma intressen.
Oavsett om du Àr nybörjare eller erfaren musiker Àr du vÀlkommen! All musikundervisning utformas pÄ ett sÀtt som passar bÄde nybörjare och de mer erfarna musikanterna.
Eget instrument krÀvs för instrumentundervisningen. (GÀller ej piano, sÄng samt slagverk). Har man inget eget instrument, maila till:info@karismaagency.se och tala om det i samband med anmÀlan. Möjlighet finns att vi hjÀlper till med hyra av instrument.
Obs! AnmÀlan senast 14/6!
Vi ses i sommar!
* Priset kan komma att sÀnkas dÄ vi sökt bidrag för Stockholms Musik & Sommarvecka. Vid beviljat stöd Äterbetalas mellanskillnaden.
The CASSETTE is finally here!
The project that started out in early 2011 and got finalized and recorded during autumn of 2011 in Denton, TX is finally done!
It started out with me and Felix Tellez going through the world of ‘free improvisation’, or Free Bag as we used to call it back in High School. This time around we worked hard and consistently of trying different ideas, entries and mindsets. We added Andrew Miller and started out testing. We recorded the sessions and occasionally we’d bring in some musicians with totally different ideas, like Jake Dester and Alex Fraile. While experimenting in every stage of the production, from writing music, recording, session times, inspiration and flow, post-production and so on this made a really exciting product. We decided duplicate it in a cassette form since we all always had wanted to release a cassette.
However the project was halfway forgot when I moved out of Texas and back to Sweden, but now I decided to go ahead anyway because I really enjoy this tape and find it amazing!
If you want to get your copy it is priced 60sek (plus postage) at the moment and just send me an email at ativism (@) oskarforsberg.com and you’ll get it!
Buy it via bandcamp!
Ivan Chaparro created this wonderful project where the movement of the stars on the Stockholm night sky made a scheme for how we would play and dance.
Below is the poster from this project that was played in January and until February in Observatoriet in Stockholm.
Under that is also the video which generated sounds and where projected in the ceiling.
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