Magnus Nilsson - Alea III

Magnus Nilsson, holds the position as principal bassoonist with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra since 1987. Magnus Nilsson, studied the bassoon at the Music Academy of his native city of Gothenburg, followed by studies with Asger Svendsen, Marco Costantini (Rome) and Bernard Garfield (Philadelphia). At the age of 19 Magnus was appointed bassoonist with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. In 1985 he was second prize winner of the Bassoon Competition of the International Double Reed Society (IDRS), Boulder. Magnus is founding member of Trio Altaïr, Pollux Wind Quintet and Trio Anassa (oboe, bassoon, piano) with CD recordings with Trio Altaïr and Pollux Wind Quintet.

Magnus world premiered the bassoon concerto Auroral Dances by the Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer together with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, USA. Magnus was repeatedly invited to Seoul for Masterclasses at the South Korean Bassoon Summer Camp. Magnus is a regular guest at international festivals including the conventions of the International Double Reed Society (IDRS). In 2014 Magnus was soloist with the Royal Krakow Academic Orchestra touring in Sweden and Poland. He was invited for a Masterclass and concert at the Lisbon Double Reed Symposium, at prestigious Tchaikowsky Music Conservatory and to be soloist at the Rachmaninov museum, Moscow. Magnus is artistic director both of the concert serie Musik på Bosjökloster since 2009, taking place in the historical monastry/castle of Bosjökloster and Nordic Woodwind Encounter, arranging annual international woodwind Masterclasses in the south of Sweden. After invitations to perform with the Universal Bassoon Ensemble at the 1st and 2nd International Bassoon Festivals in Beijing, Magnus concertized at the 3rd Bassoon Festival in July 2015 alongside Sophie Dartigalongue, Fabio Cury and Holger Schinköthe.

Further forthcoming solistic engagements in 2016 include the world premiere of Arnaldo de Felice’s Musica Concertante for bassoon, oboe and orchestra along with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra in January 2016, followed by two performances with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in 2017. Anna-Lena Laurin’s double concerto “The Bird Phoenix“ for bassoon, saxophone and orchestra, contracted by several Swedish symphony orchestras have just seen its world premiere with the Symphony Orchestra of Mar del Plata, Argentina in September 2015.