Peter Jöback
Biography
Peter Jöback has established himself as one of the most prolific and respected Swedish artists – an extraordinary performer with an amazing voice. A platinumselling recording artist combined with extensive performances on stage and TV in Scandinavia and London’s West End, Peter Jöback is also a highly regarded name internationally.
2011 started off with Peter once again taking the stage of Hamburger Börs, this time with an exclusive performance based on 2010’s “An Evening with Peter Jöback”. Peter released a pop single, “Räddaren I Nöden”, written by Ludwig Bell. “Räddaren I Nöden” was the theme song for the TV show “Det Blir Bättre” where Peter talked about his personal journey towards becoming the man and artist he is today. This summer Peter will be touring wih Cookies N Beans. This fall he will be releasing an album with the woking title "La Vie, l'amour, La Mort" with newly written songs and french classics translated for this project by Annika Norlin and Andreas Mattsson. Arrangements by Hans Ek. After that, the preparations begin for Peter next step: moving to London to become West End’s next Phantom of the Opera.
2010 began with four sold-out concerts in Berwaldhallen together with Helen Sjöholm and Radiosymfonikerna. The concerts were a homage to the composer Steven Sondheim – “you’ve never heard better Sondheim in Sweden”, said one of the many positive reviews. Peter returned to the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest with the grand ballad “Hollow”, 20 years after his first appearance in the show. In June, Peter performed at Crown princess Victoria’s and Mr. Daniel Westling’s wedding concert, both solo and, once again, together with Helen Sjöholm. He was also a guest at the wedding ceremony and dinner. During the fall Peter tours all over Scandinavia with “An Evening with Peter Jöback”
2009 Peter pulled the brake. All jobs were cancelled, the calendar was emptied. Peter went to New York and rented a flat in East Village. During long walks in the colourful neighbourhood with its dizzying array of odd characters and experiences Peter’s inspiration and love for music quickly returned.
Peter contacted his friend and former business partner, Lars Halapi. The two had earlier talked about Peter doing an album of his own personal interpretations of some of his favourite songs, but the idea had been lost somewhere between tours and theatres. Now, was the time and reason to realize the project. The result was Peter’s 11th studio album “East Side Stories”. The album was released in October of 2009 and has reached gold status in Sweden.
The Swedish director Anders Hallberg followed Peter during the recording period in New York. The material resulted in the documentary “Happy, Handsome and Unknown” and was shown on Swedish SVT that fall. The viewers get to follow Peter in his new, more anonymous life in the US and Sweden during recording sessions, auditions and performances, but also in his leisure time.
In May Peter did an exclusive performance at GöteborgsOperan and World Childhood Foundation’s 10th anniversary in the presence of the Their Majesties and the Princesses Victoria and Madeleine.
Peter finished of 2009 with four Christmas concerts in sold-out arenas in Sweden and Norway (Scandinavium, Spectrum etc). Guests on the tour were Cookies N Beans, Declan O’Rouke and Magnus Carlsson. The concert in the Globe Arena was taped and aired on SVT with a million viewers.
Peter ended 2008 with a sold-out Christmas tour in arenas in Scandinavia following the release of a new 4x platinum selling Christmas album. In 2007 he also toured Scandinavia with his platinum-selling studio album with original songs co-written by Peter.
2006-2007 Peter starred as the MC in a highly successful production of the classic Cabaret in Stockholm and Gothenburg. He received massive critical praise as well as his second Golden Mask (Tony Award. Peter was a creative force in this production as he already in 2003 gave a stunning performance as the MC at Gladsaxe Theatre in Copenhagen.
Peter’s double-cd with a collection of songs from his extensive career has spent no less than nine weeks as No. 1 in the Swedish charts, well passing platinum status and making Peter the best selling artist of all 2006. The album is also a gold album in Norway.
Peter Jöback got his big break through his collaboration with ABBA legends Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. In their epic musical “Kristina från Duvemåla” (The Emigrants) Peter created the role of “Robert” and his theme song “Guldet blev till sand” broke every record in the Swedish charts. The musical was seen by over 1 milion Swedes and the original cast CD-box became a tripple-platinum album and received several Swedish grammy awards. Peter received his first Golden Mask for his role as Robert.
Cameron Macintosh early discovered Peter’s talent and offered him the lead as “Chris” in Miss Saigon at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London’s West End in 1997. Three years later at the same theatre, Peter created the role of “Michael” in Macintosh’s original production of “The Witches of Eastwick”.
Peter has combined his theatre work with concerts, tours, one-man-shows and albums, both in Swedish and in English. As a recording artist, Peter has been awarded gold- and platinum discs for all of his releases as well as several Grammy nominations. Peter has the rare ability and talent to excell with both big symphony orchestras as well as with small acoustic settings and he truly captures the audience in both scenes.
His many stage performances and albums have been met with high critical acclaim. In fact, Peter’s very personal Christmas album which was released 2002, is regarded as “The Ultimate Christmas album of all times…” On this album Peter also teamed up with Norwegian superstar Ms Sissel Kyrkjebö in a classic duet of Van Morrison’s “Be though my vision” in a Swedish translation. Peter and Sisssel have since been frequent guests at eachother’s concerts.
In 2004 Peter collaborated with the internationally renowned Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nick Davies in a project called “Storybook” where Peter performed classic songs in brand new arrangements. GSO and Peter released a CD which became a Gold Disc and also did two concert sin the Globe Arena and Scandinavium Arena in Sweden. The album also brought Peter to a superstar status in Norway. His first solo-tour there 2005 was a stunning success both with audience and media.
Peter’s creativity and charisma as a performer has been captured in two TV-specials, both of which were nominated for a Silver Rose a the Montreux Festival.
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