Andreas Brantelid

Andreas Brantelid is among Scandinavia's top cellists, with an impressive record of concerto appearances with major orchestras in many countries. Major prizes helped him sustain the momentum he had built up as a prodigy, winning the Eurovision Young Musicians Contest in 2006 and Denmark Radio's Artist of the Year in 2007. From 2008 to 2011, he was a BBC New Generation Artist. The list of top orchestras with which Brantelid has performed is long and varied, performing under illustrious conductors. An enthusiastic chamber player, his frequent collaborators include Bengt Forsberg and Nils-Erik Sparf. Brantelid made his recording debut in 2008 with a recording of concertos by Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, and Schumann. He moved to BIS in 2015 for a recording of Grieg's Cello Sonata and Percy Grainger's Scandinavian Suite. Brantelid and Forsberg released Russian Tales on Naxos in 2020.