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Per Tengstrand Edit Profile

pianist

Per Tengstrand is a Swedish pianist.

Background

Tengstrand started to play the piano at age 6, being taught by his mother.

Career

He entered the Malmö Academy of Music at age 16, in the class of Hans Pålsson. In 1985, he was accepted at the Conservatoire de Paris in the class of Dominique Merlet. He continued private studies with Dominique Weber and Romuald Sztern to prepare for international piano competitions.

He has been internationally active as a concert pianist since.

Achievements

  • In 1999 he was prized from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee. In 2005, he was decorated by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden with the Royal Medal Litteris et Artibus for outstanding service to the arts