Johan Christher Schütz

• Name — Johan Christher Schütz • Landscape — yes • Birth Name — Johan Christher Schütz • Alias — J.C. Schütz, Peacebird • Birthplace — Sweden • Origin — Mjölby, Sweden • Genre — Pop, Bossa nova, Jazz, World music, Musical theatre • Occupation — Songwriter, Music producer, singer • Years Active — 2004–2018 • Label — One Perfect Line Music

Born and raised outside the small town of Mjölby, Östergötland, he started singing and playing musical instruments, such as drums and electric organ, very early. Aged seven, he found a guitar in a dumpster, an experience that he says changed his life, as he decided to dedicate his life to music. Despite this, he entered the Kungshögaskolan College in Mjölby with the intention to study art, but the restrictive curriculum made him return to music. During a period in 1999 he lived in London after receiving a songwriting grant from Swedish royalty collection society STIM. He studied Portuguese at Stockholm University.

In 2008, Japanese musical theatre production company Takarazuka Revue licensed a Japanese version of his song Passion for one of their shows, which inspired Schütz to start writing for musical theatre. The Swedish musical Tivolisaga, translated as Carnival Tale, based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet but with the main characters renamed Punch and Judy, was written in close collaboration with director Johan Pettersson. It premiered in Norrköping, Sweden, in August 2013 in a small production at Arbisteatern. Following the success, Schütz and Pettersson staged a new Swedish production of Jonathan Larson's rock musical RENT, with Schütz as musical director.

Brazilian singer Aline de Lima recorded a version of Schütz' song Som om ingenting har hänt for her 2008 album Açai, and Japanese singer Toki Asako recorded his song Let the Sunlight In for her 2009 album Touch. Also in 2008, a Japanese version of his song Passion was used by Takarazuka Revue in one of their all-female-cast shows, also released on CD and DVD. In 2011, Swedish jazz singer Nina Ripe released her debut album with new versions of Brazilian standards, with three lyrics written by Schütz, such as the first official English version of Jobim & Buarque's classic song Retrato Em Branco E Preto (Picture in Black and White), and a Swedish version of Milton Nascimento's Encontros e Despedidas (Möten och avsked) which Schütz released his own version of in 2014. Ripe's album was nominated in the category Best Album of the Year by Sweden's leading jazz magazine Orkesterjournalen.

• Passion (2004) • Blissa Nova (2007) • C'est la vie (2009) • Peacebird (2011) • Beautiful Place (2013)

• "Se solen gå upp" (2009) • "Dröm" (2009) • "Balans (Bossa Remix)" (2009) • "Peace! (Give the People the Power Back) [Peacebird Edit]" (2011) • "Hold On Now" (2011) • "Christmas Time (We Can Change the World)" (2012) • "I Guess It's Ok" (2014) • "Det kunde lika gärna varit vi" (2014) • "Möten och avsked" (2014) • "I'm Here (Acoustic Version)" (2015) • "Changes Changes (Nujabes Tribute Remix)" (2016) • "Love This World" (2017) • "Difficult (Impossible Remix)" (2017) • "Let the Sunlight In" (2018)

• Tivolisaga (Original Swedish Cast Recording) (2018)

Johan Christher Schütz is recorded with the occupation songwriter. Classed in the genre bossa nova. Recorded as singer, composer, musician, songwriter and blogger.