Petter Eldh
Frans Petter Eldh (born 19 September 1983 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish jazz bass player and composer, who predominantly has worked first in Denmark, and since 2009 he has lived in Berlin.
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Petter Eldh
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- Name
- Petter Eldh
- Birth Name
- Frans Petter Eldh
- Born
- 19 September 1983
- Birthplace
- Gothenburg
- Occupation
- Bassist, Composer
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Fields
- jazz
- Honours
- Spellemann Award for jazz record of the year
- Languages
- Swedish
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Frans Petter Eldh (born 19 September 1983 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish jazz bass player and composer, who predominantly has worked first in Denmark, and since 2009 he has lived in Berlin.
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Petter Eldh (born 1983) is a bassist, composer and musician, of Swedish nationality. The bassist was born in Gothenburg. Petter Eldh is a member of Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity, Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra and Koma Saxo, among others.
The work spans jazz. Languages used include Swedish. Honours include Spellemann Award for jazz record of the year.
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• Name — Petter Eldh • Birth Name — Frans Petter Eldh • Born — 19 September 1983 • Birthplace — Gothenburg • Instrument — Double bass • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Bassist, Composer • Website — pettereldh.com • Illustration — Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2018
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — Petter Eldh in 2016 Eldh was raised in a family of artists. At the age of eight he started to play the guitar and bought his first hip-hop album when nine. Three years later he substituted the guitar for the double bass. When he turned thirteen under the influence of the music of Charlie Parker, he got into Jazz. He received his first musical training between 1999 and 2002 at the Sinclair Music School in Uddevalla. He continued his studies from 2002 to 2004 at the Jazz School of Skurup, in order to go to Copenhagen, where the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, Denmark. He received his Master's degree in 2009. In the mid 2010 he collaborated with Django Bates on the Charlie Parker tribute Conformation (2011) among other things.
Discography
• 2008: Suite for the Seven Mountains (Calibrated Records), within Marius Neset's 'People Are Machines' • 2009: Old New Borrowed Blue (Stunt Records), with Magnus Hjorth Trio • 2010: Plastic Moon (Stunt Records), Petter Eldh/Magnus Hjorth/Kazumi Ikenaga • 2010: There Is an Ocean Between Us (Hoob Jazz), The World with Anton Eger, Fabian Kallerdahl • 2012: Confirmation (Lost Marble), with Django Bates Belovèd • 2012: Pool (Yellowbird), Schneeweiss & Rosenrot with Johanna Borchert, Lucia Cadotsch, Marc Lohr) • 2013: Starlight (Unit Records), Slavin/Eldh/Lillinger • 2015: Pinball (ACT Music), with Marius Neset • 2015: Firehouse (Clean Feed), with Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity With Django Bates • The Study of Touch (ECM, 2017)
Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity at Arendal Jazzklubb 2026
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Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity at Arendal Jazzklubb 2026
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Honors
• 2006: Awarded The International Jazz Price Getxo in SpainEldh, with Marius Neset for the album People Are Machines. • 2012: With Schneeweiss und Rosenrot he received the New German Jazz Award for the album Pool
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