Per Anders Nilsson

Per Anders Nilsson (1954). Professor in Music and Media at Academy of Music and Drama at University of Gothenburg. Improvising musician and composer. Studied music 1981-87 at the University of Gothenburg. In 2011 Nilsson defended his doctoral thesis A Field of Possibilities. Nilsson and Palle Dahlstedt are currently running the research project “Systemic Improvisation” supported by the Swedish Research Council. In the 70s and 80s he managed his own bands as well performed occasionally in other constellations. In 2009 Nilsson toured Sweden with Beam Stone featuring the saxophone player Evan Parker. In 2014 duo pantoMorf toured with AMM in Sweden. Releases: the solo CD Random Rhapsody in 1993, the group Natural Artefacts released CDs in 2001, 2005, 2014, and 2019 plus Strings and objetcs with Nilsson/Sandell, and Duo duo pantoMorf with Palle Dahlstedt (www.lj-records.se), in 2008 and in 2009 with Beam Stone on the English label PSI.