Göran Månsson

Göran Månsson plays flutes, pipes and recorders. Göran currently ranks as one of the most exciting and dynamic flute players on the Swedish folk music scene.He comes from the town of Haverö in Norrland in the north of Sweden. As a descendant of one of Sweden's celebrated folk music families, Göran is actively furthering the Swedish folk music heritage.Göran performs with the folkmusic group Gjallarhorn and also the folk-pop group Sarek which was one of the artists in Eurovision song contest 2004. Other groups: Göran Månsson Band, Frispel and Månsson & Åberg.
He also performs as a soloist and his first solo album Inland (Drone) was released in December 2002 to widespread critical acclaim.
Mon (Nordic Tunes), released Japan in June 2006, and September 2006 in Sweden, is Göran Månssons second solo album. What is quite uniqe with this production is the meeting beetween Göran and guitarplayer Roger Tallroth (Väsen, Ann-Bjorg Lien etc.), who also is the co producer. Two innovative and strong musical personalities together on this cd. 'Mon' was nominated for the Manifest price in 2007.
Göran is very much in demand as a session musician for both early music and folk-pop recordings and has toured the world as a percussionist and flute player.
He is a graduate of the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and teaches at Ingesund College of Music in Arvika and the Royal College of Music´s Department of Folk Music in Stockholm.
Review Rootsworld:
Göran Månsson is a pioneer in using various kinds of flutes and pipes in Swedish folk music in unique ways. On Mon, Månsson presents what is really a duo recording, with Vasen's Roger Tallroth offering 4, 6, 11 and 12-stringed guitars, a bouzouki and electric bass on almost all of the tracks. The experimental flute playing of Månsson is fascinating and his approach is unique and fresh, presenting a great openness for the Swedish folk music he plays. There are influences from jazz and he does not restrict himself to playing the tunes they way they were written. Guest percussionist Petter Berndalen shares Månsson's playful ideal and together they make fun and exciting "experiments" with the rhythm and melody on a traditional polska. This quality is always there in Månsson's music, but on this track it is especially clear. What distinguishes Mon from other folk music albums is the complexity of the music. With the use of many different kinds of flutes and guitars, Månsson and Tallroth create a unusually rich sonic landscape. Månsson's phrasing gives the music a light, airy quality and the instruments sound beautiful. This is not an easy-listening Swedish folk album (sometimes the music seems to lack firm direction or meaning) but it does have many moments that are inspired and exciting. - Staffan Jonsson
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Bands:
Göran Månsson Band
Gjallarhorn
Sarek
Nordman
MÃ¥nsson & Ã…berg
Frispel
Discography:
Alvin-Eldpojken 2007
Katarina Widell: Nadir 2007
Senza Morale: Scaramuccia 2007
Mon (solo) 2006
Gjallarhorn: Rimfaxe 2006
Magnus Bäcklund: Name of love 2006
Helena Ek 2006
Nordman: Anno 2005
Hägerstens kammarkör 2005
Sarek: Älvorna 2004
Rå: De två systrarna 2003
Sarek: Genom eld och vatten 2003
Raun: Dance Jon 2002
Inland (solo) 2002
Polski tanz 2002
Saint Thomas Oratorio 2001
Månsson & Åberg: Spår 2000
E-Type: Last man standing 2000
I gräsmarkens ro 2000
Tekla: Somebody else 1999
Raun 1998
Stockholmsbilder 1997
MÃ¥nsson & Ã…berg: Oknytt 1996
Ensemble Villancico: Cancionero de Upsala 1995
Nibbe Näbb 1994
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