Adam Forkelid

Pianist/composer Adam Forkelid was born 1979. His talent for music showed early and at the age of three his parents bought him a drum set. Five years old Adam was discovered by one of Swedens most well-renowned drummers, Petur "Island" Östlund, who took Adam on as a student. At the same time Adam began playing the piano, the first years taught by his father. In time the piano became his main instrument. He went on to study jazz and classical piano at high-school and eventually became a student at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. Jazz and improvisation has ever since childhood been his primary interest, alongside with classical and contemporary music. Adam lives and works as a jazz musician in Stockholm. He primarily focuses on his composing and his own bands, but also works with other bands, in all jazz genres: traditional, contemporary, free, electronica, afro-cuban etc.Adam has played and recorded with many great Swedish jazz-musicians, among them Karl-Martin Almquist, Palle Danielsson, Magnus Lindgren and Gustavo Bergalli. Adams other main projects, apart from the quartet, are Lekverk and Expansions (featured on MySpace). He is also a member of vocalists Cecila Stalín's Quintet (featured on MySpace) and Anna Einarsson's Anagram. In 2003 Adam was awarded the Jazzclub Fasching's (Swedens most renowned jazz club) award for talented musicians. The Adam Forkelid Quartet was formed in 2005 and their first album, "Cirkel", was released the same year. Check out the website www.apartrecords.com if you want to order it, or www.cdon.com (delivers in Europe), or e-mail me!