Jan-Erik Gustafsson

Cello

Cellist Jan-Erik Gustafsson is currently one of the world’s most sought-after soloists and chamber musicians.

He began his studies with Markku Luolajan-Mikkola at the West Helsinki Music Institute and studied further with Mikhail Homitser and Frans Helmerson at the Edberg-Musikinstitut in Stockholm, completing his soloist diploma examination in 1992.

Gustafsson placed well in the 1986 EBU Young Musician competition in Copenhagen, and since then has performed worldwide both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. He has appeared with countless distinguished orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Bournemouth SO, the Berlin RSO, Brisbane Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Stockholm Philharmonic, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the New York and Vienna Chamber Orchestras, Camerata Bern and the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra. Furthermore, he has appeared with nearly all Finnish orchestras.