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four decades with a heart filled with music

• Jazz club concerts with Elisabeth Melander JazzAppear in Varberg, Växjö plus northern Sweden - Sundsvall, Härnösand, Östersund, Örnsköldsvik, Umeå
• Concerts Elisabeth Melander and group in in different churches and other venues in southern and northern Sweden in Varberg, Växjö plus northern Sweden
• Guest professor at Vietnam National Academy Of Music teaching jazz singing. Celebration concert ”Jazz And Friends”. Concert at Cool Cats Jazz Club Hanoi.

• 2018

• Jazz concert Palladium Malmö ”Reflections Of A Voice” Elisabeth Melander JazzAppear
• Jazz concert Kulturkvarteret Kristianstad ”Reflections Of A Voice” Elisabeth Melander JazzAppear
• Jazz clubs with Elisabeth Melander JazzAppear - Kalmar, Oskarshamn, Hässleholm, Karlskrona, Aneby
• Concerts ”Touch My soul” - Martin Berggren pi, Cia Weissenrieder cello cxv
• Concerts ”Songs Of Summer Winds” - Martin Berggren Piano
• Concert ”Goodnight Sun” - Peter Tegnér gitarr
• Jazz Concert ”Cathedral Jazz” Helsingborg - Martin Berggren Trio
• Jazz concert Viva JazzCafe Elisabeth Melander med Trio - Bo-Göran Sahlin gt, Göran Schelin bas, Lars Andersson trummor
• Concerts Elisabeth Melander JazzQuartet ”Jazz Café” Ystad/Landskrona - Håkan Rydin pi, David Andersson bas, Inge Petersson-Lindbäck sax/flöjt
• Christmas concert ”In A Christmas Mood” - Martin Berggren piano

• 2017

• CD release ”Reflections Of A Voice”
• Release concert with Elisabeth Melander JazzAppear
• Elisabeth Melander Quartet ”Blue Moods In The Blue Hour” with Jan Allan -trp, Martin Berggren - pi, Lars Lundström - bass
• Church concerts ”Pearls Of Life” with Martin Berggren - pi and Cia Weissenrieder - cello
• Jazz concert at Viva Jazz
• Concerts ”Touch My Soul” with Martin Berggren - piano and Cia Weissenrieder - cello
• Guest professor at the Music Conservatory, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Jazz concerts in HCMC (Saigon)
• Concert tour with Elisabeth Melander JazzAppear
  

• Elisabeth Melander Quartet ”Blue Moods In The Blue Hour” with Jan Allan -trp, Martin Berggren - pi, Lars Lundström - bass
• Church concerts ”Pearls Of Life” with Martin Berggren - pi and Cia Weissenrieder - cello
• Guest professor att Vietnam National Academy Of Music, Hanoi
• Jazz concert in Hanoi
• Artistic music project together with Vietnamese traditional/folk musicians

• Elisabeth Melander Quartet ”Blue Moods In The Blue Hour” with Jan Allan -trp, Martin Berggren - pi, Lars Lundström - bass
• Church concerts ”Pearls Of Life” with Martin Berggren - pi and Cia Weissenrieder - cello
• Guest professor at the Music Academy in Jakobstad, Finland
• Workshops with gospel choirs and mixed church choirs
• Vocal coach for the theatre association
• Recordning with Magnus Eklöv for upcoming CD-release
• Vocal coach for the Eurovision Song Contest (Sweden qualification)

• Church concerts ”Pearls Of Life” with Martin Berggren on piano and Cecilia Weissenrieder - cello
• Tour in the north of Sweden with the trumpet player Jan Allan and quartet
• Church tour ”In The Name Of Love” with the American sax player Mike Hamilton and Christian Mjorndal - piano
• Jazz concerts in Sweden and abroad
• Entertainment gigs
• Big Band concerts
• Charity concerts

• Started the Swedish/Danish Soul & Funk group ”EMB”, the electro chamber jazz group ”Bridge” and the Gospel sextet ”Colorful”
• Concerts with EMB, Colorful and Bridge
• Tour in Denmark
• Church concerts
• “Jazzsounds Unplugged”, concert tour with the pianist Håkan Rydin, bassist Mattias Svensson and brass septet
• Malmö International Gospel festival: Gospel sextet Colorful with American singers, musicians and mass choir
• Guest artist with symphony orchestra and choir
• Jazz festival in Lithuania, Klaipeda with “Jazzsounds Unplugged”
• Tour with “Jazzsounds Unplugged”
• Concertsat Jazz House in Copenhagen with the Danish Millfield Band
• Different christmas shows
• Show and concerts in Stockholm
• Established the club ”Music Report”
• Contemporary Music Week in China, concert festival in Kunming and lectures at the Yunnan Art University
• ”Dancing Queens” ABBA shows - vocal trio
• Jazz tour in Poland with Jazz trio
• ”Count Basie 100 years” - vocal soloist with Norrland All Star Big Band
• Guest soloist with Norrbotten Big Big with the legendary trumpet player, Jan Allan
• Church tour in Northern Sweden
• ”A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald” - Tour with Hudik BB and Norrbotten All Star Big Band
• CD release concert ”A Many Splendored Thing” with the pianist Håkan Rydin, bass player Johnny Åhman and brass octet
• Jazz concerts; “Memories & Secrets”, “Jazz & Swedish folk” and “Christmas Jazz” with trio and trumpet player Jan Allan
• Concert with Växjö Big Band and the trumpet player Jan Allan
• Christmas concert with choir and orchestra
• Jazz and Church concerts with the trumpet player Jan Allan and trio
• TV-gala and tour in China

• Concerts and tours with Melander-Bergcrantz Quintet
• Concerts, church tours and festival with Elisabeth Melander Gospel Quartet
• Big Band concerts in southern Sweden with Monday Night Big Band, XXL Big Band, Oskarshamn Big Band
• CD release ”Amazing Grace Gospel”
• Tour with ”Amazing Grace Gospel” and the choir Pite Gospel
• Christmas concerts in southern Sweden
• Concerts with the trio ”Jazzmine”
• Concerts with Duke Ellington ”Sacred Concerts” and Sandviken Big Band
• CD release ”There is Something”
• Guest soloist at the International Gospel Festival at Scandinavium, Gothenburg with the choir Solid Gospel
• Jazz festival in Kristianstad with the pianist Jan Lundgren Trio
• Christmas project, artist, arranger and director
• Church concerts
• Background singer in several Eurovision Song Contests, Swedish and international (winning in Rome)
• Solo artist, Eurovision Song Contest Sweden 1998

• Member of the jazz groups: ”Solregn”, ”Lifeline” and ”Mopele”. The salsa group ”Cosmic Agogo” and the afro-funk inspired group ”Nandu”
• Member of Mikael Råberg’s Big Band
• Radio, recordings, concerts and tours in Sweden and abroad, some of them included the band leader and trumpet player Thad Jones
• Jazz festivals in Stockholm, Umeå, Pori and others with Mikael Råberg’s Big Band
• Member of rock or ”Schack”
• Music theatre for children, four productions
• Guest soloist with some of Swedens most well known Big Bands
• National tour with the musical production ”Wild Honey”
• Established and toured with Melander-Bergcrantz Quintet, with Sven Bergcrantz (piano) and Anders Bergcrantz (trumpet)

• Winnder in the talent contest Star -73 in Stockholm
• Talent Of The Year 1973 in Stockholm
• Member of Family Four Singers
• TV shows in Germany
• Christmas and New Year’s Show in Stockholm
• Music theater tour production
• Concerts and tours in Sweden and other countries
• Jazz bands and Big bands, as well as rock- soul- and funk bands
  

• Elisabeth Melander JazzAppear

• Elisabeth Melander Kvartett - with Jan Allan
• Elisabeth Melander & Håkan Rydin Tentett” with bassist Hans Andersson and woodwind septet
• Bridge - with Michael Mølhede-trp, Tomas Pettersson-kb, Kalle Magnusson-bass, Tira Skamby-perc
• Dancing Queens - with Margareta Nilsson and Diana Nunez
• Colorful - with Diana Nunez, Jill Nordin, Viktoria Johansson, Mattias Karlsson, Anders Mårtensson, Ola Hedén-pi
• Jazzmine - with Krister Palmqvist-git, Kalle Magnusson-bass
• Elisabeth Melander Gospelquartet - with Mikael Strand-pi, Ove Almgren-bass, Rasmus Kihlberg-drums
• Melander-Bergcrantz Quintet - with Sven Bergcrantz-pi, Anders Bergcrantz-trp, Hans Andersson-bass och Rasmus Kihlberg-drums
• Schack - Malmöbased rock group
• The Boys & Her Voice - with Roger Svedberg-vibr and Kalle Magnusson-bass
• Mikael Råbergs Orchestra - Sthlm
• Afrofunkgroup - Nandu, Gbg
• Salsagroup - Cosmic Agogo i Göteborg
• Jazzgroup Mopele - with Yasuhito Mori-bass , Anders Persson-pi och Göran Lewin drums and more
• Jazzgroup Lifeline - with Anders Hagberg-fl/sax and Anders Persson-pi
• Jazz och Folklore - Solregn - with Anders Hagberg-fl/sax
• Family Four Singers
• Yngve Forsells Orchestra - pop, 70’s rock and evergreens.
• Rune Lindstedts Orchestra - northern Swedish Mulligan/Dave Pell inspired sextet