Lars Sellergren - Lars Sellergren plays Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Ravel (Vol. 6)

The Swedish pianist Lars Sellergren (1927�2008) studied with Olof Wibergh in Stockholm 1946�1952 and Bruno Seidlhofer in Vienna 1952�1954. In 1952 he received the Jenny Lind Award and also made his d�but as a pianist. He was an experienced piano pedagogue, teaching at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm from 1963 to 1993, becoming a titular professor in 1982. With violinist Leo Berlin and cellist �ke Olofsson he founded the Stockholm Trio (1957�1986). From 1950 to 1967 he gave regular concerts including a very large number of radio and TV broadcasts. He was active in musicians� professional organizations and in politics, among them as a member of the Stockholm County Council and on the board of Rikskonserter [the Swedish Concert Institute]. He took up broadcasting again in 1975 and returned to the concert platform. Lars Sellergren made his last radio recording in 1999 (Bach�s Das Wohltemperierte Klavier), and in 2007 he held a Master class at the �rebro University College of Music entitled �Med musiken i centrum � om pianospelets hemligheter� [�Centred on the music � about the secrets of piano playing�].