Ke Kenneth Karlsson

Pianist, born 1952 in Åmål, Sweden.

Kenneth Karlsson played in the 80s in the Swedish group Aquarius, the Oslo Sinfonietta, the two piano, two percussion group Ensemble K4.

After a concert in 1988 playing Karlheinz Stockhausens Kontakte, Kenneth Karlsson and percussionist Bjørn Rabben started Cikada Duo. In 1989 the ten musician large ensemble Cikada also was formed around the duo. He is now pianist in Cikada and Cikada Duo and he is also a member of improvisation group Point 4 together with Jon Balke, Ingar Zach and Bjørn Rabben.

Kenneth Karlsson has been touring in Europe, Asia and America. He have recorded a number of CDs, worked with video, dance and multimedia

Kenneth Karlsson has been working with composers and musicians like James Dillon, Bent Sørensen, Hilde Torgersen Richard Barret, Tan Dun,  Jon Balke, Conny Bauer, Rolf Wallin, Sidsel Endresen, Paul Rutherford, Åke Parmerud. He has performed a huge number of first-performances from Scandinavian and International composers

Prices include, Norwegian Grammy 2001 for solo-CD  “sofferte onde serene» playing music by Nono, Berio, Scelsi. 

The Nordic Council Music Prize together with Cikada, 2005