Johannes Nästesjö
Bokgatan 17
214 34 Malmö
Sweden
Phone +46 733 20 10 69
Mail: johannes@nastesjo.com
Web: www.nastesjo.com
Johannes works within the genre of modern jazz, improvised and contemporary music as a professional double-bass player and teacher. He has for the last years toured frequently in several different countries in Europe, as well as Brazil, Vietnam, Gambia, Mali and USA and has appeared on more the 30 recordings. During the last years he has been working with Tom Chant, Agustí Fernández, Joe Morris, Ramon Lopez, Marco Mesquida, Ramon Prats, Albert Cirera, Peter Nilsson, Núria Andorrà, Kresten Osgood, Irene Aranda, Martin Küchen, Håkon Berre, Sture Ericson, Fred Lonberg Holm, Lotte Anker, Ståle Liavik & Vasco Trilla and many more.
Based in Malmö and Barcelona, Sweden/Spain.
Education:
Per Brahe Gymnasiet, music high school. Jönköping (Sweden) 1996-1999
Sundsgårdens Folkhögskola – Jazz studies Helsingborg (Sweden) 2001-2003
Malmö Academy of Music – Jazz studies Malmö (Sweden) 2003-2008
Scholarships and grants:
2007: Malmö Academy of Music
2007: Värnamo Rotaryklubbs Culture Grant
2012: Music Development and Heritage Sweden – Contribution to international cultural exchange in music
2012: Värnamo Culture Grant
2013: The Swedish Grants Committee’s – Contribution to
international cultural exchange in music
2013: The Swedish Grants Committee’s Working Grant
2014: The Swedish Grants Committee’s – Contribution to
international cultural exchange in music
2014: The Swedish Grants Committee´s – Contribution to
international cultural exchange in music
2014: Crafoordska Stiftelsen
2016: The Swedish Grants Committee´s – Contribution to
international cultural exchange in music
2016: The Swedish Grants Committee´s – Contribution to
international cultural exchange in music
2017: The Swedish Grants Committee´s – Contribution to
international cultural exchange in music
2019: Musik i Syd – Contribution to
international cultural exchange in music
Work experience:
1999 – present: Freelancing double bass and electric bass player
2003 – present: Private student’s in double and electric bass
2006: Guest teacher at the Music Conservatory in Hanoi
2007 – present: Malmö Kulturskola, double bass, electric bass and ensemble teacher
2010: Sundsgymnasiet, (music high school), Vellinge, double bass teacher
2011: Österportsgymnasiet (music high school), Ystad, double bass and electric bass teacher
2016-present: Malmö Academy of Music, double bass, improvisation & methodology