About Us
Stockholm Saxophone Quartet – musical joy since 1969
The Stockholm Saxophone Quartet is a central player in contemporary chamber music for saxophones and electroacoustic music, where tradition meets innovation. They often collaborate with composers, artists and other genres, which makes their concerts both innovative and cross-border. Regardless of whether they perform a newly written work or a bold interpretation of a classic, the goal is always the same: to touch, challenge, inspire and spread the joy of music.
International presence and audience meetings
The quartet has toured in over 30 countries on five continents and has played in everything from France to Mongolia, Iran to the USA, Japan to Bolivia. The Stockholm Saxophone Quartet is an important voice for Swedish music internationally, while at the same time bringing musical impressions home to the Swedish audience. In addition to concerts and festival performances, the ensemble engages in educational projects, seminars and workshops, to inspire the next generation of musicians and composers to explore the boundaries of the saxophone and contemporary music.
Svensk Musikvår
Since 2016, the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet has been the driving force behind the Svensk Musikvår festival, a platform where Swedish art music takes its place on Stockholm's cultural stages. The festival has become a manifesto for contemporary music in Sweden and an important forum for both established and new composers.
With the support of Region Stockholm and the Swedish Arts Council, the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet continues to spread the joy of music across borders.
Jörgen Pettersson
With soloist diploma from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and Premier Prix from the National Conservatory in Bordeaux, Jörgen Pettersson has toured fifty countries and received hundreds of works appropriated. Since 1984 he has been a member of the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet. He is also an honorary member of the Association of Swedish Composers, member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Music and initiator of the festival Svensk Musikvår.
Linn Persson kornhammar
Linn Persson Kornhammar has been a member of the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet since 2015 and has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras, including Gothenburg Wind Orchestra, Musica Vitae and Storström's Chamber Ensemble. With a master's from the Royal College of Music, she explores constantly new expressions through cross-genre collaborations. She is driven by curiosity and the desire to constantly develop.
Mathias Karlsen Björnstad
Our Norwegian saxophonist Mathias Karlsen Björnstad is a member of the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet since 2012. With a master's degree from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, he tours worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician. Mathias also regularly plays along orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic, the Royal Opera, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Norrlandsoperan and the Radio Symphony.
Theo Hillborg
Theo Hillborg has received a number of awards, from first prize in Sweden's largest chamber music competition "Young and Promising", to the prestigious Opus list and Anders Walls Giresta Scholarship. Recently he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in London. As a soloist, Theo has appeared with, among others, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Since 2020 he is part of the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet.
