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Andreas Öberg is a Swedish guitar player.

Early life

Öberg was born in Stockholm on August 6, 1978. He began playing guitar at the age of 8 years old and studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.

Career

Öberg is a world acclaimed guitar player and composer. His albums Six String Evolution and My Favorite Guitars

My Favorite Guitars (Andreas Oberg album)

My Favorite Guitars is a jazz album by guitarist Andreas Öberg. The album features Andreas Öberg playing classic tunes by Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, Django Reinhardt and Toninho Horta.-Track listing:...

 were released on Resonance Records

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 in 2010 and 2008 and reached No 15 and No 22 on the US Radio JZ Chart. Andreas was also a featured soloist/performer on the album Resonance Big Band which received a 2010 US Grammy Award.

Öberg has performed/recorded with artists like Les Paul

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, Jennifer Batten

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, Frank McComb

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, Robyn

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, Bill Champlin

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, DJ Qbert, Toots Thielemans

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, John Patitucci

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, Andreas Carlsson

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, Michael Manring

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, Barbara Hendricks

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, Jeff "Tain" Watts, James Carter

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, Martin Taylor

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, Joey DeFrancesco

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, Stochelo Rosenberg

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As a song writer, Andreas has co-written songs with Andreas Carlsson, Michele Vice-Maslin, Adrian Newman, Ludwig Goransson, Didrik Thott, Sebastian Thott, Kalle Engström. Jany Schella, Chris Antblad, Fredrik Thomander, Johan Becker, Dan Sundquist, Carl Björsell and many more.

Öberg is also a teacher and lecturer at the Musicians Institute (formerly GIT) in Hollywood.

In 2009, Öberg created the Andreas Guitar Universe, together with ArtistWorks Inc, founded by former AOL executive David Butler. AGU is an interactive internet guitar training program with students of different styles and levels from all over the world.

In 2010, Öberg released his first club/dance single on i-tunes called "Parenzo Summer", produced and arranged by U-NAM.

Öberg is also a songwriter and composer, having written numerous of titles for TV, internet and radio world wide.

Awards, competitions and nominations

• Gibson International Guitar Competition, Audience Prize, Montreux, Switzerland (2006)
• Gevalia Award (2004)
• Hagström Guitar Award (2003)
• Swedish Armstrong Society Award (2003)
• Fasching Award (2002)
• Guitar People's Prize, nomination(2004)

Discography

• Six String Evolution (2010)
• My Favorite Guitars
  My Favorite Guitars (Andreas Oberg album)
  My Favorite Guitars is a jazz album by guitarist Andreas Öberg. The album features Andreas Öberg playing classic tunes by Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, Django Reinhardt and Toninho Horta.-Track listing:...
  
  (2008)
• Solo (2006)
• Young Guitarist (2005)
• Andreas Invites Yorgui & Ritary (2004)
• Andreas Öberg Live In Concert (2006) (DVD)

Publications

• Gypsy Fire (2005) 60-page instructional book and CD
• Jazz Combustion CD_ROM (2008) Instructional video
• Duets CD_ROM (2009) Instructional video with Frank Vignola

External links

• The Official Website of Andreas Öberg
• Andreas Öberg at Resonance Records