Steve Dobrogosz is an American pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

 and composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

.

Dobrogosz was born in 1956 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...

 and attended Jesse O. Sanderson High School. He studied at the Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...

 in Boston, Massachusetts, and afterwards moved to Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 in 1978, where he began recording and performing. Dobrogosz continues to reside in Stockholm.

Dobrogosz's musical career spans several genres, including jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, pop

Pop music

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, and classical. His most recent work has focused on classical and choral compositions, including his Mass (1992), which has since been performed by orchestras and choirs worldwide.

He has collaborated with Norwegian singer Radka Toneff

Radka Toneff

Ellen Radka Toneff was a Norwegian jazz singer. She is still considered one of Norway's most outstanding jazz singers....

, Swedish singer Berit Andersson and more recently with Anna Christofferssonhttp://www.annachristoffersson.com. His 2008 collaboration with Christoffersson, "Rivertime," was nominated for a Swedish Grammy Award

Grammis

The Grammis Awards are the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards. The awards ceremony is generally held each year in February in Stockholm.The awards were established in 1969 and awarded until 1972 when they were cancelled....

 in the jazz album category.

Partial discography

• Songs (1980)
• Fairy Tales (1982), with Radka Toneff
  Radka Toneff
  Ellen Radka Toneff was a Norwegian jazz singer. She is still considered one of Norway's most outstanding jazz singers....
  
  
• The Final Touch (1989), with Berit Andersson
• Jade (1990), with Berit Andersson
• Skin Balloon (1993), with Berit Andersson
• Pianopieces (1994)
• Duckwalk (1996), Steve Dobrogosz Quartet
• Mass (1997), with St. Jacob's Chamber Choir
• Ebony Moon (1998)
• Best of Dobrogosz and Andersson (1999), with Berit Andersson
• Feathers (2000), with Jeanette Lindstrom
• Requiem/Te Deum (2004), with St. Jacob's Chamber Choir
• It's Always You (2006), with Anna Christoffersson
• Rivertime (2008), with Anna Christoffersson
• Golden Slumbers, Steve Dobrogosz plays Lennon/McCartney (2009), Curling Legs, CLP CD 112
• Fairytales (2011)

External links

• Steve Dobrogosz official homepage