Gunhild Carling
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| Born | May 7, 1975 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Genres | Jazz |
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Gunhild Carling (born 7 May 1975) is a Swedish jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist.[1] She is famous for playing three trumpets at the same time.[2] Carling became known for her performance at Allsång på Skansen on July 20, 2010. The same year, she became an expert commentator for Dansbandskampen at SVT. Gunhild plays trombone, bagpipes, trumpet, recorder and harp, and will often showcase all of her skills in one song, sometimes casually breaking into a tap dance or singing lyrics. [3] Carling competed as a celebrity dancer in Let's Dance 2014 on TV4, placing third.[3][4]
In 2013, she performed with her 'Carling Big Band' at the Royal Palace in Stockholm in the celebration of King Carl XVI Gustaf's Ruby Jubilee.[5] In 2016, Carling performed at King Carl XVI Gustaf's 70th birthday celebration.[6]
She is featured as a singer and multi-instrumentalist in several of Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox's adaptations of pop songs, including a 1920s jazz swing version of 'Material Girl', a vintage jazz version of Europe's 'The Final Countdown' and a jazz cover of Pharrel Williams' Happy'.
Awards
- 1985 - The Louis Armstrong Scholarship[7]
- 2006 - Kobe Jazz Street Award[8]
- 2009 - The SKAP Scholarship[9]
- 2009 – The Anita O'Day Award[10]
- 2010 - Malmö Stads Glädjespridare[11]
- 2011 – Honorary citizenship in Eslöv, Sweden
- 2014 – Scanian of the Year
- 2016 - The Thore Ehrling Scholarship[12]
References
- ^ "Gunhild Carling till Norrtälje i februari". Norrtelje Tidning. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ^ "Jazz Trumpeter Gunhild Carling on AGT Plays 3 Trumpets At Once". 2paragraphs.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Lär känna Gunhild Carling". TV4.se. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ^ "Gunhild Carling: Räddad av TV4:s miss". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ^ "Kungen firade med dans – Får Jag Lov". fjl.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Kunglig musikfest inför 70-årsdagen". 29 April 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "DIG Jazz". www.digjazz.se. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Cookies op Trouw.nl". www.trouw.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Sveriges kompositörer och textförfattare". Wikipedia (in Swedish). 17 February 2016.
- ^ "Anita O'Day-priset". Wikipedia (in Swedish). 19 August 2016.
- ^ "Malmö Stads Glädjespridare". mikosallskapet.se. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ Musikerförbundet. "Gunhild Carling får årets Thore Ehrling-stipendium". Fackförbundet för dig som jobbar med musik. Vi arbetar för att förbättra våra medlemmars upphovs- och arbetsrättsliga villkor. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
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