The home of Christian Lindberg

17 Nov 2009: CK , you are the chronic and I really enjoy your website. Thnks for answering all the questions -- they are like a lesson, all by themselves. My question is this: When you change horns and mouthpieces (like from tenor to alto bone), how do you place the different mouthpiece? Do you keep a common point on bottom or top lip? Or do you use a concentric circle type approach? Thanks, Nathan USA Dear Nathan, thanks for this!! I have created twin mouthpieces with basically the same rim, 4CL(5CCL) and 15CL, plus 2CL and 13CL. That makes it very easy and natural to switch between alto and tenor, and you do not need to think about where to place the mouthpiece. Best of luck! CL

15 Nov 2009: Hi Christian..thanks for you answer! So I think I was not clear. I´d like to know about some trombonist you admired when you start your carreer. Thanks Thiago, Brazil   Well..trombonists were not the ones that were most important to me, as there were no classical soloists at that time. The names I can give you is Jack Teagarden, my teacher Sven-Erik Eriksson and jazz trombonist Åke Persson. CL

15 Nov 2009:Hey mr. Lindberg, I wanted to know, if you´ve never any of the concertos that you´ve played like bluebells or concertino in your life and somebody came up and handed the music to you to play, how well and how far would you be able to sight read it? Gordon feimin USA   I am a terrible fight reader, so I would make a komplete fool  out of myself HAHA :-) CL
 
15 Nov 2009:What would you say is your worst performance in your career and what made it so bad? hanna Usa   My god!! Very difficult…ut I remember onde when I played a solo piece hat as 5 minuset long by memory, and by accident I jumper from te besinning tå te ned, so hat te piece as finished in 35 sekonds…I bowed and pretendent te piece as only this long…I laughed inside, ut keps my face and got by…hehe!! CL

15 Nov 2009:I have a problem with my practice routine, I´ll usually do a warm-up and a routine (long tones, lip slurs, rochut etudes, breath attacks dynamic, scale etc.) which will take about and hour and a half. Then I move on to my all state etudes, but it I´ve been working on the etudes for months and it feels like there nothing more I can do to improve it and I just stop practising. Is there anything I should do or look for to make my etudes better, or to modify my practise routine so I can play better? clint usa   te warmup is tå long!! Also practice in sections no longer than 30 minuset ta a time!! That will make you much more fokused!! CL

15 Nov 2009:Hi, I was wondering in videos I see of you playing and in pictures you have some kind of black thing on your slide handle and the area your left hand goes on, just wanted to know what is that and where can I get one! courtny usa  It is just to cover the lacker on the trombone. Nowadays I do not use it any more, as I felt it was in the way. CL

15 Nov 2009:Hello Mr. Christian Lindberg
My name is Seungyong. I´m a Sophmore in Niles West Highschool and a trombonist. My dream is to create beautiful music with the only instrument I know how to play. I greatly admire your trombone solo in the variations of twinkle twinkle little star. And in many others too lol. I hope to improve much throughout my highschool career. I play a great instrument and I know from my private teacher that practice  is the only way I can improve. You are a great inspirational figure to many. I hope one day I too can become like you in the future. Seungyong Park, USA, Skokie IL  Thank you for these kind words Seungyong! CL

15 Nov 2009:Hey, what do you think of that Peter Moore kid, the 13yr old trombone phenomena, were you ever that good as a kid, how far do you think he´ll go? nicole usa   I did only do baskedball at his age, started to play when I was 17.  For me the important thing is not how far you can go, but how much love you have to music!! That is in the end what people want to hear, and get excited by, not weather you can play fast, or if you are young. At the same time I must say that I was deeply moved by Peter´s performance of Song to Lotta! CL

14 Nov 2009:What do you do to keep in shape, what exersizes do you do? harshamin USA   I do a short warmup, 20 minutes, and then I work in detail on the concertos I have to play for the concerts coming up. CL

14 Nov 2009:How much money do you make on average doing all the things that you do, on top of products and merchandise? robert usa   I make quite a lot, but could unfortunately not write about such a thing here on the blog. CL

13 Nov 2009:Do you play a sport or do something fun outside of music? Terry United States    I love basketball, run marathons, read a lot and hang out with great friends! CL

12 Nov 2009:Hi Christian. Thank you for your your job as the best trombone player that I have heard. Have sure you have been the reference for trombone players in the world (mainly here in Brasil). So, I´d like to know who was your reference when you start and if this is a good thing. Give us your thoughts. Thank you so much  Thiago - Brasil   I think the best is to follow your own star, but of course I had idols when I was young: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jack Teagarden, Mstislav Rostropovich were some of them. CL
 

11Nov 2009: Thank you for answering my question about why we memorize. I´m interested in knowing how you memorize - your process. Do you do it by playing something over and over? Do you make yourself write out parts from memory? Do you work through form and harmonic analysis? How do you approach a new piece when you are trying to commit it to memory? Steve Thonpson San Fransisco  Listening, playing, practicing the piece, getting to know the structure of it, and then memorize it in sections is what I usually do. Good luck! CL

11 Nov 2009:Mr. Lindberg Arabenne is my favourite trombone concerto! I have a question, is there a specific technique in order to pop out the pedal A´s you play. They sound so good. I can´t really do it...:(  Brian UK  Thanks for your wonderful compliment on Arabenne!! You need to practice these notes every single day, and slowly they will speak better each day CL

10 Nov 2009:i am working on Bourgeois Trombone concerto op 114. to use as an audition piece for a conservatory. i am more than willing to put the hours in but my main problem is articulation. i have a big floppy tongue that doesn´t like to work with me in the third movement. what exercises would you recommend during my daily fundimentals session?  Daniel UK    Work on the triple tongue studies in Arban school, and slowly build the tempo up one day at a time.This is nothing you ca learn in a week, be patient is my tip Good luck!!!  CL

10 Nov 2009:Does someone need to use more pressure on the upper lip or on the bottom lip? What do you do? Does the air stream have to go down when I blow? Harry Norway  No, try to use the same pressure on both. If something, use more pressure on the lower lip. The air stream goes slightly down on all notes except the pedal notes, according to a scientific experiment that Denin Wick did. CL

9 Nov 2009: Mr. Lindberg is so wonderful you have this blog! I simply thing that your recording of the Tomasi is the best. What kind of straight mute do you use in this recording? In general what straight mutes do you recommend?  Alex US Thanks for this compliment on Tomasi!! I use Tom Crown streight mute. As for cup I do not remember...The best mutes on the market are made by Peter Gane and Tom Crown. CL

9 Nov 2009: mr. lindberg i am a trombone player and will be till i die, but i wanted to tinker around on the saxophone on the side just a little. would this drastically be bad for my embouchure on the trombone. i don´t  want to destory my tone and sound. Josh USA   I would think that it would be possible, the only thing is that you need to find enough practice time on the trombone to have a good sound. CL

7 Nov 2008 What is your approach to memorization of solo materials and, when conducting, orchestral scores? Steve Thompson, San Fransisco      To memorize things properly, you need to memorize the whole score always, otherwise, if any of your partners make mistakes you need to be able to help them. CL

6 Nov 2008:Hi. When you have first time played David, how old you were? Mate Duzel, Croatia   I was 18 years old CL

5 Nov 2008: Hej hopp!! Vill bara säga: det var en helt UNDERBAR konsert ikväll 5/11 på Sundsvalls Teater!! NKO är fantastiska att lyssna till och att se dig dirigera var en trollbindande upplevelse!! Din passion för musiken är så häftig att se! Mycket inspirerande!! Tack vare min syster, frilansfotograf, som fotograferade på en av era repetitioner (NKO) tidigare i höst och blev så betagen av ert framförande,inspirerade mig att åka på en konsert. Jag har inte gått och lyssnat på en klassisk konsert på ganska många år, men efter de senaste konserterna nu i höst är jag fast!!
Tack för fantastiska konserter och passionerat engagemang!! Lika stort tack till de lysande musikerna i NKO förståss!! Lycka till med framtida projekt!! Mvh/ Sara Wiklund,  en 31-årig Sundsvallsbo  Tack hjärtligt för detta Sara!! CL

4 Nov 2009: Hello Mr. Lindberg,
My name is alexandra (alex). I´m a freshman in Wakefield high school and a trombonist. I started in fith grade and have not stoped since. I am good but not an expert. I would like to continue this till I die. No kidding. I would like though if you could give me some pointers about my instrument. This would mean a lot to me. Thank you! Alexandra USA   The best instrument in the world is the CONN88HCLSGX with lacker. CL

3 Nov 2009: I read a few topics. I respect your work and added blog to favorites. Cornelius  glad to hear Cornelius! CL

2 Nov 2009: Im a huge fan of Luciano Berio´s music and I´m really upset that I didn´t know about him when he was alive. He seemed both an amazing musician and amazing person! I´ve read that you took a long time trying to convince Berio to write a trombone concerto. Thank you for doing that. In my opinion, SOLO is the best trombone concerto ever written.While on Youtube I noticed a documentary in parts about him. There is a bit in one of them where you and Luciano are going through a new piece for the trombone. What is this piece? PS. Is Hovlands c´oncerto p ublished/who is the publisher? Thomas Gibbs UK   That was probably my opera part in Cronaca del Luogo, his opera, that he specifically wrote for me. Hovland is published, but I  can not recall who publishes it...? CL 

1 Nov 2009:your concert in Riga, 30th of October was fantastic. I had never in my life seen such a conductor! And your composed pieces were astonishing, surprising and more than great. I had such a good time!  Thank you for the positive vibe! Best wishes, Ilze Rudaja Thank you so much Ilze CL

1 Nov 2009: What are some of your favorite kind of music except classical? George-U.S I love the Beatles, Chet Baker, Miles Davis ornette Coleman, Eminem and many more artists! CL

1 Nov 2009: LOVE YOUR MUSIC! Did you or do your ever practice sited? would you recommend it especially when someone has to practice for a lot of hours? Oscar- Peru   I sometimes sit and practice, but always with my back straight. The best is to practice standing. CL

1 Nov 2009: Christian! What a sound!! what mouthpiece do you use here? how old is this video? congratulations! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4PWS8_oGZ4 Alex-U.K  Thanks Alex! This video is a live date 19th of may this year, and I play my own 4CL. All the best CL

1 Nov 2009: Do you consider the David a good concerto? do you prefer the David or the Grondahl? Brad-U.S  I think both are great romantic trombone concertos. CL

31 October 2009:Do you consider the Rouse trombone concerto one of the great trombone concertos? Is it really hard to play? I admire your recording! Paul-U.S  Rouse is certainly a well written trombone concerto. It is not particularly hard to play for the trombonist compared to many other pieces, like Xenakis, Berio, Sandström or Turnage, but it is  difficult for the orchestra and the conductor(dedicated to Leonard Bernstein) CL

30 October 2009:It is hard for me to start a note using Tah syllable, what I usually do is use Ka to product note. Do you think is ok to do that? How to improve the tone quality? Best!! Mingzi HK   when you start with the ka syllable tongue is a little bit too far at the back. The best is just to put the tongue gently further front and just release it when the air is coming, and not really think of any syllable. CL

30 October 2009:Why most players(good and bad) get an airy sound sometimes? What is the problem with this and what should we do to fix it when it happens? Al-U.S  Usually this is from too much playing, or playing too much in a certain register. One can get rid of it by playing flexibility excercises. CL

28 October 2009: Thanks for your reply my idol! My present instrument is Joachim Pfretzschner with a Monette prana TT-5L mouthpiece.And my next weapon will must be the one you recommended.By the way,the shape of your CL mouthpiece is so beautiful,I really appreciate it! LOL. I got a problem,some lento need to be piano and soft.I know the importance of plenty of air,so I try hard to give much air into it during the playing,but i still couldn´t keep enouth piano though I got beautifully smooth. This contradiction always puzzle me. Could you please give me some suggestions? Yulin Pan,CHINA    It takes quite a lot of practicing to get the soft playing working, you really have to shape yor lip exactly for the note that you play, and then push the air but slowly. If it still does not work part of the problem could be your instrument. CL

27 October 2009:T Hi! My idol,I consider it a great honor to talk to you! Except for CONN,what trombone do you think has the best sound? What about Michael Rath?Or german trombones made by hand? And,do you agree that a mouthpiece is more important than the trombonebody? Yulin Pan,CHINA    Thank for your nice comment. To be absolutely honest, I think that the only proper trombone(for classical music) is the CONN88CL with CL2000 valve system. And moutpiece is also important, but the body is equally important!! CL

Mr. Lindberg, what do you think about the piece "Doolallynastics" by Brian Lynn? Have you ever played or recorded it? Nathan Musch, USA    It is an interesting piece, but I have not yet had time to learn it, and also, nowaday my main focus is on conducting and composing, so there is very little time to learn new repertoire, except the pieces I compose myself, or the ones dedicated to me. CL

26 October 2009:Dear Christian - thank you for your concert in Poznan. I have sent you a music of a trombone concerto we spoke about last week to your swedish menager. I hope you will get it soon. All the best - Maciek, Poland   Thank you Maciek! I will be travelling almost all the time until Christmas, so will receive it then CL

Christian, I am a junior in high school, and i am one of the best trombone players in our area. I am planning on majoring in performance in college. I have also started composing music lately. What I´m wondering is, how hard was it for you to start your career as a soloist? Robert Violette, United States    It was a very very very hard project, but one of the most excting in my life. One needs to have imagination, energy, stubbornness and patience at the same time, in a way it was like running a marathon race for 10 years!! CL

Two questions for you!:  1 what will the program be in pheonix 2011 (Of blood so Red, motorbike concerto?!?!) 2 Will there ever be a jan sandstrom trombone concerto no. 3? You are the greatest! Gerald (Canada) Thans Gerald I apreciate this very very much! Programme in Phoenix is not yet decided. And  I am happy to tell you that there is a new piece to be premiéred for two trombones and orchestra by Jan Sandström in November in Spain. CL

25 October 2009: Baste Christian Lindberg, for nagra minuter sen kom jag tillbaka fran Din konsert i Poznan. Det var absolut fantastiskt och jag har aldrig sett nanting liknande! Tack for den fina upplevelsen! Basta halsningar fran Poznan Krystyna from Poland   Tack så hemskt mycket! Det värmer! CL

23 October 2009:I finally got one of your 5CL mouthpieces. Now I sound just like you. :-) (wishful thinking...) Thank you for sharing your musical genius with the world. Peace, Kris from the USA  Thank you so much! I am glad you like the mouthpiece! CL

22 October 2009: Did Conn replace the 88H SGX-CL with the Hscl? I only ask this because I was thinking of purchasing one in the near future. P.S. You´re an amazing musician! Philip Sidock Canada  What you really should ask for is the new one that I just ordered from them. It is an 88HCL-SGX with lacker. It responds beautifully and also do not get dirty...it is the best trombone I ever had!! Best of luck CL

22 October 2009: Congratulations to everyone engaged in the NAPO! Kerstin Naidu Sjöswärd, Sweden  Thanks ever so much! CL

21 October 2009: Wish you can read this comment. I would like to ask about how trombone play running notes?
How to practice or what skills do we need?(example Flight Of The Bumblee Bee) Hope you may share your methods,thank you.Lance Low Wen Hong from MALAYSIA   The secret behind this is to start in a really slow tempo with a metronome, and then speed it up one step at a time over a period of many months. Godd luck! CL

21 October 2009:Do you think practicing softly is good? Sam-U.S  Very good! CL

21 October 2009:Did you ever perform Blue winter by Ronald Pontinen? Beautiful concerto!
Has anyone performed it live? Your recording is fantastic! I hope to hear you playing this piece someday! John-U.S   Yes, I played it a couple of times with different orchestras. CL

21 October 2009:How do you create this incredibly noisy sound on the Xenakis piece" Keren? it´s unbelievable how loud and awesome it is. How can I practice this? I can´t really do it.... do you also sing inside the horn when you do this? Doug-U.K You have to play both notes, the lip should vibrate on two places, It is very dificult and takes a long time to master, but just try and try, it will eventually come! CL

21 October 2009:When you have to do a recording with your alto trombone or lots of performances with just the alto, do you warm up on your tenor trombone first? Kyle US I always warm up on the tenor CL

21 October 2009:Is there a specific food or fruit that you think makes you feel good before you perform Wes UK  Banana, Chocolate and grapes are very good CL

21 October 2009:I really like your trombone piece "Joe Jack Binglebandit" what is the story behind this piece and what does the title mean? Scott US The title is a nick name of a friend who I wrote it to as a birthday present. His name is Jonas Bylund. CL

20 October 2009: My father and I have a bet over your alto trombone recording of Winter (vivaldi), mostly how you play the harmonics section of the first movement for so long without a breath or pause. He thinks it is real, but with sound editing. I say it´s real too, but that you used circular/rotary breath. Are either of us correct? Also, good lord! That recording makes even violinists jealous. What is the story behind it?! Was it ever performed live? I can´t even imagine.Tanaka (JPN) Thank you for this nice comment. It is done real, in one breath! I have performed it live now and again, but it takes a lot of practice! CL

20 October 2009:I am a fan of your mouthpieces! The 4CL is probably the best ever made. I recently bought two strange CL mouthpieces on ebay. They are both labeled "1CL". One looks like the 5CL, and has a really sharp rim and small throat. The other has the conical outer cup, but there is a ridge where it meets the shank on the outside. I don´t really like either of them at all, but I was wondering if they were rare, or just fakes. Are they old prototypes? Have you played something called the "1CL"? Jessica UK  This is a rarity, a prototype that might be worth a lot in the future, so save it!! CL

20 October 2009:For me it´s really impressive your capacity of transform events of your life and feelings in music...beautiful and good music(For example Helikon Wasp, with a big and important reflection about people/life). I still thinking and trying to apply your advice: always write music listening my feelings. An important lesson, thank you! All the best. Pedro Henrique Brazil Thanks Pedro and hope to see you in Recife! CL

20 October 2009:I have 2 questions. 1. I am told i play very well technically from my teacher and every time I perform solos at the district Solo and Ensemble. But I need some help playing lyrically and vocally. My teacher suggested singing the part. Does this work and do you have any other suggestions 2. I can double and triple tongue fairly well but have trouble making it clear in fast moving phrases. Any exercises that you would suggest to help this? Matt US  Good idea to sing the parts, and just practice fast passages slowly are gradually faster. CL

20 October 2009:I would love to play some of your music. How can i get a hold of apres un reve and a few others that aren´t sold in America? John Lincourt- USA  Order from tarrodi.se either in the webshop or write to info@tarrodi.se CL

20 October 2009:Did the Russian Trombone or the Romantic trombone concertos recordings ever came out on vinyl?? If, yes, where could I purchase them? Paul USA  Unfortunately they did not, the last one was the Criminal Trombone CL

20 October 2009:The London traffic and the early start time of the concert were working against me tonight, but at boy was it worth the stress!!!. Another fantastic concert Christian and what a wonderful composition!! I very much hope that you will soon record all three concertos that form the trilogy. I would have congratulated you in person afterwards, but my wife (you remember Heather, the police officer and i-phone buddy) thinks I might look like a stalker, coming to every one of your UK concerts! hope not! Many thanks again for another top-up of inspiration. Warmest regards as always Steve Thompson - London, UK Dear Steve, I saw you in the audience, and you certainly should have come backstage! Please do next time, you would never look like a stalker, you will always be a dear friend! CL

What is your favorite recording you ever made? John UK    Oh my god....very difficult question...but I think maybe the new CD coming out where I conduct orchestra pieces by Jan Sandström with The Iceland Symphony Orchestra is my best so far. CL

15 October 2009: What´s the main difference between small and big mouthpieces? Haris US A bigger mouthpiece usually has a darker sound but is heavier to play.

15 October 2009: I love your sound. how do you make such a powerful sound? Ricardo-Argentina  Well...very hard work over a very long time, so keep going for it yourself! CL

15 October 2009: I just purchased your piece" Joe Jack Binglebandit". I found that there couple of different notes and rhythms in the part compared to your recording. Small details of course. Should I corrected them based on your recording? Your recording is a lot of fun! Haris-U.S Actually, you can use either the version on the CD or the printed one, they are equally valid. CL

I15 October 2009: s there a piece you wished you had recorded better or very differently? Juan-Spain   Not really, but if I would recorded any piece again it would certainly be different. CL

15 October 2009: Hi, Mr. Lindberg, you´ve been an inspiration for me and many of my collegues here...I have a group on Facebook call it "FAN OF CONN TROMBONES", may I post some of your advices in this group? Thanks for gives all your musicianship!!! Take care. Alvaro G. Colombia  Absolutely CL

15 October 2009: Which are your 3 favorite pieces for trombone and piano? George-U.K.  Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, Stravinsky Firebird and Schumann Fantasiestucke CL

15 October 2009: What mouthpiece you use for Csardas? What for concertos like David? Because you play an octave higher in the third movement´s lyrical line, but still sound very warm, that´s so amazing!! Mingli, HK(China)   I use 5CL for Czardas   CL

13 October 2009: Will you change your diaphragm´s position deliberately when the range change? How to keep that sound even as you play natural slur? Best Wishes! Jimmy China  No I do not, Keep the air support constant CL

Dear Mr. Lindberg, which are for you the 3 most important books you´ve ever read and why? Thank you for the beautiful trombone music !! Victor, Austria   Dostojevsky Karamasov Brothers, Balzac Lost Illusions and Rabellais Pantagruel and Gargantua,  because they express what it means to be a human being. CL

13 October 2009: Mr. Lindberg I admire your playing. I have a question for you. Do you think moving your tongue up or down when you change ranges on the trombone? Mark-U.S   No, I really try not to think about that, the tongue should be as gentle as possible, and placed where it is the most comfortable. CL

13 October 2009: What do you usually do the day of the performance especially when is a very important perfomance? how much do you play? Doug-US   I work a little in the morning, sleep between 3 and 5 and then try to save as much energy as possible for the performance. CL

13 October 2009: Do you any great Turkish or Greek trombonists that are great? Umit-Turkey  There are many, I just met one of them last week in Athens: Spyros from Melos Brass CL

12 October 2009:I´m really looking forward to seeing you on Saturday in London and hearing Wahlberg. I´m constantly discovering more and more music and I can´t stop listening to your Concerto for Winds and Percussion. I think it has to be the best piece ever written for a windband and it is definitely something that I would love to play. I´ve just been listening to U-Tangia-Na and noticed the sound at the very end. What is it? It sounds like you´ve taken out the tuning slide. It would be nice to meet you again on Saturday if possible.  PS. I´m bringing mum this time and she is looking forward to it but she is slightly nervous about Thallein! Thomas Gibbs, UK   I am playing without the outer part of the slide, that is what makes that sound. CL

12 October 2009:Hello Mr. Lindberg! Okay, I am a sophomore in high school, and I am having trouble getting the concept of double and triple tonguing! Any tips or ways to help? BTW, I used to have trouble with my endurance and high range, but your 5CL mouthpiece changed that. THANK YOU :D   Jordan, USA    Great to hear that my mouthpiece have helped you!! Double and triple tonguing: Practice the chapters in about double and triple tonguing in Arban school for a year, then your tongue will be excellent. CL

12 October 2009:Hey its me again, so how do I fix the tuning slide problem, do I take it to a shop and they will fix it or is there something I can do to easily fix it? drake usa   You would really need to take it to a shop. CL

11 OCT 2009; Mr. Lindberg, when you feel stiff and notes don´t respond very well what do you usually do? especially when you still have to do a performance? I am asking because everytime I have heard you live you sound awesome!!! Sam  USA     It is usually the air that is not supportoive enough, so I try to relaxe and push the air. To practice Yoga does help CL

11 OCT 2009; He reminds me so much of you!!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elx_7jFt-F0&feature=related  John US  Great clip! CL

10 OCT 2009; How did you approach learning the technique of slur or having that great legato playing you have, how did you use your books? Johny USA  I used Collins, Couillaud, Lafosse and Schlossberg CL

10 OCT 2009; is it necessarity bad if the area between my tuning slide is a little open, like open enough to skitck my finger nail in? drake USA  Yes it is bad CL

10 OCT 2009; Do you know of any female trombone players that are great? Drew USA  Many: Aline Niestad, Jan Kagarice, Jessica Buzbee and many more CL

10 OCT 2009; what do I do with the tongue for legato and staccato playing and how do I work on that? marcus USA  Try to be gentle with the tongue, use a lot of air and practice practie practice!! CL

11 OCT 2009;You are my true hero! Kevin USA  Thank you! CL

7 Oct 2009: Mr. Lindberg, You are the best soloist ever, not just the foremost trombone soloist but the BEST SOLOIST! You do magic on stage! Sam-US  Thank you so much SAM! CL

7 Oct 2009: I know you don´t like buzzing, actually me either. but what about free buzzing? is that even worse? Debi-US  Yes I think it is actually...CL

7 Oct 2009:Is whistling good for trombone playing? I feel that when I can whistle with a good sound my embouchure works, when my whistling is very airy and hard to make it happen response tends to be bad. Do you have any experience with this? Sorry to bother you, you are my favorite trombonist! Joe-US   I have no experience of this, I love wistling but has not felt that it effects the playin gin any way CL

7 Oct 2009: Mr. Lindberg. I have a question.Sometimes I will practice in the morning and when I start practicing again later in the day it feels bad, bad rensponse etc. Some other times it feels actually great. When things don´t work,  is it a matter of air or it´s something else...because I feel that my lips don´t vibrate properly. What would you recommend? Sergio- Portugal   Air could be the problem, but do not worry too much! Shape varys from day to day when you are young. CL

7 Oct 2009:  I have a problem, when I come home from school I get really sleep and a lot of the time I´ll just fall asleep as soon as I get home and will feel bad for not practicing, what should I do to fix this, is it bad to practice while being sleepy, I also have a silent brass, in case I wake up in the middle of the night. aaron ringold usa  Sleep just for an hour not more, and then force yourself to wake up. Coffee helps a lot! Best of luck CL

6 Oct 2009: Mr. Lindberg, could you give an example of a concerto or other solo material where you would use your largest mouthpiece, 2CL? Thanks!: Nathan Musch, USA Gröndahl, David or Larsson CL

6 Oct 2009: Hi I was wondering when you are scheduled to come to the US? Abel USA  I will conduct the PhoenixSymphony Orchestra in April 2011. CL

6 Oct 2009:  Mr. Lindberg, you have such an impact on my view of music! Your ability to have fun but still treat it with respect and admiration is inspiring. My question is this: I just got a new trombone teacher, and he keeps correcting my style. It seems to me that he is trying to impose his own musical interpretations and not truly instructing me. Do you have any advice about how I could deal with this? Nate USA Listen to what he says, take all the the thiing that you can use to your heart, and forget all he says that you disagree with! Best of luck! CL

6 Oct 2009:If you were free of time how much would you normally charge for a 1 hour lesson, I was just wondering how someone of your reputation charges. Britany USA    Absolutely impossible to say...I never have time to give lessons, if I did I might actually have done it for free. CL

6 Oct 2009:What is your top 5 favorite orchestral pieces (not trombone solo), have you conducted any of them? Tammy USA  Sibelius Symphony no 2, Nielsen Symphony No 5, Mozart 40, Tchaikovsky 1, Sibelius 1, yes I have conducted all of them. CL

6 Oct 2009: Have you ever been in a marching band? Joe Medagle USA  Yes, when I was very young CL

6 Oct 2009:Have you ever googled yourself or check your WIkipedia page? Alex USA  Of course! CL

6 Oct 2009: What would you say (in your experience) is the worst trombone making company and what would you say are the worst trombone models(with the f-attachment). Yackie USA  ooops....don´t know that I want to humiliate any of the instrument companies here on my blog...CL

6 Oct 2009: Do you ever play video games, especially any of the Final Fantasy games, if you have played that game what do you think of the musical score for it? Kim USA  I never have time to do video games....I am more fond of reading musical scores, running marathons and playing the trombone CL

6 Oct 2009:What´s the last movie you saw and are you a fan of Spider-man? Sorry about the random questions, just want to know what goes on in a living legends daily life. :) Poly Atkins USA  Last film I saw was Bruno, I loved it! CL

6 Oct 2009:How do you work on the last variation of Bluebells, how did you approach it and also how do you work up lip trills in the high register (lets say Bb to C way above the staff) because I can do lip trill up to a high f# to G# in 3rd but anything above just won´t happen and my range is good enough to play a double high Bb. Scotty Mc Daniels USA  Just work slowly and patiently! It will all come with slow practice!! CL

5Oct 2009:Tack Christian för Din superba ledning av Blåsarsymfonikerna- är medlem och tycker att ni är fantastiska !
Ditt program i Sommar var det bästa någonsin - tycker jag.. du utstrålar en energi som ingen annan..  Hälsningar  Christina Dahlström  FV    Tack så mycket Christina!! CL

Will have a dent in the trombone slide (lets say a big one) affect your tone on the trombone and also a dent anywhere else on the trombone? Jordan USA  A dent on a slide is very serious and will have effect on the sound everytime you move it, but a dent on the rest of the trombone really does not affect at all unless it is very big. CL

5Oct 2009: How do you work on extending your range and sounding good in it and also how do you work on increasing the quality of ones tone (after its fundamentally good) besides doing something like long tones? Scott USA Always make sure to play equally much high and low, and do natural slurs if you want to improve your sound. CL 

5Oct 2009: What do you think of the B.E.R.P, I know you say that mouthpiece buzzing is bad but sometime I find myself playing passages easier with better intonation after buzzing and the B.E.R.P has a resistance dial witch gives the mouthpiece the same resistance as the horn so I was wondering if you think buzzing with that is alright? Also is it bad or good if you use more resistance than with the horn when buzzing? Steve Morgan USA   Buzzing with the same resistance is actually quite OK, but one have to make sure it is the same, and also, one should not overdo it. CL

5Oct 2009: Do or did you ever have off days practicing trombone, like somedays I be practicing and it will seem like my tone isn´t as good as it usually is and so I´ll just not practice for the rest of the day, do you have any tips for this too or do you just get over it?  Travis USA   You have to know how much you can practice on a day  without destoying your sound, and then practice that amount every day. This amount should slowly be built up over the years, A day off here and there is OK, but one should not practice too irregularly CL

4 Oct 2009:I know you wrote in a prior blog post that Edition Tarrodi does not have the rights to publish your Romeo and Juliet Suite anymore, but is there still a place online that you can purchase the music from? Dave US
Thanks! Unfortunately there is not. CL

4 Oct 2009: I just got your new cd "the Baroque trombone" ! It´s incredible!! I can´t stop listening to it! There are not words to express how inspiring you are! All the best Matt US    Thank you SO MUCH Matt!! CL

3 Oct 2009: Mr. Lindberg you are so excellent.! Do you think of every note when you play? Do you think this is necessary? Miles UK    Thanks Miles for this compliment! Actually, you have to think in many different layers at the same time. The most important is the musical line and expression, but at the same time you have to think about every note, intonation, dynamic, tempo, ton colour etc. This is something you get used to through training, and also through practicing slowly. CL

3 Oct 2009:Christian, could you tell me why you designed your mouthpiece with such a long backbore? Do you think the shorter one like Denis Wick´s mouthpiece would have quicker response? Andy HK  With the longer backbore you get a steadier sound and better response. CL

2 Oct 2009:How did you personally practice scales back in the day, and what scales did you learn, what was your approach to it? Lori USA   I used to practice all the scales  and arpeggios in Arban, all the scales in Hansen and also very very slow scales and by memory for intonation CL

2 Oct 2009:How do you not crack notes, like is there any secret or trick or some kind of practice routine or state of mind, because I find that when I playing a solo or etude I will inevitably crack more than 5 notes even after practicing the piece for months. How do you do it? Gary USA   The secret is to practice so slow that you NEVER split a note. Every time you split a note when practicing the body learns how to split the note, and therefore it will come out again. CL

2 Oct 2009: Hi, out of curiosity I was wondering, do you ever listen to your recordings, like just for pleasure? Mirium USA   Very seldom, but occationally I do it just to bring back old memories CL

2 Oct 2009I know jazz isn´t what your known for but I´m pretty you can play it, is there any books you can recommend for improvising, also any tips to increase improv skills? Libby USA   I know there are some great books out there with CD:s that you improvise with, but I am not enough familiar with it to be able to recommend the best books. CL

2 Oct 2009: Could you tell me when you will choose to play 5CL, for some virtuoso pieces? and when you will use 4CL? Cheers! Mingyi, Hongkong   When there is something that needs a lot of high playing, or brighter and crisper sound, then I use the 5CL. It is very easy to switch between the 4 and 5, and when I want a little more body to the sound I use 4CL, and when there is a lot of low tessitura I would use the 2CL.  CL

2 Oct 2009: We all know that there are some fantastic trombone players out there. But Mr. Lindberg you are above everyone else. Besides your phenomenon technique and unique musicality you are a true Artist! Thank you for all your inspiration. Andy US   Thank you SO MUCH Andy!! CL

1 Oct 2009:What can´t you play, seriously out of the top of your head is there something that even you can´t play or do, what are your limits if you have them, you amaze me so much with near perfect yet godly human playing, such a phenomenon!!!!! Benjamin USA   There is always new goals to reach, so the best thing is not to think that anything is impossible :-) Best of luck with your own goals, there are usually much more possibilities than one thinks CL

1 Oct 2009: Hi, is there any dynamic exercises you can recommend because I have a problem playing loud especially on the high notes like a high Bb, and is there any exercises for articulation you recommend , any books, congratulations on your new job as "Principal Conductor", may all your goal, dreams, and ambitions come true!! Megan USA   You should practice long notes crescendo to fff and then diminuendo. And practice breathing in Yoga, it is the breath that makes the sound. CL

1 Oct 2009:I can double tongue at 16th notes in 260 bpm which a lot faster than the other guys in my section but I can´t seem to control it at slower tempo, whenever I double tongue a passage that´s 170 its instead 260, do you have any tips to helps with this problem? Joze Spain  You have to practice double tongue in all tempi, rom the slowest up to the fastest. CL

1 Oct 2009:It seems that your name has become a synonym for trombone playing, when´s the last time you went 24 hrs without even touching the trombone? Joey Canada   It happens actually quite often, actually last sunday CL

1 Oct 2009: What are your future plans regarding playing trombone, are you going to compose new pieces, record more piece, or are you focusing on something else? T J USA  I am constantly writing new pieces for trombone and orchestra, and my plan is to try and keep my level for at least 10 more years. It all depends on time, energy and power of course, and at the moment the conducting and composing takes a lot of time, but as long as I feel that my playing can be improved I will continue. CL

1 Oct 2009: Hi Mr. Lindberg, and congratulation on your new conducting job!!!!!, I have a little problem, see I can hit really high notes like a double high Bb and really low notes like double pedal Bb (false tone) but I can´t seem to play a low Db and C in around trigger 6 and 7 respectively (I think), is there some trick to playing those low notes, they sound horrible whenever I attempt them. Devon USA   I think first of all you should check your instrument and compare it with others, In my opinion the only trigger that can play these notes properly is the CONN88 with CL 2000 rotor system. Once you have found the best possible instrument you just have to work work and work on these notes and with patience they will improve, I promise!! CL

1 Oct 2009:Dear Christian. Look forward seeing you in London, got my ticket to the Cadogan Hall. Today I played your "Of blood so red" for a group of art students and I think it is safe to say it moved them all to some degree, some with no musical training and some highly talented musicians. It is a rare gift of being able to communicate through music to such a diverse audience and that everyone can feel something of interest in the music. I look forward to listen to your new pieces and it is my beleive that if more would share your philosophy of music and life then the world would for sure be a better place. Take care my friend and see you in London.  Ari, Iceland/Holland    Dear Ari that is very rewarding to hear from you! Take care!  CL

30 Sept 2009: Hello, I was wondering what things I can do to improve my sight-reading ability, most of my auditions have that and it is my weakest ability, any books for this? Ian USA   Jjust spend 15 minutes every day on reading anything really. CL

30Sept 2009: How you can use 5CL (such an shallow mouthpiece) to pronounce very warm sound? and could you tell me why you made 4CL with an even smaller rim, do you feel it will hurts your lips? Thanks! Taka Japan    4 and 5 has the same rim, it just feel a little different, and these mouthpieces are very good for big and round sound despite the fact that they are small, so, once you get used to play them, they take much less effort than other mouthpieces but give you so much more in return. CL

30Sept 2009:What is the best way to improve/have more centered tone on the trombone, is there any other way besides long tones? Jordan Canada  natural slurs and flexibility exercises are very good for centering sound. CL

30Sept 2009: Hey Christian, I would like to know do, you have perfect pitch, you play like you do, or do you have a really good relative pitch, do you know of any excersizes or method that will help improve a person´s relative pitch or some kind of ear training? Joseph USA    I have a good relative pitch and to learn things by memory does really help your ear. CL

0Sept 2009:Hi there, just wanted to know who is your favorite trombone player and who is your biggest influence? Larry Switwerland  Jack Teagarden, and Rostropovich CL

30Sept 2009: What is your highest note that you can play/squeak? I know this is a kind of immature question but I just really would like to know. Geoffrey, USA    Double high Eb    CL

30Sept 2009:It seems like you were born to play the trombone due to all you´re success and innovations on it, was there ever a time, maybe in your younger days that you wanted to do something completely different like be a pro boxer or painter or something? Mira USA   I wanted to become an author or a lawyer. CL

30Sept 2009: How old were you when you first started playing Blue Bells of Scotland and much time did it take you to work it up, and was it hard for you? Chris USA   I was 22, and I worked 2-3 months on it CL

30Sept 2009: Hi, I was just arguing with my other fellow trombonist on what our favorite instrument is (besides any kind of trombone), me personally is the trumpet, I was just wondering, what´s your favorite? Rachel USA  I like the Saxophone and the Cello. CL

30Sept 2009: How high do you go in your 20 minute warm up? For some reason I have to be very awake to play confortably higher than a high B, If I play later in the day the high range works just fine. Thanks for your reply Daniel USA I go never higher than F on second helpline in bass clef on my warmup. CL

30Sept 2009: Back when you started playing trombone what were some of your problems playing or what did you try to improve on more than than anything else and how did you go about accomplishing this? Claude USA I had a good high register but not so good low, so I had to work hard on that CL

29 Sept 2009: Hello Mr. Lindberg, i am going to perform Sang Till Lotta and introduce it. Would you like to tell more about the background of this music? thanks!! Alex Hongkong    That would be fine. Lotta was a fan of me when motorbiek was premiered. She was 10 years old and Sandström wrote this special piece for her. CL27 Sept 2009: Just wondering, but umm, how many hours do you practice now-a-days, and what do you practice on now? Jim USA I practice around 2 hours a day, a warmup and athe pieces I have to perform. CL

29 Sept 2009: Hello Christian!!!, I see that you´ve played so many trombone pieces throughout your life and I was wondering which one is your favorite and which one was the most difficult/frustrating pieces to learn? Amir USA   Motorbike Concerto is my favourite and Xenakis was the most difficult to learn. CL

28 Sept 2009: Hi, I was wondering how much should I practice a day and what should I practice, between school, marching band, and other normal day activities, because I want to make the all-state band over here but I can´t seem to figure out how to outline my practice with only 3 free hours of the day.  Earl USA  Practice four times 30 minutes a day, the first half hour early in the morning and the last late at night. CL

28 Sept 2009: Could you give me some tips for how to make a centered notes immediately? The problem for me is I have to play with a practice mute at the most of time. Thank you for your help!   Terence Hong Kong  Start on middle F and build the register slowly from that note. CL

27 Sept 2009: HI, Mr Lindberg, i am a student from Hong Kong who studying Trombone in music college. I am now studying David concerto, but i found 2 version. frist version is triplet note and second version is a 16th note with 3 triplets after the high Eb in first bar solo part. What version would you like to prefer? Thanks   Terence, Hong-kong    The one with the 16th note and triplets is correct  CL

How long is your warm-up usually? Congrats for your new conducting job! Daniel US,  Thank you!! My warmup is 20 minutes    CL

hello Christian, when I wrote September 20 I forgot to make you my best wishes for your post of director of the orchestra in Norway luck Guido Gemignani (Torre del Lago Puccini)   Thanks for that!! CL

Hello Mr. Lindenberg. I have been playing the trombone now for 9 years and I´m going to college next fall. I would really like to go to a conservatory or music and study the trombone. I would like to know of any method books you use/used to pracitce etudes, scales etc. Also my private instructor tells me to never move on from something until you can play it with no mistakes whether it be slow or fast. I was wondering if this is a good way of practicing. If not, is there a tip you have on practicing? Darian Freeman   Arban, Schlossberg, Couillaud, Vobaron, Hansen, Lafosse.  It is wise not to move on from something until you have worked on it properly, but you also have to realize that you will never be able to play ANYTHING absolutely perfect, that is the whole beauty of music making. Good luck Darian!! CL

Hi Mr. Lindberg, I was wondering back when you started playing trombone or even now how do you warm-up, like step by step, and also now that your a pro (even above that) what do you do to get better, and how do you practice a piece after you´ve pretty much mastered it? Nick USA     I do exactly the same warmup every morning, and did for 30 years now. This warmup will soon be available on Edition Tarrodi. You could never count on mastering anything, if you don´t practice every day you loose what you have built up, an practinging slowly is what is most important. Good luck Nick! CL

27 Sept 2009:If buzzing is bad for our embouchure, how do you normally do your warmup before your concert? When you waiting at the backstage, you can not play your trombone, at this time, how can you keep your lips and body in shape? Taka Japan   One should not overdo warmups before concerts, and a practicemute bakes less sound than a mouthpiece buzz. CL

25 Sept 2009hello christian 3 months I started to play with the mouthpiece 4cl Lindberg and I must say it fabulous first used the Schilke 51B but after an hour of study I was very tired but not with your mouth piece, I wanted if possible and as  the difference between your trombone with a bell in solid silver and the tool I use with twisted bach 42g Thayer axial, thank you very much. Guido Gemignani (Torre del Lago Puccini)  Guido Gemignani     The valve that I made is the most open valve on the market, and the sterling silver bell creates the most solid sound that you can make on an instrument. On top of that the valve has a shorter through than any other valve. GOOD LUCK CL

25 Sept 2009: Mr. Lindberg, I noticed in a recent post you said that you felt mouthpiece buzzing was harmful. I was wondering, how exactly do you think it could be harmful and why? I´m just curious because my instructor is a real believer in buzzing and I would like to have an idea of both sides of the argument. Thank you for a response.  Kyle USA  If you try to get a good sound on the horn and gradually take the mouthpiece out you hear no buzz at all, and if you buzz and put the mouthpiece in to the horn it sounds very bad. This means that you are not  playing a proper sound when you buzz, and therefore it is destroying your embouchure. CL

25 Sept 2009: Is it possible to be allergic to water? Rosostrov, Russia   Actually I do not know if it is or not. CL

Did you ever record the Miklos Maros Concerto?? You are my favorite trombone player! Scott, USA Yes I did, here is the link to buy it :

http://www.stim.se/cda/cds.nsf/wwwcds/A8A4FC3350CB627AC1256CA20036EABB?opendocument         CL

25 Sept 2009I love the video of the Sibelius Symphony Number 2. It was the first symphony I ever played way back in 1988, I remember with Dennis Wick conducting. We took it on tour to Italy in the summer and it was extremely well received. I am really looking forward to seeing you back in the UK once again at the Cadogan Hall, and see that you have programmed a most exciting evening for us. As usual I will be first in line to get the new CD when it becomes available. Thank you again for your prodigious inspiration...and many congratulations on the new appointment with the NAPO. I do hope that we will see them in London soon. With very best wishes Steve Thompson  Thanks! Your words are an inspiration!! Looking forwards to seeing you in Cadogan!! CL

25 Sept 2009: Looks like you´ve gone back to using an SGX version of your two horns! Those look brand new! Did you just get a new set? When I ordered my 36H alto, they wouldn´t make it for me in SGX finish :-( . Next time I talk to them I should dress up in a Christian Lindberg disguise and maybe Conn would listen to me and build me what I want. I thought that Conn stopped making SGX horns...but then again, you´re christian lindberg! By the way, does your alto have a solid silver bell, or is it plated?  Yes these are new horns, and solid silver bells. They are the best instruments I ever tried in my whole life!! Harry USA And if you push them I am sure you can get them to make asilver alto for you!! Refer to  my words on this page if you talk to them, but be plite to them!!! They make the best horns in the world!! CL

24 Sept 2009: My teacher Denis Wick told me that you will come to London next week, will you come to the Academy? Really want to see you in person. Best, Jimmy  China   I will not come next week but will be playing and conducting in Cadogan Hall on the 17th of October, Do bring your friends and say hello backstage afterwards!  CL

23 Sept 2009:although I´m a tubaplayer I´m big big fan of your artistry and I would like to thank you for everything you gave us in inspiration, motivation, not to forget the beautiful music! I was growing up listening to your Morceau Symphonic recording for at least 200 times and it was the best musicality "training" ever!Thank you so much for this!!! I would like to ask you three questions on different subjects if I may: 1. What do you think about mouthpiece buzzing? Did you practice it? I dont like it because my sound/feeling is totally different as when I play o the tuba... 2. I know you run a lot on marathons, what do you think about during the running, what keeps you fresh, and gives you mental/phisical power to hold on? 3. Could you recommend a book on organising, planning? I see that your life is full of different places with a lot of incredibly different things to do... how can you still be organised without loosing your patiente and joy? THANK YOU SO MUCH, and I wish you from heart the very best for your future and for all your plans! Vilmos, Budapest     Thanks Vilmos!! To your questions: 1 I think mouthpiece buzzing destroys more than helps.  2 The secret is to run slow enough so that you still enjoy it, and to build strength up slowly   3. I build my own  schedules long term, and then follow them!! Simple....but not so easy to have the discipline for everyone!! It has to do with willpower. Best of luck!! CL

Mr. Lindberg, are you performing any recitals/masterclasses in the United States anytime soon? I´d love to come hear you!  Karolyn USA,    Dear Karolyn,first time  I will be coming ito US is n spring 2011 to conduct Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. I might be able to fit in some other recitals/masterclasses then. CL

Thanks for the wonderful performance we just listened to in Landau! Manuel, Germany  Thanks a lot Manuel, i enjoyed the audience very much yesterday!! CL

20 Sept 2009: Hello Mr. Lindberg, me again. Sorry to bother you. A few days ago i received news from my band director that i needed a new horn becausing it was holding my sound from improving and i needed a horn that would except more air. my school has an old conn 88h that i play. i love the wonderful warmed and open feel, tone, and sound conn displays. A real crowd peaser. although i do not have the luxury of trying out the 88hyo, 88hso or the 88hosgx. i want a horn from the three that is going to fit well into a concert setting as well as an all around setting. which would you recommend in opninion.  Josh USA  You should not go for the HO but for the CL. That valve is so much better, and I would defintetly recommend the 88CLSGX CL2000 as a first priority if you can afford it. Otherwise an 88CLY CL2000. Best of luck!! CL

20 Sept 2009: Hi Mr. Lindberg. I play trombone in high school and I have been wearing braces since I started playing, I´m a Junior and I get them off in a few weeks, I was looking through your blog and I couldn´t find anything on the topic of braces, so I was wondering if you have any suggestions for me after I get them off, like what should I do to get my sound and everything else back?  P.S I thought I´d ask you this since you have so much experience in Trombone playing and... well since you are a trombone god! Louie USA      Dear Louie, thanks for your kind words!! I think it is important in the beginning to practice very carefully. Build our embouchure from middle F(on the second line in bass clef) down and up and slowly!! Practice five minutes at a time in the beginning, and if it feels good add up to ten at a time then fifteen etc. As long as you are relaxed and have confidence and patience everything should be fine!! CL

20 Sept 2009: Hello christian wednesday september 23 i have appointment whit your manager italian Bruzzese i hope we can bring more to the soon in italy have a lot of guys who want to follow your master class and the concert and i can not wait to meet you personally know six number one. Guido Gemignani (torre del lago puccini) Nice to hear Gemignani CL

17 Sept 2009: Hello! I was listening to "The Force of Destiny" on youtube that you played with Hakan Hardenberger; and I´m wondering if you could help me find out where to buy the music from? Thank you! Sondra   Unfortunately this was our own arrangement, and is not yet published, but Edition Tarrodi hope to be able to publish it soon. CL

16 Sept 2009: Dear Mr. Lindberg, Which Frescobaldi piece you used to play in your recitals? Did you ever record it? George, US I have just recorded four Canzonas, they will be released very soon. CL

    

I have just opened the season of the Nordic Chamber Orchestra, and thanks to the pianist George Li from Boston an accompanying experience(Saint-Saens G-Minor concerto)  became one of my musical highpoints this year. George is not only an incredibly young and talented pianist, he is a musician, an artist like few. His power, his poetry, his humour, rythm and bounce makes one realize that music is devine! Thank you George, hope to be able to work with you soon again!! Check George out on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7BrIHzmNXo

CL

ANDREA LINDBERG TARRODI: IN MEMORY OF THE FORGOTTEN nr 2: Bird Lady

Bird Lady is the name of the film with electronic music by my daughter that you are just watching to the right!! She made this as one of her graduation projects in the advanced composition class at Royal Stockholm Academy of Music. Andrea is now a full time composer, she just wrote a piece for trombone and piano, PAUSOLI´S SONG, commissioned by Nordland Festival, and I am very much looking forwards to conducting the premiere of an orchestra piece that she is composing for The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra in South Africa to be premièred in December 2010.

 NEXT CD!!!! Release in September:

10 Sept 2009:Christian you are my inspiraction for playng trombone.you are very very very big and fantastic and very strong with trombone   Valerio taranto   Thank you Valerio  CL

9 Sept 2009:Hej, fin hemsida! Fick du CDn med Sinfonia 1 och trombonkonsert nr 1? Jag är sugen på att få höra vad du tyckte. Du har kanske inte haft tid att kolla/lyssna på det men mejla gärna mig några kommentarer. Jag är fortfarande läraktig och nyfiken! MVH Krister Hansén   Jag fick CDn, det låter jätefint! CL

7 Sept 2009:Mr Lindberg, I was wondering if you have performed the Xenakis concerto in America?I much enjoy your recording of this work. Thank you. William Lang   Dear William, so far I have never performed Xenakis in the US. CL

7 Sept 2009:Could you give me some advices about how to get the "good breathing technique" ? I always found my chest is too tight when I taking a breath. Faye, USA   Postion 1 in Yoga is the ultimate position for playing trombone, and then just take a big breath!! It is much simpler than you think!! Practice inhaling for three seconds and exhaling for three seconds with the same speed of the air al the time. That should imprve your breating a lot after a couple of months! CL

7 Sept 2009:When under pressure, how to take a relaxed breath? No matter what range it is, are you always take a full breath? Many thanks!! Janis Greece Yes, always take big breath and also study yoga, it helps the breathing enourmously CL

6Sept 2009:Dear Christian, I like the comments and tips you give in this blog! They are always reassuring to read - I have just returned to playing trombone after a 10 year break from professional playing. I have renewed enthusiasm - and new equipment (a new Conn 88H) and a Bach 5G mpc (I use to use a Remington on my old Conn) Aside from the usual etudes I´m practicing various solo repertoire/concerti (David, Defaye`s Deux Danses, etc etc) and orchestral excerpts at the moment. - I want to try a 5CL or a 2CL. It is hard to find any technical specifications on line... :) Are either of these mpcs roughly the same dimensions as the Remington or 5G? ..Do the CL mpcs create a completely unique playing experience altogether? They look great! Bob Matthews Australia    Thank you Bob! I spent 6 years on my mouthpieces, and there are several advantages with these: 1 better endurance thanks to a thinner rim,(small outside but big inside. Same thickness everywhere for constant sound on the whole register, and a slightly sharper rim for better attacks in pianissimo. The 5CL is slightly smaller, 4CL what I usually play, and 2CL slightly bigger creating a darker sound. Best of luck! CL

5 Sept 2009:dear mr. lindberg, you have a very beautiful tone and sound quality. the best i have ever heard in my life.but i need to ask you a question. i have had two professional trombone players tell me i have a very nice, open tone and sound qaulity for a non-professional sound. what would be some good practices to build my tone to be even better and darker, larger sounding oh, and one other question. i am in the 9th grade and have a range up to a good g with a little bit of pressure. I practice a lot trying to open up my high register and i usually end with a low register excercise to stabalize the notes but the upper register does not seem to be getting much better. what would you recomend to do. could it mean i need to build more of an effective upper register. Josh USA    The larger sound you will get with good posture and good breathing technique, just be patient! It doesn´t come over night...regarding high register see below!! Carusoa excercises helps high register, but do not overdo these exercises!! Good Luck, CL

4 Sept 2009: Mr. Lindberg I am looking for Caruso exercises. I found this link. Is this pretty accurate? http://abel.hive.no/trumpet/artist/friedrich/seminar/caruso.html Do you know any good sites for caruso?
I also can´t find a caruso teacher! Is your new cd out yet? I can´t wait to listen to it!  John U.S.    This is a good Caruso site! The CD will be out soon! Write to robert@bis.se to ask for the exact date  CL

2 Sept 2009:Dear Christian, I wonder if you remember coming to us for a day after a concert in Angers. We walked the vineyard in the cold! I am hoping to get to the cadogan Hall in October in London to see your concert. Meantime I am looking for the sheet music for the following, link, for a friend´s wedding in the Loire in 10 days time. Do you know where we can find it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF-oPEa6LFk&feature=related Bruremarsj, Norwegian wedding march. Many thanks  Krishna and Amanda Lester, France     Yes! I do remember very well! it was a lot of fun!! Unfortunately I have never heard of this wedding march, but it seems to be called Wedding March from Förde..? Anyway, looking very much forwards to meeting you in Cadogan Hall!! CL

30 Aug 2009: Mr. Lindberg, What an inspiration you are to the trombone community! I can´t wait to hear the Baroque album. It is obvious to all who watch you play that you have very nice alignment and use of the body. I know you are a yoga enthusiast, but have you ever studied or are you familiar with the Alexander Technique? It seems many breathing issues are solved from using your body correctly. I also wonder if you will ever write a pedagogical book on trombone. It would be a treat to read all of your ideas and exercises in one place! Thank you for all you do! Chris Green USA  Dear Chris, thanks for this!! Yes, I have studied Alexander technique too, and it is very similar to yoga! I have tried to find time for ar pedagogical book fo very very long but I have not yet found the time. One day, maybe...? CL

30 Aug 2009: Mr. Lindberg, I´m building a recital program for my junior year of college. Do you have advice for some pieces I should put on my recital? I´m looking at Concerto Borealis by Hyldgaard, the Ewazen Tenor Trombone Sonata, and I´m not sure what else to play. I need 2 more selections. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much. Will USA      I would suggest Jan Sandström Song to Lotta and Salve Maria by Mercadante both published by Edition Tarrodi (info@tarrodi.se). Best of luck!  CL

24 Aug 2009:Dear Mr. Lindberg, first of all I would like to thank You very much for all your wonderfull music. I play the trombone 5 years and during last year I have observed red mark on my lips after the rim of the mouthpiece. It stay even after few days of break. I have always had it after playing but after few minutes it have vanished. I am pretty sure that I don´t press my mouthpiece too much. I heard that some people have that kind of problem, others don´t. What is Your opinion on that aspect of playing the trombone? Did You had that problem or did You cross Your path with people who had? What can be the solution of that problem? Thank You!  Simon, Poland.    If you are sure that you do not press too much, then it is just natural, don´t worry about it! However, if it itches too, then you could be allergic and could try another metal, would or plastic material on the rim. CL

24 Aug 2009:hallo christian wanted to know if there a chance to find the part for trombone of chick´a´bone checkout. thank you for your reply. Guido Gemignani  You can order it at www.tarrodi.se  info@tarrodi.se  CL

24 aug 2009: Dear Mr. Lindberg, I was going over the CD notes from your "Classical Trombone Concertos" CD and I feel that perhaps more info on the Mozart concerto would be helpful. First of all, the concerto is unbelieveably good. However, the three movements are ordered differently from other versions that I´ve heard, and the last movement you play is a completely different movement from the movements established in earlier transcriptions and recordings. I know that this last movement must come from a different part of the original longer work, but which movement was it? How did you know which movements were intended to be for solo trombone? I´d like to believe that the earlier transcription left out the movement you play (3rd) simply because they thought it was too hard. I like your version better anyway!  Harrison Reed    The trombone movements are excerpts from a larger piece including movements forclarino trumpet and alto trombone. The last movement in my edition is the 10th movement on this major work by Leopold Mozart. CL

20 aug 2009: I am interested in your thoughts on the importance of playing chamber music. Kris USA   Chamber music is very important for every musician, as it developes skills in intonation, rythm and flexibility. This kind of practice you can only get through chamber music. CL

18 Aug 2009:How can you take a deep breath in a very short period and keep your body relax? How to practise that? After I take several breath, I always feel run out of air. Fu,HK   You need a good position, position no 1 in Yoga, keep your chest up and open throat. Also, practice inhaling and outhaling without instrument. Good luck! CL

Dear Mr. Lindberg-- You were right! Isn´t it so simple? I´m convinced that it´s all you can ever do in any circumstance. Just practice. The recital went well. I played the Chopin Cello Sonata among other things, and I just want to say I think you would sound incredible playing this piece! If only you had more time. :-) Thanks you very much, and all the best to you!    Sam USA      I am glad the recital went so well! Yes Chopin cello sonata is great! CL

17 Aug 2009: First my compliments for your extraodinary site.. We met a couple of years ago on the Slide Factory Festival in Rotterdam. We didn´t really talk but shaked hands. I was my playing with my band at the end of one of those evenings(it was a nice party!). Probably you don´t remember me because I know from experience that it´s almost impossible to remember everyone you meet. In fact I want to see how much I enjoy your recording of the "Adagio" of Albinoni. I feel so much passion from your side and I know that this piece is really your thing... I´ve heard quite some stuff of you, but never like in this piece. To me you are at your best in this recording. You bring tears in my eyes. I recognize your way of playing very much in this piece. Me too I´m a lyricus( a "song" man).Maybe that´s why I feel so close to your performance. It´s a very difficult piece because it´s so open and fragile. I´m sure you agree with me. Mr. Lindberg, all the best to you and your family and pls continue with you passion.Best regards and a hug from me! Nicolaas "Athenatius" Nijholt Thanks Athenatius! CL

14 Aug 2009: Hello! I love your sound so much, It´s beautiful; i´ve cried from hearing your tone because i just love it so much. I have your CD and i work hours everyday pushing stop and play on my CD player copying each note you play of concertino, so that i can someday sound as beautiful as you (of course with my own personality added in once i´m a profesional), but my lesson teacher said that it was " dangerous to try and sound like Christian Lindberg". And that i shouldn´t try to because your sound is too unique, but i love your playing so much. What is it that would make it a risky choice for me to try and eventually sound like you on trombone? DJ    Dear DJ, it is really wonderful what you say about my sound, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with trying to play like someone else if one likes it. The only thing you should remember though, as you also mention above, is to add your own personality and sound to it. Best of luck. CL

13 Aug 2009:  Mr. Lindberg, I don´t know if anyone told you this but besides all the phenomenon ablilities you have on the trombone your sense of rhythm is amazing! Did you practice a lot with the metronome, do you recommend it? Doug UK Thanks Doug, yes I did practice a lot with metronome, and also a lot with midi orchestrations and pieces for solo and tape, That, as well as playing in a group (I founded the Swedish Brass Quintet in 1978) make you develope a very good sense of rythm. CL

12 Aug 2009:I really love how your high register just sounds so effortless. I am looking to expand my range from high Bb to high F (and eventually beyond). My question is what types of exercises did u do when u were first approaching this kind of range and what do u do to maintain it? I would be really grateful for any kind of help. Kyle B. USA   15 minutes of a Caruso exersice every second day is a very good trick(but end it with a low register exercise to even the register). Also long notes from d1 and upwards helps a lot. CL

12 Aug 2009: There are so many information about yoga, could you recommend a book or website you found is most helpful for beginners? Sorry for occupying your time Mr.Lindberg. John, Greece   Start with Salutation to Sun (you find it on the internet) and then start on a beginners course for Yoga CL

11 Aug 2009:I am practising the Mandrake in the Corner now, in the fourth line there are several rapid triplets combined together till high F, could you tell me what positions you use to play this sentence? 4 b5 5, b6 6 b7, b1 1 b2, 2 b3 3, 4. Many thanks!! Jimmy, China    Go from first position out to 6th! Best of luck!! CL

11 Aug 2009: No matter how ofter I try, I always feel very nervous when I perform in the front of people. Especially my breathing system, I can not take my time to take a full breath as usual, how can I overcome this? Just use my noses to take a breath? This problem really driving me mad. Looking forward to see your reply  John, Greece    This is a very common problem, and I always suggest people with that problem to study yoga!! It certainly made a difference for me!  CL

Hi, my name is Ashley and i will be auditioning for a music course at university on trombone in a few months and i was wodering if you could please give me some tips to help me prepare for it and to stay calm on the day? Thanks   Ashley, Australia   Make sure that your daily routine from now until the audition is very steady, with the same amount of playing every day. Keep in shape physically, and practic a little less the day before the audition. To stay calm it is very good to study yoga. CL

11 Aug 2009: Mr. Lindberg I was curious as to which mouthpiece you would recommend for me. I am a good soloist and I am in my highschools top band. Which of your mouthpieces would be best for me? Dakota USA  If you feel you have a strong lip I would recommend 4 CL. If it feels too big and heavy, then try 5CL. Best of luck CL

Tack för många härliga musikupplevelser - den första i Oskarshamns kammarmusikförening för länge sedan (soppa o stor hund) Låt mig introducera en ny stor sångerska, Eva Comét. Hon är svenska, bosatt i Finland. Har just haft sin diplomkonsert i Helsingfors med bl.a. Rezias aria ur Oberon o "In questa Reggia" ur Turandot. Smakprov från denna konsert finns tillgänglig. Kontakta mig per e-posten så förmedlar jag sådant. Hälsningar Kerstin Naidu Sjöswärd  Jag minns den underbara middagen! Tack!! Skall hålla ögonen uppe för Kerstin Naidu Sjöwärd. CL

4 Aug 2009: Mr Christian Lindberg. My name is Giovanny I am from Mexico I am a great admirer of his work on the trombone, the piece that I personally most pleased me was Blue Bells of Scotland is running fine, sir lindberg exercises that I recommend you reach for high notes ( acute) that I have much to give a high note, please tell me I can do. Giovanny Cocoletzi Mexico  For high notes it is very effective to study Caruso exercises 15 minutes every second day. CL

3 Aug 2009: Dear Mr. Lindberg, after seeing the picture on your wall of your next CD "The Baroque Trombone", I was wondering what works you will be including on the CD. Can you give me any details? Also, what is your advice for getting rid of nerves in a performance situation? John Carpenter, USA  You can check it out on bis.se in beginning of september. Regarding nerves, just allow yourself to make mistakes! Then there is no reason to be nervous!  Yoga is also very good to get rid of the physical aspects of nerves CL

2 Aug 2009: I just returned from a month long trip to Japan which included a tour and had very little time to practice between concerts of Mahler 5. Back home now with jetlag, and thinking about all kinds of trombone things, my face feels very bad! I have to play a small recital in 6 days, and I know that you, if anyone, know what to do in this situation! Thank you so much for all you do. You are a hero! Sam USA   Just ignore it, and try to work as usual!! Jetlag is very tough on the lip!! CL

31 July 2009:Mr. Lindberg did you always practice methods like Arban, Schlossberg etc. Even after you had been super succesful?  Christina, Italy   No, I stopped doing these kinds of excercises already in 1981. From then on , I just creatied my own studies, and practiced basically on the concertos I had to play. CL

You vibrato is so powerful! Did you ever practice it? Maybe long tones with vibrato? I am listening to "to Row Against a Rushing Stream" from Cantos de la Mancha. There are no words to describe how powerful that moment is! Michael      thanks Michael, I never practieced vibrato, and I don´t think you should! Just aim for long straight notes at first, and then the vibrato is your personal opportunity to create something unique for you!! CL

 

Mr. Lindberg what is the secret before an important performance? I´ve seen all of your videos on youtube. You are simply perfect technically and musically! Alexander, England      Thank you Alexander! I think there are some things to consider: I always try to sleep 1-2 hours before the performance, if the concert is 7.30, I would like to stay in bed between 3 and 5. Then I try to save energy until the performance, and also focus on positive energy, thinking that no matter how it goes I should feel happy about myself. that takes away a lot of unnecessary stage fright. CL

31 July 2009: What is the difference between the 5CL and 4CL mouthpieces? Which one has a better sound and which one is better for the high notes? You sound fantastic on both! Craig, USA   Thank you Craig! Number 5 is a little better for high notes, and number 4 has a little bigger sound.

31 July 2009: Hi, Mr. Lindberg!!!!!!!! I love how there is nothing you can´t do on the trombone. I was just wondering what books you used back when you started playing the trombone or did you just use the Arban´s, and what book would you recommend somebody use today. Jake Olatti, USA     Thanks for your nice compliment. I used to do Vobaron, Lafosse, Hansen, Schlossberg,  Couilliaud, Blazevich duos and much more. I would recommend all of these books. CL

27 July 2009: Hello, Christian!!!! I am a huge fan of yours. I haven´t heard all of your albums, but the ones I have heard I like. My two favorite albums are the Romantic Trombone and especially the Russian Trombone. Speaking of the Russian Trombone, I have listened to your arrangement of the Queen of Spades Suite a countless number of times. I love your arranging SOOO MUCH, especially that piece. I have a senior recital next semester, and I´m looking at literature to perform at it. I have looked all over your website to try to see if you sell your arrangement of the Queen of Spades Suite and cannot find it. Please tell me you sell it? I would love to perform this piece. If you do sell it, how much is it, and how do I order it??   Joseph Gibson  Thanks for your nice comments Joseph!! YES you can order it from www.tarrodi.se material for sale. It is under:  Tchaikovsky/Lindberg Suite from Pique Dame.  If you have any problem ordering on line you canalso  just write a mail to info@tarrodi.se  CL

27 July 2009: Dear Mr Lindberg. I am a boy who has hasnt been playiing the trombone too long. I was wondering what your view on wet or dry embouchures is? I´ve heard that conflicting advice but am told that if you use a dry embouchure then you won´t be able to play if it gets wet - for example if a venue is particularly hot and makes you sweat. By the way I do think you are amazing and it´s really nice that you take the time to talk to and help your fans and audience. Jeff UK   Dear Jeff, I use dry emboushure where the rim is, but wet my lip just a fraction before playing. Regarding sweating you just have to get used to that situation, and be able to handle wet lips around the rim also. CL

26 July 2009: You have done so much for the trombone and we all should be thankful to you! Since you have commissioned lots of pieces I was wondering how the process is. Do you first contact the composer you want to write something for you and if accepts after you are trying to find a grant for it to pay for the composers fees? or the opposite? How does it usually work with composers that you never met before but you interested writing music for you? Beth, UK   Dear Beth thanks for your nice comments! Very often organisations, composers or orchestras ask me if I would like to premiere a concerto that they will commission. When I was younger and unknown,  I used to write an honest and polite letter to a composer presenting myself and my wish that he would write for me. If they responded positively my manager would then copy these letters to orchestras and commissioning organsation to see if they were interested in being commissioner. CL

23 JulyHello Christian! I have a question about the caruso method. When is it better to do the caruso method, in the beginning of the day? at the end of the day? How long of Caruso is appropriate? Did you study caruso with a teacher or did you learned it from a book?  By the way, I can´t wait to listen to "the baroque trombone" cd! Scott, USA         Ten minutes Caruso at the end of the day followed by some long notes in the low register to get the lip relaxed. In the beginning only every second day. If it feels OK try every day, but be careful!! I learnt Caruso from several teachers and modified it to my own needs. CL

19 July 2009: Dear Christian. Hope you had a nice summer holiday. I just listened on the BBC to your concert with the Nordic Chamber Orchestra in the Guilhall Hall on July the first and I highly enjoyed it. It was particularly interesting to hear a live version of some of the pieces you had allready recorded on the CD Nordic Showcase, the Impromptu by Sibelius created a wonderful feeling throughout my body. And then there was Kundraan!!!! I liked the philosophy behind it and I adored the primitive energy you portrayet with your playing, as well as shouting and singing like a little girl. A beautiful playing of A Christian Song rounded off a fantastic concert!!! Best of luck and keep up the good work, Ari Iceland-Holland    Thanks Ari !! Really happy to hear you liked it!! Next week I am off to Norway to premiere Kundraan´s Karma, part two in my trilogy! CL

Dear Blogger, it is great to be back after the summer holiday and read!!! Everyone who sent me messages for my summerprogramme in Swedish Radio, let me just say that I am overwhelmed by your flattering comments!! Unfortunately all comments could not be included(we had 52065 visits on our homepage the day of the programme!!!), but I can assure you that I have read them all and I say to everyone:  Thanks from the bottom of my heart!!!...CL

Comments on Lindberg´s summerprogramme 10 July(you can hear it on internet on the following link, when you get there press the link that says "lyssna"):

Christian söker musikens ursprung - Sommar i P1 - sr.se

 Vill rekommendera "Sommar i P1" med svenske Världstrombonisten (med stort V), dirigenten och kompositören Christian Lindberg, i min mening en klockren skildring av varför man håller på med musik. Snattack från Flashback

Christian Lindberg var en behållning, att han dessutom spelade bra musik var inte heller direkt plågsamt. Strykarräven, från insidan

Ett riktigt bra program, Christian.  Riktigt bra.  Genomgående intressant, stringent genomfört, linjer fanns, inte alls bara ögonblicksnedslag.  Snyggt. Robert von Bahr

Det bästa sommarprogram jag någonsin hört  Greta Eriksson

Hej Christian Intressant att höra hur Du började Ditt musikliv med Beatles - jag var helt isolerad i en klassisk miljö. 10 heltidsanställda musiklärare på Rugby School. (Du hade den kommunla musikskolan) Jag spelade faktist fagott, men även orgel och piano (som Du kanske hörde i onsdags om Du  hade möjlighet att lyssna). Sen kom popmusiken senare i mitt fall. Jag insåg igår att jag skulle ha släppt en nyhet om en annan   sommarpratare i mitt program när jag spelade Stevie Wonder (polarpris 1999) och nämnde Micheal Jackson. Skulle då ha sagt att en annan   sommarpratare hade faktiskt gett pris kommittén en otrolig  presentation av M Jackson, samt nämt reaktionerna hos en del höjdare  från Kungliga Musikaliska Akademin.( rättegången etc ....) .. Mikael   fick inte godkännd trots DIn insats-  hade varit ngt för journalister att gräva i! Ha det så bra med lla Din projekt!
Roger Wallis

Hej Där! Ett sant nöje att lyssna på dig som dagens sommarpratare! Vid sidan om   komponering, dirigering och som trombonist (utdrag ur vintern var  mindboggling!), så har du även talets gåva! Antar att du både har en massa mer att berätta och att du kommer bli återinbjuden! Bra att du  också slog ett slag för fagotten och musikskolan som den en gång var...  Christian Davidsson

Tack för ett fint sommarprogram! Henrik Strindberg, Sweden

Bra och underhållande program kompis, Roland Pöntinen

Hej Christian!Varmt tack för ett av de bästa sommarvärdsprogram jag har hört. Många har inte särskilt hög kvalitet men ditt var ett av absolut hörvärda. Under programmet gick mina tankar till hur musik uppstår och varifrån den kommer, något jag berört i en bok som jag utgav 2005. Sven Åke Hedström

Hej Christian! Så roligt att lyssna på dig igår! Musik utan fördomar, intressant snack, personligt förmedlat. Dorothy Irving.

Hej Christian! Tack för Ditt utomordentliga sommarprogram igår och tack för Din kamp för finkulturen. Berit Lindholm

Bäste Christian, Det var gott att höra Ditt sommarprogram idag. Jag instämmer i din upplevelse av Musikens stora kraft och uppskattade många av Dina skarpa ord till politikers iver att nedmontera kulturen i Sverige. MVH  Anders Paulsson

Bäste Christian Lindberg, Tack för sommarpratet i radio häromdagen! Intressant, roande, värt en och annan eftertanke, inte minst vad gäller omständigheter kring svensk, kvalitativt högtstående musik. Du framhöll att vi här i Sverige, olikt många andra länder, ger denna en i flera fall oförtjänt, anmärkningsvärt tillbakadragen plats. Ingvar Lejon, Borås

Tack för fint sommarprogram. Antligen lite riktig musik! Min morbror och mina grannar ringde mig för att säga hur bra det var. Vi ses med Petterssons 1a   Per Jonsson, Norrköping

Hej Christian! Slutet på början i vår tids musik som finns i Abbey Road. Beatles fanns och var till för oss. Det gudomliga. Du får mitt gillande och känslan i att dela musiken. Så bra att du gav bild åt Kristers resa tills nu . Jag har på bild och ljud den utveckling som han gjort och delat under de år som Sharemusic funnits. Hoppas det kommer många att dela min tid att lyssna och se föreställningen den 15 augusti. Många varma hälsningar Anders Fors

Jag tyckte det var ett intressant sommarprogram du gjorde. Det blev inte det vanliga slätstrukna som jag tyvärr tycker präglat den här sommarens program väl mycket. Det var annorlunda o bra! Kände mig stolt å  min gamla skolkompis vägnar!!   Farida Fahmy

Tack för fint sommarprogram. Mycket intressant och trevligt! Ha en trevlig sommar! Cay Lennart Larsson

Hej Christian! Bra sommar program du hade!  hälsningar Karin Rådberg

Ett mycket medryckande brandtal för musiken/kulturen Christian! Jag fick gåshud flera gånger! Tack! Medryckande är mellannamnet i allt du gör, kanske ännu viktigare som dina andra mellannamn som kvalité, proffesionalitet mm... Men inget "svar" om varifrån musiken kommer. (men ett mycket bra och personligt försök)  En omöjlig fråga att besvara som du påpekar. För att det närmaste som kommer ett svar på denna fråga skulle helt enkelt bli tystnad. (inget som gör sig bra på radio dock ;-).  Dries van den Poel

Tack för ett fantastiskt bra program!!! Tomas Börsbo

Jättebra! Gillade det där med 3 ackord, 3 instrument, 3  teman. Ha det så bra i sommar! Mimi Sunnerstam

Till Christian Lindberg: På den svenka 50-kronorsedeln står (i mikrotext) om musikens betydelse: "Musik överbringar ett profetiskt budskap, vilket uppenbarar en högre livsform som mänskligheten utvecklar sig i riktning mot. Och det är på grund av detta budskap som musik appellerar till människor av alla raser och nationaliteter." Rösten är inte svensk utan tillhör Arnold Schönberg. Jag tycker dina synpunkter på meningen med musiken i ditt sommarprogram är bättre.
Bästa hälsningar Göran Einarsson

Hej! Ett stort och från hjärtat kommet tack för ett alldeles enastående sommarpratarprogram idag. Jag satt som klistrad vid radion från början till slut. Hoppas att riktigt många lyssnare, inte minst våra politiker, tog sig tid att med Dig som strålande ciceron tränga in i musikens underbara värld. Claes Green Hängiven körsångare sedan 1953, delvis också körledare på amatörnivå.

Hej, Har med förtjusning lyssnat på sommarprataren Lindberg och även,som   ett resultat av detta,tankat hem lite mera av hans musik.Dock kan jag  inte hitta ett stycke som nämndes i programmet,nämligen "The waves of  Wolongong". Nu vill jag väldigt gärna få hjälp med att hitta nämnda stycke.Finns  det även möjlighet till bakgrundsinfo till titeln vore det intressant  eftersom orten ifråga (cirka 2 tim söder om Sydney) inte tillhör de   allra mest spännande. Hälsningar Erik Karlsson Kjuge i Skåne

Hej Christian! Tack för ditt sommarprogram! För en nykläckt frilansmusiker är det oerhört inspirerande och hoppingivande att höra om dina starka känslor, ditt engagemang och din glädje inför yrket, men också tvivlet och svårigheterna. Och tack för din folkbildande insats också! Mer klassisk musik åt det svenska folket! Och hoppas, hoppas politikerna inser vilken betydelse Kommunala Musikskolan hade och återinför den.  Hälsningar Janna (mezzosopran)

Hej Christian. Tack för fint radioprogram idag!! Var roligt att höra dig berätta om du upplever musik är för dig.Bra musikval dessutom. Shostas femma är min absoluta favorit, men det visste du kanske..Helene Gustavsson

Hjärtligt tack för ditt underbara program.En härlig resa. Lars Johanson

Hej! Jag måste bara tacka för ett jättetrevligt och tänkvärt Sommar-program!  Jag började fundera lite över det där med hur musiken kan "drabba" en. Själv blev jag "tromboholic" ganska sent i livet. Av en ren slump började jag spela trombon för 6 år sedan. Jag var då 47 år gammal (eller ung)! Efter två veckor var jag fast, förtrollad och besatt av trombonen. Jag övade och övade, och efter två år var jag med i fem olika ensembler. Tyvärr blåste jag nog sönder mig, för helt plötsligt förra sommaren "försvann" mitt mellanregister och sedan fick jag allt svårare att få fram toner överhuvudtaget. Det var med stor sorg jag tvingades lägga ner allt spelande. Stora delar av min tillvaro kretsade ju kring trombonen, och den lämnade verkligen ett stort tomrum efter sig. Lyckligtvis hitade jag en fantastisk pedagog som hjälper mig, så förhoppningsvis kanske jag en dag kan få tillbaka musiken  i mitt liv igen. Annars får jag väl börja spela triangel :-) Hälsningar,    Karin Folkesson

Boel Adler: är du snäll och vidarebefordrar detta till Christian  Lindberg. Det är nog mycket det mest tänkvärda citatet om musikens  väsen (Ingmar Bergmans omtalade fråga) som jag känner. Vid tillfälle  skulle Christian kunna reflektera vidare över DET HÄR citatet! Musica est exercitium arithmeticae occultum nescientis se numerare animi.
Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that  it is counting.
Letter to Christian Goldbach, April 17, 1712. Arthur Schopenhauer paraphrased this quotation in the first book of Die
Welt als Wille und Vorstellung: Musica est exercitium metaphysices occultum nescientis se philosophari animi. (Music is a hidden metaphysical exercise  of the soul, which does not know that it is philosophizing.)
Mvh Kristo Ivanov

Det var ett mycket givande program att lyssna till. Ha en skön semester. Är på Medevi Brunn och spelar lite brunnssextett. Mysigt. Leif Wangin

Tänk att DU spelade Fröken Fräken! Många intressanta synvinklar på saker och ting. Ha en skön sommar!! mvh Jonas Lindström (valthorn)

Tusen tack för ett intressant program, det var väldigt inspirerande! Martin Chorell

Hej Christian! Tack för ett fint sommarprogram! Du slog verkligen ett stort slag för musiken, underbart! Hoppas att många, många hörde och lät sig inspireras! Ha en fortsatt skön sommar! Många hälsningar från Annika W Stattin

Hej Christian,
jag lyssnade precis på ditt sommarprogram och blev så glad! Underbart att höra någon prata om musik på det sättet, kanske beroende på att jag delar många av dina känslor för musik och musicerande. Här i Varberg finns en mycket bra kulturskola där min dotter får en fantastisk musikutbildning, kombinerad med naturestetlinjen på gymnasiet. Det var en överraskning för mig att höra att de flesta kommuner lagt ned musikskolan, här gör man faktiskt tvärt om! Vi har också en ny, mycket engagerad kulturskolechef som jag tror du känner, Kicki Moberg Aurell. Tröttnar du på hotell i Göteborg så hör av dig, vi har lediga gästrum...Ha de bra! Janne Berg, f d N3b om du kommer ihåg.

18 July 2009: Dear christian sono guido geminani and are in contact whit your manager maria bruzzese hopefully be completed in the master class in vinci (florence). i just win dvd the total musician really very nice compliment to chick´a´bone checkout. greetings Guido Gemignani  

18 July 2009: Hello! My name is Ozéas, am Brazilian. I would help a on the trombone sound, my sound is very wheezing, and I managed to solve this problem.  I look at. Thank you.   Ozeas Silva   Dear Ozeas, there is not much I can do about your sound without hearing you, but important is to have a lot of air, to build from the middle register and to practice in short periods, for instance 20 minutes each, and the same amount every day, for instance 6 times 20 minutes. CL

 

Dear Blogger,

10 July: Thanks for all the wonderful comments about mr Lindberg´s Summer Programme in the radio!! Right now in holiday times we will only put a selction of todays many messages here on the blog, and Christian would just like to express a deep but joint "thank you" to all of you who have written to him!! He will be back after his well earned holiday, with more personal repsonses to all of you!!! elow a link to the programme. When you get to the page click on "lyssna" and wait for the programme to start!! 

Christian söker musikens ursprung - Sommar i P1 - sr.se

All the best, Jens Lundberg

 

Mr Lindberg would like to thank You all  for the season 2008-2009.  over the next weeks Christian enjoys his well earned holiday, so he will naturally not blog during these weeks, but will be back right after the holiday to answer your blog entries. It has been a exciting  year for us at Edition Tarrodi and a pleasure to administrate this blog. We will be back soon!!

Warmest Regards, Jens Lundberg

 

5 July 2009: Mr. Lindberg, when did you start on alto trombone? Just wondering, does it have different slide positions than tenor trombone? Jake-U.S.    I started third year at the academy in Stockholm to play alto trombone. It takes a while to get used to, and the positions are different, but once you get used to it it is a wonderful instrument to play! CL

4 July 2009:I really like your arrangements of "Capulets and Montagues" From Romeo and Juliet... however, i couldnt find a place to buy it.. do you know where i can buy it? Chris / UK Unfortunately we do not have the right to publish these pieces at Edition Tarrodi. CL

3 July 2009:Hej Christian, Du e Kool!! Jag heter David, 12 år, pianist , bor i Stockholm. Jag ska träffa George Li när han är i Sverige. Var kan jag köpa biljetten? Har du sett mig på TV? Jag älskar att spela piano, min hemsida är www.davidfang.se  Glada Sommer hälsingar David Fang     Käre David, vilken fin hemsida Du har! och vad roligt att du vill komma till Sundsvall!! Ta kontakt med Staffan Forsell, Leif Karlsson eller Lennart Åkermark på scenkonstbolaget.se så hjälper dom dig med biljetter!!  CL

2 July 2009: Loved the Arvo Pärt piece, but the Kundraan was just fabulous. Wonderful. Will continue to be your oldest  "groupie". Enjoy skärgården. Ulla x, London   Thank you so much Ulla! it was a great experience for all of us in Nordic Chamber Orchestra to play for such a prestigeous crowd including the crown princess Victoria in the City of London Festival.

2 July 2009: Hi Christian, I just wanted to say what a wonderful concert you gave tonight at the Guildhall in London. The NCO are quite incredible. The phrasing had such great ensemble and was so together it sounded like one player! They must be one of the worlds finest chamber groups. I can´t believe that I have followed your career so closely since the mid 1980´s yet this is the first time I have seen you conduct. I´ll make sure that I am there next time you are in London and will try to get to Sweden next year. All the best and thank you so much for such a great night. Steve Thompson Thank you so much Steve! These words means a lot to me and my orchestra!! CL

2 July 2009: Do you have music for trombone and vocal choir? if so, where can I hear it?  Yes I have written two pieces for trombone and choir and Jan Sandström one. My two pieces, Vid Sista udden and Visions and Non Thoughts will soon be out on record company Caprice, and Sandströms piece is a version of Cantos de la Mancha(original version recorded on BIS). You can order all the music on Edition Tarrodi. 

1 July 2009: The most nervous time for me is just before the beginning of the first note, noticing so many people staring at me. When you met this kind of situation, how to calm down and concertrate yourself? Many thanks!  Hyo-jin China   Dear Hyo-jin,          The best thing is to imagine this difficult moment for you BEFORE you go on stage, with closed eyes, at the same time feed yourself with positive thoughts about your playing, and also imagine that these people are all your friends!! Do then the same thing in reality once you are on stage! Best of luck! CL

1 July 2009: Hi Mr. Lindberg!! Your blog is being very very good...so much useful information. I got curious when you said that in the day of a concert, you just practice 1 or 2 hours. In some years as 1992 you had around 100 concerts. How did you manage to keep your study schedule with so much concerts? Thanks again for the patience.  Pedro Henrique, Sao Paulo Brazil That was really one of the difficulties, Sometimes then, I had to make compromises and play a little more with the risk of being a little tired in the concert, and sometimes I would have to trust that I could learn all the pieces I had to perform with less practice. CL

1 July 2009: You mentioned that the secret to overcome stage fight is to practice these situations, could you give some details about that? Do you mean when you practice you imagine these situations? But I find it is very hard to imagine when there is no real performing chance in advance. Thanks!! Taka Japan   I meant that you have to practice the real situation, and that could be playing for a couple of friends, for the students at the academy, your parents and their friends, basically any situation where even one or two persons listen to you in a simple livingroom!! CL

1 July 2009: Dear old friend! I hope everything is just fine with you and the family? If your schedule can allow it, I really would like to see you this summer? We are going to Mr Winlands place in Greece and after that we have a small summertour, but then, in the end of July beginning of august? Kent Jonsson, Sweden     Hi dear old chap! Holiday 5-27 July, then off to Northland Festival to do Sibelius 2 with a brand new symphony orchestra, North Norwegian Symphony Orchestra. Would be great if you came and visit us at Valudden before 27th!! All the best, CL

30 June 2009: Your compositions are fantastic. If I want to record one of your unaccompanied pieces for trombone and release them on a cd what is the process for that? Am I allowed to do this? Jamie USA      I am very happy you ike my music, and of course you are allowed to record them. The procedure for the recording company is to get in touch with Edition Tarrodi about ncb-issues, but that is a standard procedure for every one who makes a CD . Best of luck! CL

30 June 2009: When you used to practice 3-6 hours a day were you taking days off? If yes, how often? John-UK  I used to play the same amount every day. If you get tired then you should do less first, and then gradually you might get strong enough for the 3-6 hour schedule. Best of luck CL

30 June 2009: Mr. Lindberg you play the trombone in a magical way!! Sometimes when I perform at the end of the piece and especially when there are soft dynamics my sound starts shaking, it´s for sure from being nervous but I don´t know what to do. Has that ever happened to you? What should I do?  Mike USA   Everyoone struggles with being ervous from time to time, but the secret is to practice these situations. Thanks!! Yoga is also a very good thing for tacing the body to get relaxed. Best of luck!!  CL

29 June 2009:Dear Mr. Lindberg, You are wonderful! I have a question for you: is it more efficient and more effective to approach the instrument with your ears or with your mind? In other words, is imitation, using your ears, or analysis, using your mind/ears, the way to go? Of course, probably both help in certain cases, but it seems to me that as much as I analyze things, the only thing that really makes me better is just trying to imitate and just playing, not thinking about it. All these things that teachers tell students to do--relax, use more air, use more corners, move the slide faster, relax the embouchure, use slower air, sing, blow through the phrase more, Etc! just make me forget the music and forget to listen. What do you do? Thank you so much. Sincerely,  Joseph USA      Much better using your ears and imagination, BUT!: You also need to be aware of what you do, and how you practice to get all the various details correct in your playing!! Basically, listen to everything that you are taught, but be critical and make your own judgements in the end!! Follow your own instinct based on what various people tell you, but primarily what your ears and mind tells you!  Best of luck CL

28 June 2009: Hey Mr. Christian Lindberg! I dont if you remember me, but i´m the kid who cries when i hear you play.. Your still my Number one Influence so Thanks. :) What do i need excercise or what techniques do i need to practice in order to be able to change my sound from dark to bright. I have a very dark nice sound, but that just isn´t apropriate on certain concertos so what do i need to practice in order to be able to choose when i play with a bright or dark sound?    DJ     Dear DJ, there are no specific exercises for this, but it has a lot to do with the attack. If your sound is too dark it is usually because your attack is too fluffy. You can also get a brighter sound by streithening your corners and put your lips togeter a little more, but in the end it is jus your ear and trying time after time that will get you to the right result in the end. Good luck!! CL

Mr. Lindberg When you breath do you take the mouthpiece out of your lips and just breathing from the corners?   Nino, Spain  I ry to keep the lips in contact as much as possible, but sometimes when I need to breath quickly without any noise I release the lower lip from the mouthpiece. CL  

Dear Christian, When you have a concert at night, how long do you usually practise in the day? Before the concert, what kind of warm up you do? Just several minutes? Best,  Jimmy China    Maximum 1-2  hours and a proper rest in the afternoon, preferably sleeping between 3 and 5 PM. CL

When you take 30 minutes break, will you still thinking music and scores? If someone use these break times to learn another subject (also follow your routine), do you think he can master two different subject at the same level? (Maybe this is not a human being life.) Looking forward to see your reply!!   Hyo-jin, Korea You are right! To work in between the breaks on this heavy schedule is not life of a human being!! I f you work this hard, the breaks should be just relaxation, otherwise you go mad!! CL

25 June 2009: I love your legato! Do you ever slur the notes, or do you always tongue them? Luis Colombia    Thank you Luis! When there is a passage with only natural legatos I use natural legato, but when there is even one non natural legato in a phrase I use the tongue   CL

25 June 2009:Thank you for everything you do! Your passion and artistry I understand from your recordings, and videos, and everything, and from this blog, and from talking to people who´ve had the opportunity to talk to you, your path to success is also so, so inspiring. So thank you much for having this blog! In particular, since listening (we can do this with your recorings) and practicing are the most important things, writing specifically what you practiced during the 30 minute sessions you did when you first started trombone (1. warm-up, 2. scales, 3. Legato/flexibility, 4. Arban, 5. studies, 6. concertos) is a big help for peop[le trying to be the best trombonists they can be--with you as a role model--the best! Could you outline what you did when you were practicing to be a soloist for each of those 12 30-minute sessions? Also, how much time did you take between sessions? If i could just take a 5 or 10 minute break, I think I could do your routine, but it´s hard to do it when you have to do 30 minutes on and then 30 minutes off. Is that approach necessary to have the benefits of this routine? Thanks again! I´ve listened to your recordings ever since I first picked up the trombone with I was 9 years old, and at 21 I am still trying to figure out how you play like that! Sincerely, Sam USA   Thanks Sam! I enjoy this blog very much and happy to hear you like it! When practicing 12 times 30 minutes you really have to spread it over the whole day. I used to do 7.00-7.30 8-8.30 9-9.30 10-10.30 break 13.00-13.30 14-14.30 15-15.30.16-16.30  18-18-30 19-19.30 20-0.30 21-21.30....It was very heavy days, and it took hard work and build up to even be strong enough for so much practice so be careful!!! I practiced basically all the solos available. Best of luck CL

Mr. Lindberg, How did you approach practicing the Arban´s method? Would you just flip through pages and do random exercises or what? And i´ve read your reply to someone about practicing the trill chapter in arban´s. I don´t understand how those exercises are trills that we trombone players can do in a fixed position. I mean they are two different notes usually a half step apart but you have to move your slide to play them, and it says to play them staccato?    One study from each chapter every week. in the trill exercises you have to change the second note to the next harmonic on the same position making it a lip slur. Do not play them staccato. CL

23 June 2009:Could you tell me your thoughts about circular breathing? I found it is almost impossible to continue a note only by squeezing my cheeks. Any way to strengthen this action? Thanks!  Gordon UK  Practeice on a d(first position) 15 minutes every day. in the beginning it is as you say almost impossible, but do not give up! It is like when a human being learn to walk...for 1 year it is impossible, but suddenly one day he learns how to coordinate the right muscles. It just takes time!! Good luck CL

22 June 2009: Mr. Lindberg! It seems that you always had a good high range but on each recording is getting better and better at the point that you sound like a superhuman in the high range!! What exercises did you do to have such an amazing endurance? Does caruso work?  John-U.S             Thanks for this!! Yes, Caruso certainly worked for me, but in combination with low register practicing in between. Also, maybe every second day or at the most 10 minutes per day. Long notes crescendo diminuenod in the high register also helps, as well asstudies in flexibility. Good luck! CL

22 June 2009:I love your cd Los Bandidos! It´s so good! Does the firebird suite arrangement exists?  By the way the Bach and the Schumann on the recording are so gorgeous, you make the trombone sound better than every other instrumen!  Kyle, U.S.  Thank you so much Kyle! unfortunately we are not allowed to publish the Stravinsky arrangement. We were only given permission to record and play it in concert Roland and I , but not spread it to others. CL

18 June 2009: Could you tell me how to practise doodle tonguing? I read a text book written by Bob McChesney, but I can not really differentiate da and du sound. Thank you very much!! Taka Japan, On do the tongue is a little but higher in the mouth. If you have problem with that I could recommend ra ja ra ja instead of doodle. Easier, and you can not hear the diference. also you can probably go faster with ra ja ra ja CL

17 June 2009: Do you practice yoga everyday? For how long?Julio-U.S   Usually between 15 and 40 minutes of Yoga per day, but in periods I find it a bit boring, so I take rests now and again. CL

16 June 2009: Do you lead a disciplinary live everyday from very young? How can you keep it for so many years? Could you tell me how many hours do you sleep? In my mind, you really are a superman! I am very proud of that I can play the same instrument as you!! Bless to you from my bottom of heart. Andy, US    Dear Andy, I was usually very very disciplined when studying, but now and again I broke the tough schedule and had parties and fun. I think that I sleep like most people, soetimes 9 hours, sometimes 4-5, I think that the yoga and the running helps me keep young and in shape. Also the fact that I enjoy what I do, and have many good friends helps keeping in shape! CL

15 June 2009: I love your vibrato. Is it all lip vibrato? Do you ever do slide vibrato? In all these intense loud vibrato moments like the second movement of the Creston do you ever use slide vibrato?? It sounds so amazing!!! Julio US   Yes, I use different kind of vibrato specificaly for the Creston CL

15 June 2009: Will you recommend students to Stockholm to study trombone? Does it means that students there also have more chances to hear your playing or have lessons with you? All the best for you!! John UK   Stockholm is certainly an option if you want to study abroad. Unfortunately, I myself have no time at all to give lessons, but Hakan Björkman and Sven Erik Eriksson are both excellent teachers. CL

15 June 2009: Mr. Lindberg, I am always at awe at your success as trombonist, composer and conductor. Are there any trombone or music books that you read that influence you the most? Thanks, Samuel United States  Thanks Samuel, Arban was very very good, also Lafosse, Vobaron, Schlossberg, Coulliaud, Hansen and more, but tmostly it had to do with listening and practice. CL

15 June 2009: So you practiced for 3 hours a day? And who was your teacher? Jake-U.S.  Yes, and my teacher was Sven-Erik Eriksson   CL

15 June 2009: Hi, Lindberg!!! You are my super idol !!!! I am a bass trombone student in Hong Kong. I have a few questions want to ask you ^^". I´m bothered about the range of a bass trombone player should be able to play. Do you think we need to play as high as the Tenor trombone player ( play up to the high high b flat) ? I love the Colors for Trombone very much. I´ve listened to different players interpretation but you. Do we have a chance to hear you play this music? and the last question....do Hong Kong people have chances to enjoy your performance in Hong Kong?? since it is quite expensive for us to follow you to travel around the world...ESPECIALLY for us, STUDENT...~ ~"
THX!!!!!! Samson, Hong Kong    Dear Samson, yes, I think a bass trombone player should be able to play up to Bb even to C, but the bass register is obviously the most important thing for him. At the moment nothing is planned in Hong-Kong. I would certainly like to come to Hong-Kong, but an official invitation from the Hong-Kong Phil or something similar would be required for me to consider it. CL

15 June 2009: Dear Mr Lindberg, I am Markus from Stuttgart, you remember me and the "Schiller"-wine ;-) I have one question: will you ever recording the "Rapsodia Borealis" from Soren Hyldgaard? It exists one recording with Jesper Juul Sorensen, surely you know! It is a fantastic concerto! Best regards from Stuttgart :-))) Markus Baumstark   I have no plans of recording this piece at the moment, and as you know I have not much time over now that I am composing and conducting so much, but who knows about the future...:-) CL

15 June 2009:Mr. Lindberg, you are by far one of my favorite musicians! I find your playing superb and your composing even better! My principal instrument is euphonium, and when I saw that you had a concerto out, I jumped when I was able to buy it! But, there is no recording yet, will there be one? With Mikael performing? Thank you very much! A.J. American   Thank you so much  A.J. Unfortunately there is no recording out of the piece yet, sorry! CL

14 June 2009:Dear Mr. Lindberg, I am so curious as to how you earned a professional orchestra job after ONLY TWO YEARS of playing the trombone? Did you just practice all day for those two years? Were you in school during that time? Jake    Dear Jake, I had a very good teacher who taught me to practice very effectively. I practiced in sections, 6 times 30 minutes per day, and always on specific technical things each 30 minute period: 1.Warmup, 2.scales, 3.legato-flexibility, 4. Arban, 5. studies, 6. concertos. CL

14 June 2009:What is the type of mouthpiece you use whem you play with Hakan in Royal College of Art? I myself use a Denis Wick 5BL, but there is no same rim in your series, that is why I ask you to recommend other mouthpiece you have used before. Thank you for taking your time to read my mail.  Emily Hong-Kong  It was a prototype of my own mouthpiece, inside the same size as a 4 CL, but I had not yet designed the outside. CL

13 June 2009: Do you think mental rehearsal or just research score without actually playing the trombone is an efficient way for learning? Do you use these method yourself? Jimmy, China  Absolutely! Very good! CL
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13 June 2009: the sound when you are playing trombone is the voice of humanity, the voice of angels, now your handes when you are conducting are the musicality from your heart and musicality, good luck in your life.....Rui Ferreira from Portugal    Thank you so much Rui!! What you say goes right in to my heart!!! CL

I am 17 years old and play trombone in my middle school´s orchestra, I am very angry when some other brass players look down on my instrument, they say trombone is a second class instrument and can only play some slow notes to accompany them. Mr.Lindberg, could you tell me how you can play tromobne so well, have you ever met this kind of situations? What is our instrument´s advantage compare to other brass instrument?  lao niu, China     Dear Lao,  I have experienced EXACTLY the same thing as you have, but that made me work even harder!! the beautiful thing about the trombone is that it can play bicrotones, blue notes and glissandi. Also, throughout history it has been described as the voice of god, just because of its pure and beautiful sound, so just keep the spirit up and show them!! Practice hard!!! CL

13 June 2009: Vi får besøg af 2 amerikanere fra Washington State, hvoraf den ene er Trombonist. Hans højeste ønske er at høre dig, og vi vil gerne forære ham en billet til Sundsvall eller Ørebro for at høre og se dig, men vi kan ikke finde ud af, hvornår og hvorhenne, du spiller/dirigerer, eller hvordan vi bestiller billetter. Kan du hjælpe os med det? Venlig hilsen Bente    Mellan den 6e och 24e är det tyvärr så att jag bara dirigerar och inte spelar. Om han ändå vill komma så är han härtligt välkommen, och konserterna ligger  11, 12 i Sundsval l och 17 Sept i Örebro. CL

10 June 2009: Mr. Lindberg I have a question. When you have to work on pieces that have lots of high notes, like the Motorbike or Xenakis even the Tomasi, do you just warm up for a little bit(30min)and start playing that high. When I have to work on pieces that are higher than Bflat or High C, I do them later in the day, if not my endurance is over very soon and it´s also very possible to hurt myself later. I hope you could help me with this. You are a true inspriration to all of us.  George-U.S   No! I usually make sure I stabalize the middle and low register before going on to the top. Otherwise you might end up with a trumpet embouchure. So the way you think is very wise! CL

Mr. Lindberg, it´s amazing that you find time to respond to this blog! I have two questions. The First: Even when your CDs were first coming out in the 80´s, the reviews all raved about the quality of the recordings. They sound as crisp as some of the newest recordings made today. Clearly, BIS does a phenomenal job, as the sound on the recordings is just like what I heard in the concert hall at DC. Where do they put the microphone when they are recording you, and what levels do they set it at? The second: I see online your videos of your tour to Japan, with you and Roland sitting on the Shinkansen train, and you play Pictures at an Exhibition with another pianist. Was this recorded only for Japanese TV, or is it available somewhere? Harrison Reed, USA Dear Harrison, it gives so much energy all the nice blog entries here, so it is a pure joy for me! We place the main trombone microphone approximately one and a half meter  in front and above the bell(meaning not directly in front but above the bell) and then there are usually also two  microphones in the hall taking up the accoustic. unfortunately the vicedo clip you are talking about is not yet out on DVD but it was produced by the German television channel ZDF, French La Sept and Swedish SVT, and it has been broadcasted in most countries. A while ago I saw the whole programme on internet so look it up now and again,,,,it might get out sooner or later. As you might know, there are two other documentaries out on the BIS DVD "CL the Total Musician". CL

10 June 2009:I just wanted to say thank you for being you and being amazing. I still like to tell everyone about how you gave thanks to everyone who supported you on your first marathon a few years back. It was such a meaningful way to say thanks, I´ve never heard of anyone doing something like that. Mine ended up getting stolen along with my car.. but at least I still have the memory of it! PS.. you need to come to the US!!! Eric from CA and HI  Thanks for this Eric, that is very nice to hear!! My schedule is extremely full, so it is difficult to find time to come to the US, but would of course love to! CL

  8 June 2009: Christian Lindberg... is the man.., a LEGEND!!! incredible, unique AMAZING !! Andrea Giuffredi    Thanks Andrea! CL

8 June 2009: Mr. Lindberg, you are such an inspiration to many of us young trombonists. I am fifteen years old, and every time I get a new solo, I turn to your recordings. On your recording of the first movement of the david, the end has a cadenza that I really enjoy. Is there a version of this anywhere to purchase? Also, your recording of the Casterede Sonatine in the second movement is completely different. Did you write that yourself? One last question, I have a concerto competition in the fall and the piece is supposed to be 12 minutes in length idealy, so what would you recommend? Thanks so much! Austin-USA   Dear Austin, my David cadenza you can order from www.tarrodi.se under material for sale. Casterede I play what is written in the edition that I have, and I would suggest that you play Larsson Concertino for the comeptition!! Good luck!! CL

8 June 2009: hola señor lindberg me llamo david galo y soy de honduras ustd crre ke habria alguna posibilidad de que viniera a honduras gracias  david galo honduras    Would love to come to Honduras, just contact my manager Gunilla Lodding at info@loddingkonsert.se CL

8 June 2009: Hello Mr Lindberg, Could You tell me how can I eliminate tension in the throat, especially in high register? Patrick Dear Patrick, your problem is usually conected with your position!! Make sure you fidn a relaxed position, actuially, the best is first position in yoga!!! Learn that position bring the trombone to your lip and just simply breath in and play, that case ypou just forget about tention in your throat!! Good luck Patrick!! CL

8 June 2009: Hi Mr Lindberg, if you would to recommend a bass trombone concerto to play, which one will you choose? Thanks a lot! Carlos from Brazil  Dear Carlos, my knowledge of basstrombone concertos is limited to only a dozen or something, but if someone else, a basstrombone expert reads this blog, maybe they could recommend something for Carlos??? CL

7 June 2009:Dear Christian Lindberg, Do you remember that one piece you played with Hakan Hardenberger? The Carmen Suite? I was just wondering if it would be possible to find the music for that because I would love to play the piece at the tanglewood summer camp this summer with my best friend who plays trumpet. Thank you so much for all of the help! I hope to hear from you! :)  Juan Zuniga, United States   Dear Juan, we never put these arrangements down into a proper edition, but now that so many people write to Tarrodi Edition about  them they are considering a proper edition. However, it will take a while to get them done. CL

7 June 2009: Dear Christian Lindberg, thank you very mouch for your visit in our Greek "Mythos Taverne" in Ludwigshafen ,we are very happy to met you and we hope we will see you again....We wish you good luck what ever you doing...Best regards from Family Babas "Mythos Taverne" and all people who works in there... Nopi Ludwigshafen Germany  Dear Nopi, yoru food was excellent!!! Thanks for the complimentary Retsina and your great hospitality!!  CL

6June 2009:Your technique is an inspiration to us all. When you were starting out, you must have put in a lot of hours of practice. What sort of routine did you follow en route to becoming a professional in the orchestra, then how did your routine change when you decided to become a soloist? Robert, UK  Dear Robert, thanks for this!! Before the operaorchestra I practiced 6 times 30 minutes per day, and after, when going for a solo career 12 times 30 minutes. CL

5 June 2009: Which teacher imfluence you most in your live? Or do you think self-study is more important for your progress? Thanks a lot! Amy Japan   I had 15 different teachers and I learnt something from all of them, but made my own conclusions in the end CL

5 June 2009: Dear Christian Lindberg, I recently saw a video on YouTube of Jessica Buzbee performing your adaptation of "Three Medieval Dances," and thought it was excellent. I´m wondering if/where I can buy the sheet music.  Thanks very much, Kathleen    You can very easily order this and most other items from my CD:s on Edition Tarrodi on line shop,  with credit card number: www.tarrodi.se , or just write an email to info@tarrodi.se and they will guide your request. CL

2 June 2009:Dear Christian Lindberg, this week sunday my girlfriend and I book tickets (07.06.09, LINDBERG "UM 5:00) for the Philharmony in Ludwigshaven, Germany. This moment I got a telephone call that you are not there. We are from Saxony and big fans of you. We met each other in Jena, Usedom, Mannheim and Cologne. Is there another concert this weekend in the near of Mannheim?.... we travel 400 km to hear you and bed and berakfast is booked allready.  Thank you for your help! Ralf Germany        Dear Ralf, yes, the concert on the 7th is unfortunately cancelled, but there is another on tomorrow the 5th in Franckentahl where I conduct The Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie in Sibelius Impromptu, Shostakovich Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky Symphony No 1. CL

Hello Mr. L, We play Jane plays the trombone and Emily plays the tenor saxophone. We jam together. We think you are an awesome player.  jane and emily from Australia  Thank you very much, and good luck with your trombone and saxophone, two great instruments that the more you jam on te more you will like it!! CL

Dear Christian Lindberg, thank you for the very good concert in Stuttgart on 28.05.2009. And thank you for signaturing many photos and cd-covers! it was a unforgettable moment for me to speak with you back stage and i hope, my gift, the "Schiller"-wine tasted well. I wish you all the best! Best regards from Stuttgart Markus Baumstark Dear Markus, the wine tasted excellent!! thank you so much!! CL

29 May 2009:Dear Mr. Lindberg! I just saw and listened your recording with Hakan Hardenberger of the Overture from "The Force of Destiny" on youtube.com (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-v7AciWq-4).
I know, it´s quite a long time ago, but did you write that arrangement on your own and if, is there any possibility to get those sheets and if it´s not an arrangement of you, who wrote that piece of music? Thank you very much, Martin      Dear Martin, we did the arrangements together, but  I don´t even know if we still have them or not....I will try to find the time to look in to it....CL

Hi Christian,
it was a great concert in Stuttgart yesterday. And it was very nice seeing you sitting in the audience after the concert interval, in only a few meters distance. Erwin, Germany     Thank you very much! CL

29 May 2009: Mr. Lindberg, Besides yourself (of course!) who, in your opinion, are the 5 most influential tenor trombonists of all time? David, USA   I could not answer that question...because I would rather like to mention around 50 different players not to make anyone of my friends feel neglected...but there are certainly some great players out there, particularly in the young generation!!!! CL

What is difference between your gold and silver mouthpieces? Can a gold mouthpiece really improve sound quality or let lips feel more comfortable? Best Regards! Tom, Czench Republic  The gold mouthpiece is in my opinion much more comfrtable for the lip, so I do prefer that one. It is a bit more expensive, but worth it! CL

Christian, just 2 quick questions: Where can I find the music for Guggi-Guggi? I love the piece but cant find the music anywhere.  Also, there is a clip of Sandström´s Emperor´s Chant on YouTube, but is there somewhere I can find the full video? Thanks a lot! Jon, New York     Guggi Guggi is published by STIM Swedish Music Information Center and recorded by me on Phono Suecia, and  Emperor´s Chant is only available partly on the video you have seen on youtube, but the score and parts are available through Edition Tarrodi. I have also recorded it on CD for BIS, a CD called Lindberg plays Sandström which you can order through Edition Tarrodi homepage also, either via webshop or just write a mail to info@tarrodi.se CL

28 May 2009: Hello! Mr Lindberg, How long you use the selfsame trombone? best;) Mati   Around 10 years, then I usually change  CL

Dear Mr. Lindberg! Can you make a hungarian subtitles with your wife :) to your DVD movie? Thank you in anticipation!  Andris from Hungary    Dear Andris, I have put your request on to BIS -records, who have the rights to the DVD   CL

28 May 2009:Do you ever take days off from the trombone? What is the longest you took of from the trombone?
keep inspiring us!!!!!   George, Netherlands   Yes I do take days off, and nowadays I seem to be stable enough so that it does not effect my playing negatively. When I was younger I used to take 3 weeks off in the summer but that was all. The longest without the trombone was in the year 2000 when I travelled 2 months with my family around the world. On the way home, the last week of the trip, CONN had prepared for an instrument at LA Airport, so I could start prepared already there, as I did a BBC-Proms Concert in Albert Hall only 5 days after I came home from the trip...CL

When you performing on the stage, will you look at your audience? Or prefer to close your eyes or looking at somewhere else for focusing your mind?  All the best for you!!  Taka, Japan     I am usually in a very special state when I perform, so my mind is 100% on the music. It does happen that I look at the audience, but at the same time, while performing, it is almost like dreaming, you are sort of on another planet... CL

23 May 2009:Congrats with a wonderfull premiere yesterday. On youtube there is allready a film about the performance, most of it in dutch but something in english, and of course an example of your wonderful playing. Here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lBU7SYojkg   See you, Ari, Iceland, Holland   Thank you Ari! CL

22 May 2009: Hello again, Mr. Lindberg! How are you? I have a quick question: how do you produce the kind of multiphonics that appear in some pieces like Keren of Xenakis? Do you sing the note that is under the note that is played? Can you give me some advice to practise this kind of multiphonic? Thanks so much for your time. Best regards from Brazil. Pedro Henrique      This is quite a complicated multiphonic to do: you actually have to play both notes at the same time. To find the notes you play the top note and go to the bottom one. Just when you reach the lower note you try to keep the top note at the same time. Take a lot of practice! CL

22 May 2009: When you doing a recording session, do you alway play through the piece till the end or you fragment it to small sections? When you miss a note or something like that, will you play that sentence again or just use machine to fix it? Do you think never miss a note is very important thing for you? Best Wishes!!  Jimmy, China     One has to play it to the end to get the musical flow, and you really need to aim in practice not to make mistakes at all, and work hard!! Then in reality, one always makes mistakes, and that is OK, but the lfewer mistake you make, the more great choices of takes you will have in the end. A machine can never fix things for you if you really want it to be "you". CL

19 May 2009: Thanks for the information. I am in the final stages of purchasing and wonder if you could comment on one other thing. You recommended CONN88CLSGX with the CL2000 valve which, I am assuming, is the Silver bell with the gold trim and this has a much brighter tone - as I will use the trombone mainly for orchestral work and some solo, will the 88HCL rose gold brass bell give me a warmer tone, or in your opinion is that not the case.
Can´t get enough listening of your CD´s and have been listening to your CD Romantic Trombone Concertos and the Grondahl Concerto with the Bamberger Symphoniker - brilliant!!! Kind regards - Grahame   Dear Graham, what will happen with your playing after a while with the silver/gold bell is that you do not sound bright at all, you will learn to alter the sound, making it sound dark when you want to and bright when you need. It takes some skill to learn this, but in my opinion it is really worth it, With the rose gold bell will have only one expression, a beautiful dark sound, but once you want it really loud, fat, shiny, bright or dense then you won´t get this unless you go for the silve/gold, BUT: do make your own opinion, it is important what YOU feel!! Both instruments are great, so good luck!! Thanks for your nice comments about my CD:s CL

18 May 2009:Hi, I wanted to say that You are completly the best! But that piece "Drei Ecke", how do you make this voice, where are two voices at the same time? I hope You understand what I wrote. Sander, Estonia,   It is singing and playing at the same time CL

13 May 2009: Many years ago I attended one of your masterclasses. I was much younger at the time, but it instilled in me an urgency to pay particular attention to the detail and flow of the music. I arrange/produce/engineer in Nashville now and I can´t thank you enough for being such positively aware musician and role model. Thanks! Jay United States   Thanks Jay!!  CL

Could you tell me where can I buy your albumn ? I play trombone at school.And I really want to hear your playing .Baoxian, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China  You can order all CD:s on   http://tarrodi.se/material.asp#cd   just press "add to cart" and creditcard and they will be sent to you..   CL

13 May 2009: Hi Mr.Lindberg, Do you know how many time in average after you practise a piece then you can perform it from memory and with confidence? Do you think prepare a concert is like prepare acrobatics, the more you practise the save you are? Thanks!!    Brown, UK    The more you practice the more you know the piece, you should get it in to your whole system. How many times before you can perform it by memory depends of course on how good your brain is at memorizing it, but always practice slowly and with good concentration, then it comes in to your brain faster. CL

Do you know Ingemar Roos in person? I am a little hesitate to decide whether to Stockholm or to Gothenburg University to continue my master study. Could you give me some advices? Best Regards!  Ayako, Japan   Ingemar Roos is a wonderful person and teacher, as well at Sven-Erik Eriksson and Håkan Björkman in Stockholm, so whatever you choose it should be very good.  CL

Hi. I´ve got the same question like Pedro Henrique: Im looking for Högberg´s Su Ba Do Be. In edition tarrodi they have Su Ba Do Be I, II, III and IV. Wich one did you record in "Unaccompained"?? Thanks so much. Till Ostendarp Switzerland      It is number one, good luck! CL

13 May 2009: Just love your CD´s. Probably a silly question, but looking to purchase a professional trombone for solo/orchestral work. I am assuming you have a Conn 88H, but wondering the difference between the Conn and a Bach 42B or the Yamaha Xenos YSL882? Cheers - Grahame Neave - New Zealand/Australia but now studying music in Hawaii   Dear Neave, CONN88H was released on the market in 1950. Bach 42 was an inferior copy of that, and came to the market in1962,  and Yamaha copied the CONN in the 80s. Neither the Bach nor the Yamaha has as good intonation, and the sound quality throughout the range. The CONN88CLSGX with the CL2000 valve is the modern version that I created in the year 2000 after 11 years of experiments. It is in my opinion by far, the best instrument on the market! CL

Hi I heard your Hammersmith. What a great piece fantastic.It was a suberb performance!! Matteus, Germany Thank you Matteus. Yes, Pedro did an incredible job.  CL

11 May 2009:Your trombone playing is awesome! Australia

10 May 2009: Mr. Lindberg, every time i listen to your CDs, I just love the both smoothness AND the precise articulation you can achieve. I never get bored with practicing my trombone because I know there´s so much I can do with this magnificent instrument and if there is someone amazing like you out there, then, with practice, I am confident to eventually be able produce sound nearly as good as yours. I am working on a school project about the development of the trombone and I am so glad to have chosen the trombone! It is very fascinating to learn about this instrument which has such a rich history! About your instrument, your slide always looks so smooth. Which slide cream do you use? By the way, I´m quite sure many of us here in Hong Kong are waiting for you to come and give a performance or two! Jonathan, Hongkong  Thanks for your kind words.   I use Slid-o-mix CL

10 May 2009: Loved your work in NZ last year. My students at the School of Music won´t ever forget meeting you. David, New Zealand   Thanks David! CL

6 May 2009:I heard your trombone playing for the first time in Kalevi Aho´s 9th symphony recently, and I absolutely love it. Thank you for bringing that music to the public with your glorious playing. Geoff, USA  Thank you Geoff! CL

6 May 2009: I know that you had studied in UK and US before, are there any differences between these two kinds of playing? If a student want to study in UK or US, which school you will recommand? Best Regards Ayako, Japan  I think that there are more differences between individual players than different countries. Both schools has its good and bad things, so one needs to pick the good things from both schools. At the moment I would recommend studying in Germany or Holland. CL

5 May 2009:I was just wondering if you know why the trombones fundamental is Bb when its in the key of C? This question has been doing my head in especially when no-one knows the answer if you could help that would be muchly appreciated, Thanks heaps  Aimee, Australia   Well...you could say that the trombone is actually in Bb...and IF one would have notated the trombone the same way as the french horn, then the Bb would have been a C, like it is in the brass band world....very complicated,,the alternative could have been to build C-trombones...:-) CL

5 May 2009: nice! i´m gonna make my own blog Korsten, Agitory

4 May 2009: mm.. love it )) Kersten Agitory

3 When i listen to you play, i cry. So i cant listen to you that often or i´ll just start crying. I aspire to be half as good as you when i am an adult pursuing my career in trombone. You´re my biggest influence. Thank you. DJ Clark USA   Dear DJ!! It is so wonderful that you express this to me, and I get honestly very touched and happy  when I read it! Please continue to live openly and let music get you carried away!! That is what it is for in this world!  CL

Besides taking private lessons and rehearsals, what would you suggest a trombone student to study to become an all-round musician and human being? Best Wishes!! Jimmy China   Read good books, go to theatre, see high quality drama films, educate yourself intellectually. That is much more important then you could ever imagine. CL

29 April 2009:Hello! I am collaborating an article on how to make it in the music business. Could you please summarize the best way to enter the music industry and how to remain stable. Thanks so much, Christopher Bill (USA) This is very easy for me to summarize, as I have a motto since the first concert I did as a soloist : Focus 100% on making every concert as good as you ever can, and never compromize on preparation for a concert!! Everyone gets one chance to show what he can do. If that leads to nothing, he had probably not done enough. If it leads to one concert that gives him a second chance. If it leads to two concerts, he has a brilliant chance to succeed, as these two, if he does as well that time, will lead to four, etc etc. Simple and fair!!! There might be other ways, but you asked for how to remain stable, and then this should definetly be the best way in that respect!! CL

28 April 2009: We love you, you are a musical genius!!! John- U.S.A   Thank you so much John!! CL

 

26 April 2009: I am an extremely lucky guy to be friend of Swedens top photographer Mats Bäcker!! We had a fantastic photosession today at Valudden, photos that primarily will be used for a major article in the music journal Opus. Above the top of the iceberg from todays session....over 100 photos taken, and the best of these will appear on my homepage under photos within the near futue! CL

26 April 2009: Is 19th May 2009 concert at Athens Main Concert Hall with Greek Radio Orchestra cancelled ? Because at Megaron (Athens Main Concert Hall) nobody knows about this. Could you please inform me ?Thank you! George Athens, Greece     The concert is on but in another hall and with another orchestra:In Parnassos Hall, with an orchestra from Sofia. CL

26 April 2009: Dear Mr. Lindberg, Do you ever use any lip balm, is there any you recommend? I admire your playing   Ruben, Peru  Never used anything, just nature itself CL

26 April 2009: Since you have made so many great recordings, I was wondering if you do a special preparation the day before or the day of the recording. I usually feel very frustrated when I record something, Joy, Taiwan   I try to save energy the day before and the day of the recording. Frustration will always be part of it! It is just to learn to live with it!  CL

25 April 2009: Could you recommend a Conn trombone for me best for solo playing? Please show details about leadpipe, bell,slide,etc. There are so many different combination in the website. Many thanks!! You are my hero. Best Regards,  Denis UK    CONN88HSGXCL with original leadpipe!! that is definetly my favourite!  CL

24 April 2009: Could you tell me the piece´s name that broadcast on your website? Is this piece played by you useing an alto trombone?(almost sounds like a trumpet) It is amazing!! Best Wishes! Jimmy China  Click to the right on the homepage on next CD release. I play tenor sackbut and the release is in September. CL

23 April 2009: Hello Mr Lindberg. I would like to ask about the air in play the trombone. When I will know that amount of air which I blowing isn´t to small?   Patrick     You hear it in the sound, if the sound is full and round you have enough air.  CL

23 April 2009: Hey Mr.Lindberg, im really interested in conducting and i have a very good ear, i play trombone,piano and organ im not that good at trombone i want to improve so i have a better understanding in conducting but my sound isnt alwys smooth and accurate!!  Australia     You need to use a lot of air, practice daily and get yourself a good teacher to get a good sound . CL

22 April 2009: Hello Mr. Lindberg, love your work. Just wondering you ever plan on coming to perform in the U.S. let alone Los Angeles, California. Hope you do in the near future ~Trombonist Christian Allan Ramirez USA   At the moment schedule is full in Europe, South America and Asia, but looking forwards to come back to LA! CL

 22 April 2009: Hej! Har du eller kommer du att spela in Anders Hillborgs Strange Dances and Singing Water på cd? Om inte, kan man få tag på nån bra inspelning ändå?  Anders Riber Gunnarson, Sverige, Frankrike       Jag kommer att spela in Hillborgs stycke med filharmonien  och Sakari Oramo nästa säsong! CL

21 April 2009:  Hello Christian, How many years are you doing yoga? Were you also doing it when you were recording your first 5 cd´s? I hope to hear from you, John- U.S    I started Yoga in 1989, so basically when I did my third or fourth CD. CL

Hello Christian, congratulations for all your amazing achievements!! How do you think of support? Do you push the air using abdominal muscles? Do you think strengthening the abdominal muscles by doing abs helps playing(especially the high range and loud playing)? Do you ever think that the stomach should be like a stone when you play? Your sound is so steady when you want to play a long note without vibrato(by the way you have the greatest vibrato). How do you do this? Best to you  Nicolaus, Russia   Forget about stomach as a stone! And forget most of what you were taught about breathing!! Study Yoga!! Breathing should be simplified!! Just breath in and out, but practice control over the speed of the air, and control it with ALL your muscles around your lungs! Good luck! CL

20 April 2009: Dear Christian, Need I learn Swedish if I want to study in Royal Stockholm Conservatory with Hakan Bjorkman? Sam, UK Hello there. Håkan Björkman here! Answer: Off course you don´t need to learn Swedish. If you are interested in studying for me in a longer perspective the best thing is to apply to the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. Otherwise private lessons. Welcome to contact me!  hakanbjorkman@gmail.com

20 April 2009: Hej Christian, underbar konsert i Falun.  Jag visste hur bra det skulle bli men var ändå väldigt imponerade.  Jag har studerat med James Beckel och Blake Schlabach av the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra och var accepterade att studera med Carl Lenthe på Indiana University.  Ska fortsätta med mina trombon studier och undrade om det finns möjlighet att studera med dig. Är du med på någon universitet eller musikskolan i Sverige?  Du har nog inte så mycket tid till privat lektioner det förstås, men tänkte ändå att fråga vilken tillfälle som finns.  Jag är, som dig, intresserad att göra allt: spela, komponera och bli dirigent.   Tack så mycket! Garrett Breeze  USA      Tack snälla Garreth för de varma orden! Tyvärr räcker inte min tid till att undervisa överhuvudtaget, men jag kan starkt rekommendera Håkan Björkman och Sven-Erik Eriksson  på musikhögskolan i Stockholm, eller Jonas Bylund på Hochschule Hannover.   CL

19 April 2009: helo! Mrs Lindberg, what size of mouthpiece you usually use? best for you:) Kazik     At the moment 4CL  on the tenor and 15CL on the alto. I change mouthpiece constantly depending on repertoire I have to play! CL

19 April 2009: Hi Christian, your virtuostic playing and success has been immensly inspirational to me as a young trombonist. I was wondering if you could give me some breathing execises or advice to help increase my lung capacity as i am small physically and an asmatic. Also i was wondering if when you first started to learn trombone if you had to learn alot of scales and if so what was your inspiration to practise them as I often avoid practising trombone altogether just to avoid them. If you could help with these problems that would be muchly appreciated, look foward to hearing back from you. Amy Australia       Put metronome on 60 breath in three beats out three, and try to be very steady in your breath. practice every day! Scales...unfortunately they ARE boring as hell, but you need them!! Just decide that you spend 20 minutes every single day on scales for at least a year!! Then you are going to be fine for the rest of your life!! CL

18 April 2009: Hej! Ser mycket framemot konserterna här i Dalarna Härligt    Marie, Sverige   Tack Marie! Det är ett underbart gäng att jobba med Dalasinfoniettan!!  Jättefina musiker!  CL

17 April 2009: Mr. Lindberg. You are the Best! I have a question for you. How did you manage to play the alto trombone as good the tenor trombone? Were you practicing both the same amount of time? Also, do you think practicing the alto helps the high range in general? Thanks for inspiring us! Luis- Colombia    Thank Luis, I always had the tenor as my basic instrument, and practiced alto 25% of the time of a day. Important is to start and end on the tenor, if you want to have it as your main instrument. I don´t think in general that it helps the high register, but it is a fun instrument to learn to play!. CL

14 April 2009: Hi Christian, I want you to know that you continue to inspire me to practice and perform, present master classes and teach. I am 71 years of age and I hope you will keep being a role model for so many musicians world wide. Thank you for sharing your talent and showing what hard work and determination can produce. With kindest regards, Dennis Smith, USA   Dear Dennis, that is SO inspiring to hear from a man that I myself had admired as long as I can remember as a role  model! Your recordings have meant a lot to me, they are fantastic!! CL

14 April 2009:  Hi Mr. Lindberg. I am such a huge fan of yours, though I´m sure you get that often. I have never gotten as excited over a piece as "the waves of wollongong", and I was wondering if you could tell me when exactly it was going to be published, if it is. I would really enjoy having it so that information is crucial. I was also wondering the same thing concerning the piece "Bombay Bay Barracuda". I would really love to come to one of your concerts, and I plan on it. I have been saving up for it! You are such an inspiration and I would appreciate, if you have time, an email from you with this information. Thank you kindly for your time. Dearest Regards, Dillon O´Neal, United States Hi Dillon and thanks for your wonderful compliments!! Good News: Both The Waves of Wollongong and Bombay Bay is published on Tarrodi.se . Just write to info@tarrodi.se and they will take care of it!.  Would be great to see you at one of my concerts, come back stage afterwards and chat for a while! CL

14 April 2009: I noticed that you said Jan Allan can do both science and music very well. Could you tell me which subject he is doing in science? Have you met any trombone player who can do both? Best, Taka, Japan  Jan allan is a physician, I do not know of any trombonist with two professions, but I am sure it could be possible!  As you know I have three, even if all are within music. CL

Wow Christian. You are number one a composer, then a conductor and the trombone follows. And then you record a whole cd on the sackbut!!!!! Impressive :) thanks again for a wonderful time in Rotterdam. :) Ari, Iceland-Holland  Thanks Ari.. Yes, sackbut is a difficult instrument to play, but I was happy with the result! CL

13 April 2009: Your new cd (the baroque cd) sounds amazing! I can´t wait to hear the whole cd. How do you manage to be able to play so many concerts, record and play such a versatile repertoire? Paul- U.S.A  Thanks Paul! I work hard, and sleep little...also, I enjoy music SO much that working feels like having holiday. CL

10 April 2009: As a former trombonist, I was delighted to hear your transcription of the Mozart 4th Horn Concerto on Wisconsin Public Radio today (10 April). Whenever I hear the third movement, I can´t help but think of the "singing" version by the English duo, Flanders & Swann. Have you ever heard it? This is a link to the lyrics:
http://www.hornplanet.com/hornpage/museum/articles/ill_wind.html  Roger, USA   I have heard it, it is a lot of fun!!  CL

9 April 2009: Hello Mr. Lindberg, I spoke with you just after the final NTC concert at Slidefactory, but I wanted to congratulate you again on your new composition! Fine work. I so hope that you are able to get it performed many more times. Yor playing is still inspiring! Kudos! Best, Wes Hopper www.tritonbrass.org   Thank you so much Kudos! Your brass ensemble is great by the way! CL

7 April 2009: hey, I just wanted to learn a technique to learn how to play the trombone faster, I´m way too slow Jessica Yuki Canada    You just start slow with a metronome and build it up gradually by raising the speed of the metronome by maximum 4 numbers at a time. Just be patient! CL

6 April 2009: Mr. Lindberg,  Although I think I know the answer, what would you suggest for a high school trombonist who is looking to upgrade? Ariel USA   I would suggest the CONN88CL with red brass bell and a 5 CL mouthpiece, best of luck!! CL

5 April 2009 Could you give me some advices about practising flutter tonguing?
Best, Jimmy, China    Start practicing without trombone, then work first in the low register building it up to the higher gradually. CL

5 April 2009: I was just wondering why there was such a large difference in the 2nd movement of the Haydn alto concerto in your version compared to Alain Trudel´s - they seem like completely different movements.
Thanks. Jack      Trudel works from the perviously printed version while I used the original hand writing for my edition. CL

4 April 2009: Hej! Lördagen den 14 mars var vi bjudna till några vänner i Västerås på en överraskning. Vi känner dem inte så väl, så de vet inte var vi har sommarstuga. Till vår stora glädje skulle vi få gå och lyssna till dig. Och döm om vår förvåning när vi får se kobben vi ser från vårt hus på film. Vi bor i det bruna huset på holmen i viken innanför Valudden. Tack för en mycket fin konsert. Vi hör dig öva ibland på sommaren och det är mäktigt. Med vänliga hälsningar Dick och Eva Almquist, Sweden     Vad kul att ni var på konserten!!  CL

1 April 2009: Mr Lindberg, is there any chance that you will, (or have already), publish any of your compositionsarrangements? I am particularly interested in, " Los Bandidos!" Pat in Wisconsin USA  Good news: My arrangements and compostions, including Los Bandidos,  are available! Just write to info@tarrodi.se or order via webshop at tarrodi.se  CL

31 March 2009: We should all be SO thankful to the New Trombone Collective! What a festival you put up!! For me personally the highpoint was to get to know the Rotterdam Philharmonic as a conductor, So professional, and so encouraging!! We have already booked the dates for our next collaboration, RPHO and I !! Another highpoint is of course meeting all the trombonists! Like the three excellent female trombone players from Norway(above on the photo)! CL

31 March 2009:Thank you Thank you for comming to Rotterdam! What a fantastic concerts!! Martin, Rotterdam  Thanks Martin, I really enjoyed the week!  CL

29 March 2009: Hi, I had a wonderful time this afternoon at the Slide Factory Festival. Your composition for 9 trombones and orchestra was amazing, and a great stereo experience too, from the center of the audience. I was just wondering, in the introduction interview, in the discussion about post-modernism, you mentioned a philosopher who wrote about our habit to give everything a name. I would like to read something about that, but I forgot this philosopher´s name. Could you tell me again? Thanks. Martijn, NL Thank you Martijn!! His name is Jiddu Krishnamurti. the text that you hear me narrate starting with The man who is not frightened of life... is written by Krishnamurti. If you click CD release up in the right corner, you also find the full text I used in that composition. CL

29 March 2009: Christian, Do you have plans to perform in the US in the future? RB - USA There are quite a lot of offers, but schedule is so busy, so difficult to fit it in...CL

29 March 2009: good morning mister lindberg we are the musical association "leonardo da vinci" of vinci (florence) tuscany italy we would like to ask you if you can make a master class with your teaching for three days (friday,saturday and sunday) when you are free. about the master organisation we ask you some advices for the lesson the subjects and the number of the student we are looking for xnowing your availability if it is possible about the end of the year for organisation please let us know your cachet. We hope that this project will go well and xe are looking for seeing you personally best regards. ( spero di non avere sbagliato del mio inglese) suo ammiratore Gemignani Guido    Dear Guido, Thank you for this inquirymy schedule is very full, but do get in contact with my italian manager Maria Bruzzese. you find her details under contact on my homepage. CL

28 March 2009: Thank you for a most fantastic concert. what an evening ! you are fenomenal
THANKS.wish you all the best Lisbet. Rotterdam, Holland  Thank you Lisbet! CL

 

28 March 2009: Dear mr. Christian Lindberg. Fridaynight 27-03-2009 at The Doelen Rotterdam, with you conducting, the RPhO, The Trombone Group and Slide friends we had a fantastic concert. Nielsen was fenomenale, your work was amazing, Sibelius beautifull mysterious and dark, Rauaativaara bright, light and heaven. An evening in the emotion and environment of Scandinavia!!!  You performance of your composition brought to me the assosation of life, wrestle, world, spoken words, disorder and harmony; in short the earth and humanity in the universe. Lots of talking, words and also again the essence of life harmony and peace. Also the hope that all will become better and right.Tack so mucke! THANKS! We will follow you and hop to see you back in The New Doelen in 2010. Frank H. Huisman, The Netherlands, Rotterdam    Thank you Frank! I had a great collaboration with RPHO and we are already discussing new projects!! CL

27 March 2009: Hello, Christian. I want to first say that you are a true inspiration to all musicians. I know that you have a busy schedule of performing, conducting, and composing. I am a music teacher and a trombonist. I have the hardest time being able to balance teaching, playing, and family all at once. How do you do it? Thanks again for everything that you do! Sincerely, Josh, AL, U.S.A.     It is all true pleasure, and therefore it gives new energy. CL

27 March 2009: Dear Mr. Lindberg, I am big fun of your playing! Do you recommend long tones, do you ever do long tones? I love your sound!! All the best! Scott -U.S    Long notes are good, but consume a lot of practice time, so a certain amount is good but not too much CL

26 March 2009: Dear mr. Christian Lindberg. Fridaynight 27-03-2009 at The Doelen Rotterdam, with you conducting, the RPhO, The Trombone Group and Slide friends we had a fantastic concert.
Nielsen was fenomenale, your work was amazing, Sibelius beautifull mysterious and dark, Rauaativaara bright, light and heaven. An evening in the emotion and environment of Scandinavia!!!
You performance of your composition brought to me the assosation of life, wrestle, world, spoken words, disorder and harmony; in short the earth and humanity in the universe. Lots of talking, words and also again the essence of life harmony and peace. Also the hope that all will become better and right.
Tack so mucke! THANKS! We will follow you and hop to see you back in The New Doelen in 2010.

Rehearsals done, only dress rehearsal and concerts remaining. It has been wonderful days! The New Trombone Collective has prepared extremely well and are playing like gods!! Michael Fine the artistic and managing director of the RPHO cried out after the first rehearsal: "What a wonderful piece of music it is, The Waves of Wollongong". Orchestra member are wonderfully supportive, solo cello said to me: -You are doing a fantastic job this week", Solo trumpet: -Your piece is absolutely amazing!!"   MY GOD!! This is fantastic to hear for a conductor and composer who just recently embarked on these two new careers!! Thanks a lot Rotterdam Philharmonic!!! CL

26 March 2009: First, thank you so much for everything that you have done for the trombone, and for music. You are a huge inspiration to me, and you make playing the trombone so much more rewarding by your example.  You have phenomenal slide technique (among a million other phenomenal things..)--how did you develop it? It is extremely fast and accurate but seemingly not tense at all! Sincerely, Sam, Philadelphia, USA Thank you Sam! It was developed by many hours of legato studies! Couilliaud, Lafosse, Arban, Schlossberg etc. CL

25 March 2009: Hi Christian great to have you here in Rotterdam, really looking forward to the concert. all the best Lisbet. Rotterdam, Holland   I am having a great time, with a very good orchestra! CL

23 March 2009:Scrivo in italiano ,Christian sei il numero uno ho tutti i tuoi cd e dvd anch´io suono il trombone ti chiedo un consiglio su come studiare le note acute ti ringrazio e continua a deliziarci come solo tu sai fare  Gemignani Guido, Italy     Mille grazie Gemignani!! There are several ways:  Do flexibility studies and end on high d and f, do Caruso studies or long notes from d1 and up. Best of luck!! CL

(Pictures below: Sunset in Wollongong RPO logo, surfer in Wollongong)       

 

22 March 2009: It will be SO EXCITING next week!!! To conduct the Rotterdam Philharmonic, one of my favourite orchestras in the world, my own The Waves of Wollongong, Sibelius Swan of Tuonela, Rautavaara 7th symphony and Nielsen Helios Ouverture!!  The Waves of Wollongong is dedicated to a dear dear friend, Robert von Bahr, who just managed to fight against one of the worst cancer there is!! Special thanks to the New Trombone Collective who initiated this commission from the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, and who will represent one wave each of Wollongong!!! CL

22 March 2009: Hi. I just want to say that ur amazing!  Dalvakio Walentynski, United Kingdom

22 March 2009: hejsan Christian! du är en lysande musikant och inspiratör! allt gott/ Filip, Sweden

21 March 2009:I Christian! You are the trombone king! I love your recordings. I have a question, when I play too much or have to play very loud in orchestra or in band I loose my high range meaning that the sound is not that good up there and it´s hard to get the notes(lips don´t respond). Does this ever happen to you after a hard/busy week or a concert? What do you do in a situation like this? I hope to hear from you and thanks again for everything! John- Italy Dont worry, this happens to everyone! You will get the high register back when you take a rest! Good luck! CL

21 March 2009:IHola Christian! Is there a book or a video your recommend for yoga? Where did you learn Yoga? All the best, you are a true music master! !- Juan Spain   You can buy any book about yoga and do the positions the way they are described in the book! It is actually quite simple, but you can of course take a course  CL

20 March 2009: You are just such an inspiration to me. Your playing is so unique full of passion! I was wondering if you have any suggestions for building a "consistant" high range as you have! I know you worked really hard to be able to play a lot of...impossible pieces such as the Xenakis-trombone concerto. Are there any exercises to build a very strong consistant high range?  I hope to hear from you! Thanks for your amazing music! George Great Britain  There are several ways: Practice every day 12 times 30 minutes for a year, Do flexibility studies and end on high d and f, do Caruso studies or long notes from d1 and up. Best of luck!! CL

20 March 2009: Hi Christian. I´m a trombonist from Tenerife - Canary Island - Spain. I´m very nervous to talk to you because I´m ever respect you like the best master of the tombonist player of the World. When I see a concert of you I make me a question "Are you a human?" for me it´s incredible the thinks that yo do, and the best it´s that you make it happy. Thanks for play the trombone you are the inspiration for to much people. And sorry if my english it´s not very well. Thanks Christian   Alexis David, Spain   Thank you Alexis!! CL

20 March 2009:Greetings again Mr. Lindberg! I just wanted to tell again how amazed i am of your ability to perform with such awe inspiring power in front of an audience. I on the other hand lack that particular skill. I can play by myself on solos great, but when theres even just one person i get nervous and crack notes and get rhythm all messed up! I would love some advice on how to get rid of these nervous habits. I have improved on this though because of our solo and ensemble competition in my state here. i got a gold but i still would love advice from you. well good luck with your hectic schedule and i hope your performances all go well (as they always do of course :) talk to you later!  Tyler Hamilton, United States   A very good thing is to study yoga, and also some meditation where you meditate on your problems. During the meditation you could imagine yourself performing to people and practice at the same time to think positively about yourself CL

19 March 2009: Hi I recently bought your recording with Allan Pettersson. Fantastic music. I am wondering how you can do all this things so great, conducting, writing fantastic music and play trombone as a you were in heaven.....wish you all the best in the future Michelle Luxemburg   I am so happy to hear that you like Pettersson!! He is a genious like Gustav Mahler!! I will continue to record his symphonies(there are 17 of them!!) and they are all masterpieces!! CL

18 March 2009: hii king of trombone how are you?i will play solo bolero with cairo opera orchestra i play this solo 4 time befor but last time i dont play good and i am very afraid this time,tell me pleas what must make because dont afraid from this solo thank you very much,bye  Michael Louis, Cairo  Thanks!      You have to practice the exact situation! Put a CD on softly with the piece, Sit on a chair and imagine the conductor in front of you. Play the solo without stopping, and imagine that the audience is around you. Do this several times a day and at the same time try to be kind to yourself! You are OK as a human being even if you play Bolero with a split note!! CL  thank you king i will make that   Michael Louis, Cairo  Thanks!

17 March 2009: Hello Mr Lindberg! I believe that most, if not all trombone players, have been awed by your trombone playing. I know your schedule is really packed but it seems that it has been a really long time since you performed in Singapore. I am sure that many brass players in Singapore would like to hear you play your trombone live and not just from recording. Please do come down soon! Nicholas from Singapore    Dear Nicholas, I had a great time in Singapore, so would of course love to come back. CL

16 March 2009: Tack för härlig konsert upplevelse här hos oss. Du är MAKALÖS Christian! Du borde vara här lite oftare och förgylla. Önskar dig allt väl och grattis till alla de som står i tur till nästa framträdande av dig i alla de bemärkelser.Margit,Västerås     Tack Margit!! Jag älskade verkligen ert fina konserthus, och den underbart entusiastiska publiken!! CL

15 March 2009: I was so proud and happy to be able to help  Frederic Belli, the winner of THE FIRST CHRISTIAN LINDBERG INTERNATIONAL SOLO COMPETION last week coaching him through the concerto that Luciano Berio has dedicated for me, and that I played with over 60 orchestras including Berlin Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Now it is time for Frederic Belli!! Sylvain Cambreling, an old friend of mine from Salzburg Festspiele, has engaged Frederic to play the piece in Berlin Philharmonie with his orchestra SWR Sinfonieorchester on the 28th of March 2009. The concert will be repeated in Bruxelles on the 31st and in Freiburg 2 April. Good luck Frederic, you played great at the lesson, and will do even better at the concerts!! CL

14 March 2009: Hello Mr. Lindberg, I admire you more than I can even explain. I have listened to your recordings endless times trying to improve my sound. I am a senior in high school preparing myself for a career in music. Do you ever do concerts in the United States, I would love to hear you play live. I feel that I am at a level of performance where hearing professional trombonists all the time will help me in the greatest amount to improve even more. I wish there was a way to meet you. Thanks for your time. Daniel Hatchfield, United States   I get many offers from the USA, but usually organisations there ask me too late, so I am already fully booked in Europe, Asia, Australia or elsewhere. Thank you so much for your nice words above, and I do hope I have a chance to meet you too CL

14 March 2009:  Hi Mr Lindberg, I´m a trombone player in the high school band and every year I audition for honor band and all state band. So far, I have only made district and region honor band. Can you give me advice on how I can become good enough to make all state? LaQuandra- USA  Make sure to practice slowly, the same amount every day, and listen to your sound, intonation and rythm carefully!! AND: You need an little good luck too!! CL

Christian, great playing at the Barbican last week!!! I couldn´t help noticing that both you and the piano soloist played with music; a rarity with excellent musicians such as yourself. Is this because Xenakis´ unattached passages are hard to commit to memory as a solo piece? Also when is the next time you´re playing the David concerto and where?   Jack, United Kingdom   Thanks! David next time will be in Athens in May, then in Norway in August, Poland in October and Teneriffe in November. For more info go to Schedule! I used to play Xenakis by memory, but at the moment I conduct 4-5 new scores every week, so with so much music in your head it is dangerous with complicated pieces like this, You probably noticed that I only had the music as a safety net, and almost did not look. CL

14 March 2009: To Nathan Musch. The gig bag in question fits in most over-head compartments in jets in use today.(and now I am talking about the double gig bag) The restrictions are usually based on the airlines policy, regardless of if the case fits or not.
And Christian, any word regarding a release of the Chick´a´Bone performance with the Swedish Radio Orchestra (hope I got the right orchestra) from March last year? The video looked so good when I saw it with Charlie! Ari, Iceland-Holland   So many people ask about this...but at the moment there are no plans to release this for sale, but who knows...?? CL

13. March 2009:Mr. Lindberg, I´m looking for a good gig bag for my trombone (conn88hcl2000) and I noticed the gig bag that you had in China on the "Follow Your Own Star" documentary. What kind do you use? And are you able to take it on board planes? Thanks! By the way- I recently received and am enjoying "A Composer´s Portrait" right now! Nathan Musch, USA    You can order it from Spain:  Riveramusica.com and I am happy to hear that you enjoy A composers Portrait!  CL

13. March 2009: I am so surprised that you just studied for two years then find a job in Stockholm Opera Orchestra. How can you do that? Many players played trombone for ten years can not get that level. All the best for you!! Taka Japan   I was equally surprised CL

13. March 2009: Jag hörde och såg dig i Västerås idag. Så roligt! Grymma kläder och underbar musik.
En oförglömlig upplevelse, helt enkelt! Tack för det och kram! /Evelina, Sweden   Tack Evelina! CL

12. March 2009: Woww!! I just listened the recording of Troorkh on BBC...very intellectual music, and as you said in the interview, almost impossible. It´s a great achievement for solo trombone music!! Thanks for struggling youself to get this concerto. And obviously, congratulations for the perfomance. Finally, wish we luck on trying to deal with this kind of piece...hehe. Pedro Henrique São Paul

12. March 2009: Just wondered where I could get a copy of the version of Romeo and Juliet you do as tb and piano from?? I´d love to do it in my final recital for uni!   Simon Jackson, England   Sikorski has the publishin rights to this piece. CL

Xenakis Troorkh Christian Lindberg BBC Symphony Orchestra Barbican London:

The London Times:
The best adverts for orchestral Xenakis arrived with full-frontal Troorkh. And the trombonist we had was the best, Christian Lindberg. He smeared the skies with bloodied glissandos, ricocheted up and down register extremes: an extraordinary feat.

The Guardian, London:
...the trombone concerto Troorkh - composed in 1991 for Christian Lindberg who repeated his phenomenal, extrovert performance here...

Evening Standard, London:
The outer extreme in taxing the performer must be reached in Troorkh, a trombone concerto that inhabits a crazed world, part grotesque absurdity, part psychological torture. Christian Lindberg, adopting the persona of a manic stand-up comedian, tamed its terrors brilliantly.

12 March 2009: Hi saw your video on youtube. had great fun. just perfect! Willem Belgium 

12 March 2009:I wanna buy music (Tb &Piano) Monti Vittorio : Csardas Byung ,Tak . U S A  No problem just write to info@tarrodi.se or order with creditcard on www.tarrodi.se CL


 Blog entries from students at the Eltham College, London UK:

11 March 2009:   "Thanks for all your tips, I have bought the music for Sang Till Lotta, next time can I be in the masterclass?"  Andrew Hughes (age 10) trombone  Yes Of course!! CL

I was amazed at how long you could hold a note, and loved "Su be do ba"  Irvine turner (age 10) Eb horn Thank you Irvine!! CL

I loved "su be do ba"  Julius Eldrige-Thomas (11) Eb Horn Thanks for the compliment CL

You´re Skill!!!!! Arjuna jaishankar (11) trumpet  That is great to hear Arjuna! CL

SU BE DO BA DO BE DO BE DO BAAAAHHHHHH!!!  Nick Smith (10) trumpet    And to You Nick! CL

I wish you could sign my trumpet.  How do you remember 4 whole pieces in your head?? Michael Nestor (10) trumpet    I have a good memory, and I practiced a lot! CL

Amazing. It ws brilliant 10/10 best  brass playing I have ever seen in my life! Jamie Williams (10) trumpet   Wow, that is certainly a compliment Jamie! CL

10 March 2009: Hi Mr. Lindberg!! I saw right now a video on youtube about the premiere of Hogberg´s Concerto...just incredible!!! Great composer, really sensitive and creative. Excelent meeting between you and Mr. Landgren!! Congratulations! Thanks for your patience!! Pedro Henrique São Paulo, Brazil   Thanks Pedro! Yes, we had a fantastic time doing this Nisse and I. CL

9 March 2009: Hello!!I´m a very fan of you, I´m from Mallorca, thanks for yours recordings, bye Tony Aznar, Spain

8 March 2009: Troorkh Fantastic Fantastic.....!!!! your lips must be amazingly strong.Thanks for a great performance, I agree with Miquel. You are a hero!!!!! all best  Jane, United Kingdom   Thanks Jane!! It was a wondeful experience with a packed Barbican, and audience as enthusiastic as in a rock concert! You, the audience, gave me the power for all the 56 high fs!! CL

6 March 2009: hi i´m mohamed from egypt i have 17 years old and i m the younger player in a profissional orchestra (cairo symphony orchestra) and i want take summer course with you please help me thanks ..or please if you can come to to egypt do it Mr. lindberg ..wait you answer Mohammed, Egypt  Would love to come to Egypt, just contact my manager Gunilla Lodding at info@loddingkonsert.se CL

6 March 2009: Hi! Your place in the archipelligo looks fantastic. What a beautiful snowy picture. is it not awfully cold to tumble in the snow. wish i could be in London to Listen to Xenakis.... but it is a bit far away. wish you a great time in the UK. Ronaldo Venezuela It is great fun here in Britain, archipelago is fantastic and after a Sauna it is great to roll in the snow! CL

6 March 2009: After coming to your last concert in London (Cantos and Mozart with the LPO), it was very obvious that I had to come to see you play again. I´m definitely looking forward to Troorkh! Thank you very much for your advice with the Hindemith and I got my grade 8 shortly after. It would be great to meet you again tomorrow. Good luck with Troorkh. Thomas, age 14   Thanks for whishing me luck, and hope to see you backstage tomorrow! CL

6 March 2009: Hi! really looking forward to Xenakis,  Jane, UK  Thanks Jane! CL

4 March 2009: It was a wonderful Concert!!! Hendrik und Miyuki Murayama-Wächter, Nürnberg, Germany  Thank you very much! CL

Reviews of Lindberg´s conducting début in Meistersingerhalle, Nürnberg:

Abendzeitung 2.3.2009:
Attention, here is a dancing conductor with great personality!
Trombone Maestro: Christian Lindberg multitalent inspired the Symphony Orchestra. Celebrated in Nürnberg: Christian Lindberg, trombone player and conductor.
Without tails but with silk shirt and black jeans the Swedish multitalent Christian Lindberg stormed on to the stage in Meistersingerhallen, took the baton in his left hand and started to conduct. No, the agile 51-year old did not conduct, he  "dansed" the "Finlandia" by Jean Sibelius. Wild applause for Lindberg in two refreshing performances in Meistersingerhalle.
Always in motion, he shows how the black notes on the five lines should sound. The ochestra seemed to enjoy this expressive leader and really got carried away. They made music in such a vital, fresh and cheeky way that I can not recall I heard in a long time.
But Lindberg is more than just an inspiring conductor. In Leopold Mozart´s Trombone Concerto he presented himself as a brilliant soloist, conducting now a smaller orchestra, which he placed around him grouped in circles, so that the audience could se his expressive conducting movements.
And Lindberg has even more capabilities. As a composer of "Helikon Wasp", he combines voice, text, sounds, and impresses  as conducting trombonist in 16 minutes of very entertaining underground music.
As an appropriate conclusion, Lindberg conducted Edvard Grieg´s "Symphonic Dances" in signal red silk shirt -  and the concert ended just right. Ah, what a pleasure classical music can be at its best! UM


NÜRNBERGER NACHRICHTEN 2.3.2009
Christian Lindberg in Meistersingerhalle
Many violin virtuosos do it - also great pianists love it. A trombonist who can lead an orchestra and simultaneous play as soloist is more rare, but this is an art that Swedens International Music Export Christian Lindberg demonstrates excellent knowledge of when he is guest with the Nürnberger Symphoniker.
An unexpected jewel by Leopold Mozart was presented in the first half of the concert. In this unusual "Concerto for Trombone" Lindberg directed a small orchestra facing the audience. He plays in a highly virtuosic way  - virtuosity challenging enough to make a violinist dizzy.
The concert opened with the secret national anthem of Finland, Sibelius´ Tonpoem "Finlandia." Seldom have I heard the brass sounding  so brilliant as in this interpretation, something that the dynamic personality of the conductor should be given credit for. He jogs to the stage center, hungry like a sprinter waiting for the gunshot. His body language is part of the success, but also the sound culture, that he gets out of the Nürnberger Symphoniker.
In his witty creation "Helikon Wasp" from 2003 the 50-year-old impresses not only in the supporting role of narrator. The Swede is not afraid to sing in falsetto and in the soldout Meistersingerhalle and we can also we hear him scream enthusiastically, encouraged by the orchestra. The rhythmic accuracy that he gets from the strings is impressive, and from the wind we hear jazzy and glittering articulation as well as polished phrasing. This is art in a classy way, but the piece also offers a subtle sense of humour when the  wasp suddenly bursts out in Rimsky-Korsakov´s of the Bumblebee.
with Edvard Grieg´s "Symphonic Dances" the Scandinavia journey ends. This piece is based on folk music, set in a concertformat. Here not only Lindberg´s beautiful shirt shines, but also the woodwind in the orchestra. With great sound, cheerful, subtle phrasing and elegance the orchestra creates a beautiful atmosphere reminding of Norway. The Automobile industry in Scandinavia might be in crisis. But when it comes to music I can only say: Respect, old Swede! Peter Loew

NORDBAYERISCHE NACHRICHTEN 3.3.2009
NUREMBERG - The fact that someone goes back and forward between classical music and jazz is nothing new today, but when Nürnberger Symphoniker invites the Swedish multi-talented Christian Lindberg there were long queues at the ticket office. An evidence that this initiative from the orchestra was a success.
And was he then the sensation that everyone expected? First of all Lindberg´s outfit is really unusual: Tight jeans, specially designed shirts,  a vital and sporty entrance in to the Meistersingerhalle.
As a conducting soloist he puts the orchestra around him facing the audience, and everyone can see his expressive body language and facial expression. You see Lindberg, you hear Lindberg play virtuosic and flawlessly, with ease and lightness. The audience gets totally excited and gives him wild ovations.
In Helikon Wasp for Conducting Trombonist and Orchestra we hear the Tuba player play his mouthpiece like a wasp, the strings with penetrating pizzicato, percussion with sounds of explosion. Over that Lindberg´s trombone in all different shapes, and when he is not playing he sings in falsetto! Postodernism combined with pop and classic with a high value of entertainment.
Around this Swedish avantgarde Lindberg presents some more Scandinavian music: In Finlandia we hear a touch of Lindberg the jazz musician, and in Grieg Symphonic Dances a mixture of the past, some tasteful melodic phrasing, free from formal restriction. Lindberg makes the orchestra sound full and vibrant, and the performance is full of nordic vitality. A bird of paradise, a colorful  Northern light, this was truly a great concert.
UM  

5 March 2009: Dear Christian, When a player have to practise with practice mute most of the time, how to grab the good sound quality immediately when he play open? I want to choose a university to study trombone, could you give me some advices? Thanks a lot!! Taka, Japan I am never using practice mutes as it changes my sound. You should study in Hannover with Jonas Bylund CL

4 March 2009:Get ready for some heavy Lindberg stuff with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/symphonyorchestra/performances/composerdays/xenakis.shtml

Barbican Hall, London 7 March 7.00pm Christian Lindberg and the BBC Symphony Orchestra: Xenakis Troorkh for trombone solo and 89 musicians

4 March 2009:  Hello Christian!! I´d like to ask a little complicated question. Well...I study the trombone around 4 or 5 hours every day, and I NEVER study all the exercises that I supposed to. There to much Arbans, Flexibilities of Collins method, Melodic studies of Rochut etc. I read an interview with you made in 92 when you went to US to premiere the motorbike concerto...and there you talk about your a little about your routine studies. The question is: How did you manage your studies of techinique during your first years, and then after you started your life as a soloist with so much hard pieces to play? Thank you so much...best of luck with Xenakis concerto...he´s GREAT!! Good luck!!! Pedro Henrique, Brazil  Pure willpower and energy! CL

3 March 2009:  My thoughts will be with you as I can´t be there myself. Ari, Iceland  Thanks Ari CL

3March2009: Woke up this morning in the Stockholm archipelago in a magic landscape of fresh snow!! A wonderful recovery day with sauna and rolling in the snow, after a fantastic week in Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg. Narcistically euphoric after the conducting reviews in Abendzeitung and Nürnberger Nachrichten, I am now preparing my lip for a tough concert on Saturday in Barbican with the BBC Symphony Orchestra: Xenakis Troorkh, a piece including 56 high F and 4 high G flats....wish me luck!!  CL

2 March 2009: I noticed someone else mentioned the performance you did in "A Night at the Opera". Is there by chance an audio recording of the Carmen Suite that you played on that DVD? Thanks! Tom Weiser  Unfortunately...this is not yet on CD! CL

1 March 2009: Did you ever perform as a trio with trumpet and piano? A few years ago I saw a video filmed in a museum in London that was really extraordinary, and I´ve been trying to recapture the event to see if a DVD or CD was produced. . . I can´t recall lthe name, but I know the three musicians were from Scandinavian countries and there can´t be more than a few brass men that can play that well. Any ideas? Fritz Wolff USA   Yes! thats called "A night at the Opera, and you can order it through internet! It is me and two of my friends! you can also see part fo it on you tube CL

1 March 2009: Hello, Me too had a fantastic evening yesterday. very good program. What a concert! I will go today also and bring some of my friends. You are a fantastic composer, conducter and trombonist what moore can I say Thank you for everything Jenna, Germany      Thanks for that Jenna! CL

1 March 2009: Mr Lindberg  nice to meet you online i ´m trombone player too.i´m your fans from my younger, i like your style about playing trombone . at the same like your sounds  still Kun shan Nice technique on Czardas Kun CL

28 Feb 2009: What a wonderful experience to conduct the Nurnberger Symphoniker in Meistersingerhalle!!! This orchestra is really wonderful, and the audience was so warm and encouraging!! I had a fantastic evening!! Looking already forwards to tomorrow when the concert is repeated at 15.00 CL

27 Feb 2009: hej christian i played one of your pieces with malmø sinfhoni orchestra vi ses maestro Hugo Adriano

27 Feb 2009:Good mornng! Wish you a nice day. The concert in Nürnberg will probably be fantastic. You are amazing!  Eric Luxemburg    Thanks Eric! We had yet another good days of rehearsal, so I think the concert will be very exciting...CL

 

26 Feb 2009: It is a true pleasure to conduct Nürnberger Symphoniker!! We have now rehearsed for two days, a programme with Sibelius Finlandia, Grieg Symphonic Dances, my own Helikon Wasp and Leopold Mozart trombone concerto. The orchestra have a great sense of timing, they are used to working hard and have the right sense of humour, so that they understand completely what Helikon Wasp is about! Looking forwards to the last rehearsing day, and the two concerts in the beautiful hall with great accoustic here in Nuremberg! CL

25 Feb 2009: Congrats to your marathon. Looking forward to the DVD. I have mailed my address to Edition Tarrodi. Hope you are fine and have a good time in Nürnberg. Evelyn USA

24 Feb 2009:I´d just like to know were you got your copy of Elgar Howarth´s Concerto for Trombone. I read in the notes on yout british concertos CD that you had to contact Mr.Howarth himself to get a copy. If this is still necessary to get a hold of his wonderful concerto then would you please tell me his email address so I can order it from him. If this is not possible, could you please give me an alternative method of getting his concerto (if one exists). Thanks so much, Aaron Good, Canada  You can contact Elgar Howarth through maximilian@svenskakonsertbyran.se if you use me as a reference  CL

Valencia Marathon 22 minutes faster than expected!!

   

23 Feb 2009: I ran my last marathon in 2006, and decided suddenly in January to start the training for Valencia Marathon on the 22nd of February. My goal was to go under 4.40, but knowing how tough 42 195 meter could be for the body I was by no mean sure I would manage....to my great surprice my legs felt great, and I actually had to be careful not running too fast...one knows exactly what can happen at 35k if your tempo is too high...the famous wall....strangely enough I felt light and fresh all the way, except at 39 k....there the uphill 300 meter made me really feel what a marathon race is about, but 3k when you have gained 22 minutes could be done with pure willpower! Thank you everyone for guessing my time, and sorry I ran too fast...there were many many hundred guesses between 4.30 and 4.40 as that was where I tipped you to guess....Below are the 10 closest times, and Edition Tarrodi will send these ten a DVD each.

Reaching the 42195th meter at 4 hours 18 minutes and 36 seconds:

22 Feb 2009: Dear Evelyn USA: You are one of the winners of a Lindberg DVD...but your email adress was not included...please send to mandrake@tarrodi.se! Jens Lundberg

17 Feb 2009: Busy next weeks for Lindberg: Conducting Rotterdam Phil, Nurnberg Symphoniker,  Oulo Symphony, Västerås Sinfonietta, NCO, Dala Sinfonietta and on top: Xenakis with BBC Symphony Orchestra in the Barbican

    

17 Feb 2009: Have you ever met a person who can do science and music both very well? Do you think it is possible? Best Wishes! James Britten, UK It is definetly possible! Sweden´s greatest jazz trumpeter, Jan Allan, does both very well! CL

17 Feb 2009: As you might have heard this before by many other people but i am a big fan of yours. I am 18 and i started playing trombone a couple of years ago. I was listening to the Russian Trombone CD you have out and fell in love with the Romeo and Juliet Montagues and Capulets. I would like to know if you have any release of the scores for the piece you have played? If you could please tell me where to find those scores i would be for ever grateful. Thank you for your time and more than anything else thank you for the beautiful music you make with your trombone. Brandon Vigil, Belgium   I am honoured that you are my fan! Sikorski has the right to all music by Prokofiev CL

Happy Birthday Christian!!         THANK YOU EVERYONE!! CL

                     Stort Grattis på födelsedagen från mig i Umeå, Peter - Grattis på födlsedagen! Nigel - happy birthday thanks for all your amazing energy stay healthy all the best dirk -  ett stort grattis på födelsedagen. Hoppas du får en vansinnigt bra dag. Vi hörs och ses. Snart hoppas jag :-) Hurra, hurra, hurra, hurra. Jalkan - grattis på 25-årsdagen! hoppas du får en jättefin födelsedag med massor av presenter! Maria - Hi Christian! Happy birthday and all the best wishes from Iceland!!! Emil - Hipp hipp hipp fra -25, snø, strålende sol og Rally-VM Öyvor -  Kjære Christian. Gratulerer så mye med dagen i dag! Ser virkelig frem til at du skal være Artist in residence på årets Nordland Musikkfestuke. Ha en strålande dag! Mvh RC -  Grattis på dig din gamle räv. Kramar Helene - Grattis på födelseldagen, Christian! Hoppas allt är bra med dig, var än du är. Hälsar, Stefan - Grattis Grattis ,gamle man! kramar  från EvaMia - Ett stort grattis på födelsedagen... Ha en bra dag! Kul konsert förra veckan - Grattis Christian!!  Hope you have a great day, hell go ahead and have a great week too!!! Tim - Ha den äran på födelsedagen! Tobias - Många grattis på säkert gammeldan, från en som kollar in gryningen i GAlamanta, om du kommer ska vi, invånare bjuda på Tårta Christer - Happy Birthday Christian!  Have a nice time with your family if you´re not on the road. Greg Leathers - Hi Christian, hope you are having a good birthday! Do you remember a conversation that we had in Valladolid about a year ago about great players, communicating through playing etc? I was just teaching in Brasil, and I heard a fine young player named Milton, who I thought was very interesting. I don´t want to complement him too much, because sometimes one builds up too much expectation, but one thing that impressed me, besides his playing facility was his ease of communicating through his music. I would like him to come to Europe sometime for a visit, so who knows, maybe you could hear him play. I would appreciate if you think of a competition or some other venue that might suit him over here.  I am off to Iceland tomorrow, hope you are well! All the best, Petur Eiriksson, Bass trombone, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Spain - Happy Birthday Christian! I and my trombone section from Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra wish You All The Best!!! I will go to Silide Factory in Rotterdam, I hope we will have nice time there. Skol:) Robert Zelazko - Alaska Bob - YOU ARE A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW !!! AND SO SAY ALL of US !!! Iry - Grattis! Hoppas du får en fantastisk fördelsedag! Ha det! /David Björlman - Ha en underbar födelsedag! /Kixi, Kacka, öh, Kocko, jäla knappar! KICKI - Happy Birthday! Victor Asuncion  - Happy Birthday, Charlie - Grattis broder, Nisse - Grattis på födelsedagen, Per Sjöberg - Grattis Christian Lena - Crattis på födelsedagen Dorota - Grattis Chrille, Bill -  Happy Birthday! Keep well! Ali Syme - Happy birthday! Yesterday I had my first whole conducting concert, 3 Icelandic pieces. It was a success! Thank you for inspiring me to follow my own star :) Ari - Happy Birthday, Christian! Cheers! Michael Powell - Grattis på bemärkelsedagen Åke Lännerholm -  Grattis på dagen, unge man! Efter 40 verkar det vända o man blir bara yngre för varje år, åtminstone om man tittar på dig - känns skönt att ha det att se fram emot. Skål! Johan Morén - Ha den äran på födelsedagen! Filmen vi gjorde tillsammans har ju blivit väl mottagen. Trevligt. Vi kommer att synas alla gånger i Rotterdam snart. Brorsan Pär som filmade har dragit till Australien och tog en tur förbi Wollongong igår! Så nu vet han hur din inspiration ser ut! Henrik Söderlund - Greetings from Tokyo, Roger Bobo - Ett jättestort grattis på din din fördelsedag! Hoppas du blivit firad ordentligt! Stor kram Heléne - Grattis på födelsedagen, Marinens musikkår,Karlskrona - Congratulations, Alison - Happy birthday, Katja

Guess Lindberg´s time in Valencia Marathon and win his DVD Christian Lindberg - The total Musician(playing time 3 hours and 40 minutes)

Christian Lindberg is just about to run his 8th marathon on the 22 February, and to feel the pressure to finish, he is giving out 10 DVD:s to the ones that are closest to guess his final time. Last time Lindberg did a competition like this his goal was to go under 4 hours and 30 minutes which he has managed in all the races he has done so far, but having turned 50 he has now allowed himself a bit more time: his goal this year is to go under 4 hours and 40 minutes. Send the time at which you think Lindberg will do his 8th ma rathon  to mandrake@tarrodi.se, or just write your time here on the blog..  The ten who guessed the time closest to the right one will get a free DVD. Please write hours, minutes and seconds!! Best of luck!!  Some of the guesses so far: 4.34.36 -- 4.29.45  --  3.55.39 -- 4.28.17 -- 4.30.04 -- 4.29.45 -- 4.29.56 -- 4.46.30 -- 4.23.25 -- 4.36.27 -- 4.14.20 -- 4-37-45 -- 4.26.11 -- 3.38.47 -- 4-24.19 -- 4.38.30 -- 4.36.00 -- 4.31.15 -- 4.53.12 --4.38.42 -- 4.36.25 --4.38.37 -- 4.28.32 -- 4.33.12 -- 4.34.12 -- 4.19.00 -- 4.34.16 and many more...

16 Feb 2009: marathon guess 4.02,38 Olga, Russia 

14 Feb 2009: Hello Mr. Lindberg, I am a trombone player from Texas (your manager might know me from an email that I sent before I noticed this blog, my apologies for that). I recently won a solo competition playing the David Concertino. I have listened to your recording of it on iTunes with the Bamberger Symphoniker, and at the end of the first movement you do an awesome finale that is not written into the music. I have searched the Internet for the transcription of it, but I can´t find it anywhere, and I would like to include it in my performance. I was wondering if you happened to have the transcription of it, or might know where I could find it elsewhere. Thanks a bunch, and best of luck on your marathon, I predict around 4 hours, 31 minutes, and 27 seconds. Cory, USA  Congratulations Cory, and thanks for nice words, You can order my version of David from Edition Tarrodi. CL

12 Feb 2009: marathon time 4.10. 46 Evelyn, USA   Pooh...Tough!....CL

11 Feb 2009: You´re a very grand master..I love vour work......K²   Auvergne, France  Thank you, nice hat that you have!! CL

11 Feb 2009: I enjoy listening to your music very much. Your sound is the greatest. I am a Trombone player also. I am a member of a brass ensemble In Portland Oregon, USA. Gary Thogerson USA

SOLD OUT A MONTH IN ADVANCE RESULTED IN EXPENSIVE BLACK MARKET TICKETS FOR CROSSOVER TROMBONE EVENT WITH LINDBERG/LANDGREN

Fredrik Högberg´s new concerto, or rather show, for two trombones and wind ensemble created standing ovation and carnival atmosphere on Nybrokajen 11 in Stockholm. Below some impressions from the audience written here on mr Lindberg´s blog. Feel free to add your impressions!!

10 Feb 2009: You are absolutely incredible Christian!! How on earth can you manage to conduct with such enormous energy and musicality and at the same time play at highest level, sing crazy opera with enormous humour, and everything with so much heart!!  And what you have done for this orchestra(the Swedish Wind Ensemble) is absolutely amazing!! Thank you so much!!! Eva, Stockholm, Sweden  Thank you SO much for these words Eva!! CL

10 Feb 2009: I must say that I did enjoy it immensly as well, it was a great evening!!!!! Nisso aka Nisse Landgren So did I, So did I!! CL

10 Feb 2009: Could you give some advices on how to concentrate your mind when you practice or performing on stage? Best, Jimmy. China    Study Yoga! CL

9 Feb 2009: What an incredible event Nisso and Chrisso!! The best concert I have seen in a long time Svante, Gävle, Sweden  Thank you Svante! CL

8 Feb 2009: How on earth can you create so much energy and excitement! You are both artists at the absolute highest level and in all aspects. Thank you so much, both Nisso, Chrisso and Fredrik!!  Lena, Västerås, Sweden I am so happy to hear that! CL

8 Feb 2009: Hi Chrisso! Thank you, thank you for all the amazing trombone tricks that you and Nisso showed us yesterday. Fantastic concert in every way imaginable! Your friend Uffo.  Please send my regards to mrs Rudolphini, long time no see" Ulf, Stockholm, Sweden  Thank you Ulf!! CL

8 Feb 2009: Vilken konsert på Nybrokajen!! 7/2 09 - Så bra så bra.. Pia, Stockholm, Sweden Tack Pia det värmer! CL

7 Feb 2009: Dear Mr Lindberg, I´m Thomas and I am 11 years old. I play the Trombone (I´m working on my grade 6) and I am doing the Bronze Arts Award. If you don´t know what it is a national qualification which supports young people to develop as artists and arts leader. I need to choose an Arts Hero which has inspired me and research their life and work and I have chosen you. So I was wondering if you could tell me about your life what were your high-lights and how you first started the Trombone  and what inspired you to become a professional and anything else you think was important to you in your life to you help you with your music. If you have any posters or material items for my arts folder please can you post some, here is my address: 3 Comfrey Close Yours Sincerely Walnut Tree Thomas Milton Keynes England MK7 7BY Thomas Dixon (England) Dear Thomas, that is very flattering. I started to play trombone at 17, My teacher and Mstisla Rostropovich inspired me to become a professional, and my highlights include Motorbike Concerto with BBC Symphony Orchestra 1992, attending the world premiere of my piece Chicabone Checkout with Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2006, and conducting Dvorak New World Symphony with Guiseppe Verdi Orchestra Milano 2008. I will have my publisher send you a signed poster!! Best of luck with your music, it is a wonderful thing to be part of! CL

5 Feb 2009: Hi! I recently bought the "Pictures at an exhibition". and the cd Los Bandidos It is great music, but.... really hard to play. How can you play like that? I am practising and practising... but I don´t think I ever can play it like that... I am your big fan and my inspiration. Max, Russia    Continue to practice..hehe..I did too!! Thanks for your kind words! CL   OK I do my best...........Max, Russia

4 Feb 2009: Thank you for all great musical moments! Alice UK

1 Feb 2009: Hi Christian, Thank you for a wonderful concert in Norra Sandsjö. Tomas from"Galamanta" Sweden  Thank you Tomas, great to see you afterwards, looking forward to Dawn of Galamanta CL

1 Feb 2009: Great concert in Norra Sandsjö! Great music! Tackar tackar. Leif Norra Sandsjö. Sweden  Thank you Leif, what an incredibly beautiful church you have in Norra Sandsjö!! CL

31 Jan 2009: Tack för en fantastisk konsert. Lena Växjö  Tack Lena! CL

31 Jan 2009: Hi, Just want to thank you for all you great cd records. I have almost every one. Your trombone playing will go to history. I think that no one thought that it is possible to play like that, but you really have showed how fantastic the trombone is. Have a nice concert with Musica Vitae! Lisa, Luxemburg   Thank you ever so much Lisa, your words make me very happy!! We had a wonderful concert yesterday with Musica Vitae, today two more performances and tomorrow the last one. Iit is a great orchestra! CL

30 Jan 2009: Hello there! Just listened to your record Romantic Trombone Concertos. It sound like beeing in paradise. You are amazing, fantastic. don´t ever stop playing! have a nice time with your Arabenne Frank, Auckland, New Zealand    Thank you so much for these words Frank! They inspire me to continue practicing hard, despite the fact that conducting is taking up  a larger and larger amount of my time. CL

30 Jan 2009: Dear Christian! Heard that the Konzert für zwei Posaunen by Högberg was sold out! Well... Stockholm is a bit far away for me anyway!  By the way who is the baritone singing on Your start page? It sounds great! Love, Deb Yes...lately it seems that most of my concerts are sold out, so I guess one has to book in advance...sorry...the singer is Anders Larsson from Sweden. CL

30 Jan 2009: It is absolutely great to be back again with Musica Vitae, the group that was the first to commission a piece from me, Arabenne. It brings back great memories from 1998 when we premiéred it. Rehearsals are lots of fun, we are working on Janacek Suite, Mozart Symphony no 3 as well as my two pieces Kundraan and Arabenne. CL

28 Jan 2009: Could you give some advices when a player feel very disappointing or boring sometime. For example, counting beats for many hours in rehearsal, practise an Arban Fantasia include lots of triple tonguing combine with extremely fast slide move. etc. Have you ever met this kind of situation before? I am really suprise that you can keep your spirit and enegry all through. Best of luck! My maestro, if you could have been born earlier, there must be lots of music written for trombone! Jimmy, China  Dear Jimmy, everyone gets bored from time o time, I can get completely bored just by checking in and out from hotel rooms. I guess noone can excape from this, but of course it is something that you have to fight against. Running is actually very good, as it gives you edorphins, something that makes you think more positively than usual. That is why I practice for the Valencia marathon at the moment. Yesterday I ran for 2 hours and 15 minutes, and I was in an incredibly good mood all day. CL

27 Jan 2009: Ser mycket framemot konserten i Växjö! Lena, Sverige    Tack Lena! Skall bli kul att framträda här igen! CL

25 Jan 2009: Dear Christian, congratz with the successfull recordings :) Today I performed your trio Salute to a Sausage Society in a concert in Conservatorium van Amsterdam. It was greatly received by the audience even though I completely messed up the last 2 bars of insane double tounging. It just shows that the message of the music is so strong. Ari, Iceland-Holland   Thanks! That is absolutely wondeful to hear! CL

24 Jan 2009: Dear Christian, thank you for last week and for being a truly incredible conductor! Jens Braun, Producer BIS-Records 

24 Jan 2009: LINDBERG/BIS/DVORAK/NCO-RECORDING DONE!! The atmosphere during this recording was great, NCO has never played better, and the BIS producers Jens Braun and Hans Kipfer inspired to art at the highest level. The 10 Legends by Dvorak, a work from 1881 that made him internationally famous are going to be released next year in May, together with Richard Tognetti´s breathtaking interpretation of the violinconcerto written approximately at the same time. Recording was done with the new RME system, making sound crystal clear at the same time as being broad, warm and beautiful. A HISTORIC WEEK FOR THE NORDIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA!! CL

23 Jan 2009: I´m not sure if this is the real Christian Lindberg or not. however, if so i´d like to say something, you´re the reason i started practicing the trombone and fell in love with the trombone. i heard your solo "The Virtuoso Trombone" and i was amazed at the tone quality and speed you could play it at. but i just wanted to thank you for inspiring me to better myself playing-wise. Thank you so much. anyway what i want to do is play for the rest of my life.  Good luck on whatever you´re doing :D  Sincerely , Tyler Jacob McLeod, USA Thank you ever so much Tyler for these nice words. CL

22 Jan 2009: You conducted World of Winds 2006.. Greats Moments!! Humbertus, Spain Thanks Humbertus! CL

22 Jan 2009: Gott Nytt ÅR! följer dina vägar. Vilka fina bilder från NCO. Verkar vara en härlig stämning och mycket snö. Blir det tid för skidåkning månne? i alla inspelningstider. Har hört Richards magnifika violinspel i Christian Lindbergs ASA, detta fantastiska stycke, från skivan Christian Lindberg:  A Composers Portrait II Astrid, Linköping Sweden     Jo, vi hann med lite skidåkning mellan skivinspelningspassen, Hjärtligt tack för de fina orden om ASA, de värmer!!! Gott nytt år till dig också Astrid! CL

From left: Hans Kipfer and Jens Braun from BIS, Jonas Lindgård concertmaster, CL and Richard Tognetti at the famous Knaust Hotel.

21 Jan 2009: Wow, what a violinist!! Richard Tognetti, artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra joined up with us, the Nordic Chamber Orchestra, recording the Dvorak Violin Concerto on BIS records. The sessions were electrifying, and standing side by side with such an amazing musician was an incredible musical experience. Thanks Richard! We want you back as soon as possible!! We are almost done with the Legends, and things are going wonderfully well!! CL  

20 Jan 2009: Hello! You are my greatest musical inspiration! Edgar, Chile  Thank you Edgar, that means a lot to me!  CL

17 Jan 2009: Hi, I would like to ask about buzzing : the best way to practice on mouthpiece is blowing only air, without sound? Patrick  The best is not to buzz at all, but if you have no access to a trombone and need to get in shape after holiday you should put your hand around the backbore so that you create a similar resistance to what you have when you play the trombone. If you buzz that way, it will be quite similar to what you would do on an instrument. CL

17 Jan 2009: Happy New Year, wish you all the best!! Could you give me some advices about how to practise vibrato? My teacher told me my vibrato is always too fast and in his mind, vibrato should be played with accelerando. Why can´t we play instant vibrato like violin players? When you look at a piece of music, how to choose where should be use vibrato? Jimmy, China    My opinion is that vibrato is THE personal thing in your playing. You should first of all learn to play whithout vibrato, and then you use the vibrato to make colours, There are as many ways of playing vibrato as there are players, and it will always be a matter of taste. If you feel unsecure about it, it is better to play a streight note. If you feel you can add something musically this is really up to your own musical taste, but do listen to the opinion of your teacher and try out what he suggests. CL

16 Jan 2009: I understand that you studied with Ralph Sauer during your younger years. I was wondering what your theory on mouthpiece buzzing is, as Mr. Sauer is not an advocate of it.  Thank you for inspiring trombonists like myself on a day-to-day basis. Also my friends and I here at Indiana University love the Bombay Bay Barracuda music video! Jonathan - USA    Already before I studied with Ralph I was absolutely sure that mouthpiece buzzing is not a good thing! I used to do it a lot from age 17-22, but immediately when I gave it up, at 23, my sound improved. Experiment: Try to make a good sound with a mouthpiece, and while playing put the mouthpiece in to the trombone...how does it sound? probably awful!! Then do the opposite:  make a good sound on the trombone and while playing remove the mouthpiece from the trombone...how does it sound?? Just air coming out without a sound!! that is the way to play! Anything else is bad for your sound!!! CL

15 Jan 2009: Hello! You´re a great influence to all trombone players everywhere and have influenced my playing ever since I began listening to your recordings. My goal is to become a trombone soloist much like yourself. What is your advice for someone trying to become a trombone soloist? Thanks again and don´t stop playing!  Elburz Sorkhabi, Canada      My advice is that you don´t let anyone else stop your dream. When I started, everyone said I was mad to even try. Even if I wouldn´t have succeeded it would have been worth the effort as the fact that I tried made me a better human being. As Dostojevsky says in his book "The Idiot": It is the striving to reach the goal, and not reaching the goal itself that is the meaning of life. Best of luck! CL

14 Jan 2009: Hi there When will you come to Germany? Martin, Germany      End of February to conduct and play in Nurnberg, and then end of May in Stuttgart. Check the schedule above for more details! CL

14 Jan 2009; I´m your fan. Amazing your picture! rsrsr Great Pleasure! Take a loock at my album. There are some pictures you will like...  Leandro, Brazil  Thank you! Very nice pictures! CL

13 Jan: 2009: Hello ! At first i`m a great fan of you ! Your way to play the Trombone it makes me happy your sound and articulation is great ! Can i have an autograph from you ? i hope i can hear from you ! Thanks so much !  Lukas Klinger, Austria.  If you mail your adress to someone at Edition Tarrodi (info@tarrodi.se) they will send you a signed photo. CL

13 Jan 2009: Hi again!!! Im looking for Högberg´s Su Ba Do Be. In edition tarrodi they have Su Ba Do Be I, II, III and IV. Wich one did you record in "Unaccompained"?? Thanks so much. Pedro Henrique, São Paulo Brazil No 1! CL

10 Jan 2009: Check out www.iopera.com !! The new thing after facebook and myspace!! CL

9 Jan 2009: Hi! First of all...all the best for you in this new year!! I want to thank you and say that your breath and yoga exercises are now helping me, but it still difficult to deal with it. I´m also starting yoga "classes" next week, I got really excited about it!! And I have a quick question about flexibilities...do you recommend any method??  Thanks again! Pedro Henrique, São Paulo Brazil Happy new year to you too! There is a book by someone called Collns with flexbility exercises that you should buy and study. CL  Charles Colin method?? That´s it?? Pedro Henrique, São Paulo Brazil Yes! CL

8 Jan 2009: Well I wanted to ask you if you could tell me or help me figure out how to lip trill on the trombone. I´m asking because I´m playing one of your most known solos, the Concertino by F.David, and theres two places where I have to trill and I can´t seem to make it work. Also one last thing. I don´t know why but when I play I play on the bottom lip most of the time and only use a smidge of the top. I wanted to know is there a way for me to make it(the mouth piece)be right in the center of both. Also Im asking on behalf of some of my friends that have the same problem. With much gratitude Abraham Moreno USA Dear Abraham and friends: Just place the mouthpiece where you can make middle F on second line in bass clef sound the best. With that embouchure you should practice thoroughly the trill chapter in the Arban book for at least a year. Then you will be able to do trills. CL

6 Jan 2009: Wish you a Happy New Year! Greetings from Russia, Olga Russia  And to you! CL

 5 Jan 2009:You have been a huge influence on my playing ever since I started learning the trombone aged 11. I often listen to your recordings to help me prepare. Steve Sykes, United Kingdom Thank you Steven! CL

 4 Jan 2009: Your awesome man! Sarah Laban, Auckland, New Zealand Thanks Sarah! CL

2 Jan 2009: Tjena Christian! Har just njutit lite trombonjulgodis i TV-soffan! Tack för senast och grattis till programmet! och God Jul! Mikael Oskarsson, Sweden  Tack!! Det var verkligen fint trombonspel från dig och Micke, Tack för det!!!  GOD FORTSÄTTNING!  CL

2 Jan 2009: It has been a fantastic christmas for me! Too much food, of course, but extemely relaxing in stunning white surrounding at my peninsula, without computer, trombone and scores, and I have now started again to work hard with new  energy, something that I just love to do. And thanks for millions of christmas greetings!! I can not respond to all of you, but thanks to all of you!! Warmest regards, CL

1 Jan 2009:  Inspired from you since ever. Grazie, Saluti, happy 2009!! Ercole Nisini, Italy  I am honoured to hear that! CL

1 Jan 2009:: happy new year christian :) I hope see you again in 2009 :)  Nilay Taşpulat, Turkey  And to you!! CL

23 Dec 2008: I am a trombonist in 11th grade at Dreyfoos School of the Arts. You have been my inspiration. Alex MacDonald USA  Thank you Alex! CL

22 Dec 2008: Yesterday I listened your Csardas with the pianist Roland Pöntigen. That was fantastic. I was fascinated. I play trombone since 4 months and now I want to play this. Have you the notes of this song?? If yes perhaps you can answer me and you can send me the notes. I would find it good. Yours sincerely Adrián Extremera Mayo, Germany  You can order everything that I have recorded on tarrodi.se on the webshop, or write to info@tarrodi.se CL

22 Dec 2008: Hej Chritsian! Tack för en underbar upplevelse framför TV:n. Jag gillade ditt verk mycket. Kolla mitt fotoalbum på http://www.myspace.com/438571590 så kan du se dig själv som 15-åring från Ingesund ca 1973.  God jul och gott nytt 2009! Cay Lennart, Örebro, Sweden   Tack Cay Lennart!! Vilket härligt fotoalbum du har!! CL

21 Dec 2008: WOW! What an audience! Never ever say that Brazilians do not apreciate avantgarde modern artsmusic. I just did the South American premiere of my piece Kundraan for conducting trombonist and orchestra, and despite the pure madness of the piece, the full house in Recife´s Teatro Isabel laughed, giggled,screamed and cheered like in a rock concert after the performance. Thank you Ana, Ana, Raphael and all the others in charge of the Recife Festival VIRTUOSI,  for creating this wonderful opportunity!! CL

19 Dec 2008: After have listening to your record Classical Trombone concertos...you are the greatest!!!! simply the BEST...can say ni moore Max. Russia    Thank you Max, that makes me happy to hear! CL

20 dec 2008: Hei hei. I read your newsletter with increasing astonishment! And I always keep my eye open in case you are going to be within drinking distance....Skål Martin Anderson, Great Britain   Fantastic to hear from you again! I will never forget our great hangout after the premiere of Turnage Trombone Concerto at the 70th anniversary of the BBC Symphony, that was fun!! CL

17 dec 2008: Arrived at Gran Hotel Dorisol yesterday evening and in the hotel I immediately rehearsed with a great orchestra from about 10 different countries. This morning at 5 I did a wonderful jogging tour around the beaches of Recife. Have now rehearsed again with the orchestra, and it is pure joy! It will be extremely exciting to do the South American premiere of my piece Kundraan, but right now I am going down to the pool to have a Caipirinha!! CL

16 dec 2008:Terrific playing, wonderful!  bests, Massimo, Italy  Thanks, and you too!! CL

15 dec 2008: Dear Christian. I received your Composer´s portrait volume 2 today finally and needless to say I listened to it all at once. You have such an unique voice inside you that manages to touch me in ways that I find quite surprising and highly entertaining. And your playing only gets better I am afraid and leaves one wondering how such a thing is possible. So have a very merry christmas Christian and keep up the good work!!!!!!! Ari Holland-Iceland Dear Ari, this goes right in to my heart, thank you!! CL

14 dec 2008:Hi!! How are you? My name is Daichi Mori. I am a student of Goryo Junior High School in Japan. I am a member of the brass band club and I play the trombone. I have heard your music only twice, but even twice is enough for me to understand how great your music is. Your performance is sometimes funny and sometimes serious and it impressed me. I want to be a trombone player like you. And one day I hope to meet you to play the trombone with you. I hope you will have a happy Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! Please write back to me if you have time.  Daichi Mori. Osaka Japan   Good luck with your studies, practice a lot  Daichi!  CL

    13 dec 2008: The right place to go to in middle of December is Recife Brazil! The last stop before a Christmas break that I am really looking forwards to! I am in the middle of finishing two pieces, one for Rotterdam and one for Leipzig, and to do that from a hotelroom looking over the  ocean outside Recife(full of Sharks by the way!) is awesome!! They usually have GREAT stringplayers in Recife festival, so I am really curious to see what the audience makes of my piece Kundraan! Last time, in Trondheim, it was standing ovation, but will the Brazil audience feel the same about the desillusioned creature  Kundraan in his meeting with Lucifer?? We will see...CL    Oh, Recife is a beautiful city...walk around the beach is specially impressive to me. My first time in the city, so many good places, so many histories(I heard that sharks dont show up since 2004)...Welcome to Brazil  Mr. Lindberg!! See you soon... Pedro Henrique, São Paulo Brazil

11 dec 2008: I almost cant sleep expecting your concerts and class in Recife. I enjoy so much the repertoire (Cavatine, Romance, Larsson, Solo by Cage etc)...and excited about seeing your pieces live. I´ll be there between 13 - 20 december, I hope see you around some day besides the concerts, and maybe have a talk. Best regards;  Pedro Henrique, São Paulo Brazil Thank you for these kind words Pedro, I will be very busy composing during the week, but I am sure we will have time to at least say hello! CL

  9 dec 2008: Man - you are awesome! I look forward to the bleeding hands and burning brain in your new concerto. Already practicing my MAD voice - ahhahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa hhhhahahah ahahahahahah! Beware ... see ya on the 15th! All best from freezing Tallinn! Pedro Carneiro

9 dec 2008: Bueno la verdad soy de Perú, para mi cristhian lindberg es una persona muy habil y por todas las paginas q he podido leer una gran persona tambien, a lo igual q el soy trombonista, creo q lo estoy haciendo bien en lo q me dificulto un poco es en velocidad me gustaria q alguien me ayudara a superarme si es q se puede. gracias. Dragunov Peru

8 dec 2008:  Hi from Japan. you are awesome!  I´ve had a hell of a good time at Suntory Hall! Thank you so much!! pls come back soon! Emiko Furukawa  Thank you so much for these kind words, I will come back soon, promise!  CL

8 dec 2008:  Hi! I´m Paulo, 15 years-old and I study trombone. I was in you today´s concerto in Casa da Música, I waited for this concerto during a lot of months and it was very important for me. It was GREAT! Thanks a lot for the opportunity :)  Paulo Banaco. Portugal  Thank you! CL

8 dec 2008: Dear Christian Lindberg. I have been a your fan for almost four years now. I just love the work you have done and your style. My ipod is pretty much full from your musics! I am a junior in high school and i have been listening to your music everyday in school and out of school.I practice about six hours a day. If i become a professional trombone player i wanna be like you! also, I have questions, I am going to audition for julliard next year and I was just wondering what solos are going to be good for the auditions? Dose it matter what kind of yoga position I do on the warm up? Lasr question is how can i make my lip trills faster? Kaiki Yamashiro, Japan   Thanks for these kind words, I would think David, Dutilleux or Martin, you could do any yoga excercises, and you should practice trill chapter of Arban school to make good trills, bets of luck. CL

8 dec 2008: Dear Christian Lindberg I love your performance in Porto, Casa da Música. I edit a blog (environmental) and i mention your art in this postage http://bioterra.blogspot.com/2008/12/hoje-ouvi-edvarg-grieg-e-christian.html All the best João Paulo Soares  Thanks for this! CL

8 dec 2008:Hello Mr Lindberg! How are you, twe meet in Valencia, can you remember? this is my blog: http://www.franciscocoll.blogspot.com/(is in english version too), I hope you like it!, if you want I can send you a recording of my work! Now I´m writing a trombone concerto to J.C Matamoros! Best Wishes!    Francisco Col,l Spain

  7 dec 2008: Today I started the final work of orchestration on my piece THE WAVES OF WOLLONGONG for The Rotterdam Philharmonic. Instrumentation will be: 9 trombones, 3 flutes, 3 ob, English horn, 2 cl, Bass Clarinet, Baritone Sax, 2 bn, double basson, 6 horns, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 percussionists, harp,  strings 16, 14, 12, 10 8 featuring The New Trombone Collective CL

7 dec 2008: Hi Christian!  I love the work you´ve done on behalf of us lesser known living composers. I hope I´m worthy of your chops someday. : ) Best  Charles Coleman, New York  Thanks Charles, you write beautiful things, particularly Rut Struut and Red Oak Dawn  CL Hi Christian! Needless to say, thanks for the kind words. Charles Coleman, New York

6 dec 2008: Thanks for playing trombone and for coming to Portugal... João Pinto, Portugal   I enjoyed it very much ! CL

5 dec 2008: I couldn´t agree more! Look forward to hear your next pieces!  Ari, Iceland-Holland

5 dec 2008: Jetlag is great, particularly from east to west, because you wake up at 3 in the morning, no one disturbs you and your creativity is at its best. I managed to finish the particell for my percussion concerto that Leipzig Radio Orchestra and Pedro Carneiro is going to premiere in May. It is probably the most farout I ever wrote, and in my own opinion the most creative so far...The piece is called Mr Hammersmith in Heaven, it is strongly inpired by Franz Kafka, and Pedro will not only play, but narrate, being a lonely accountant who died in eumonia. No one came to his funeral...CL

4 dec 2008: Thank you for the fantastic concerts in Tokyo, I heard both. How can you play like that!! You are amazing!!!!!!  Wish you a Merry Christmas!!!!! Miki. Japan Thank you Miki! CL

2 dec 2008: After 30 hours of travel from Tokyo to Stockholm, I left Stockholm this morning at 5 o´clock for Portugal. Sunny and beautiful it is, and I am  just now on my way  to conduct the rehearsal with The Porto Symphony Orchestra. This week I conduct Takemitsu, Turnage, my own piece Brainrubbish and Mussorgiskij Pictures at an exhibition, and I also do two concerts as soloist, with Peter Rundel as conductor(the 674th and 675th performances of A Motorbike Odyssey in combination with Wagenseil´s charming little concerto). I am thoroughly looking forwards to it!!!  CL

Hej Christian!
Lyssnade på dig i Uddevalla i somras. Fantastiskt!! Ni två tillsammans, orgel och trombon..... berörde mig starkt och kanske ff a Er lek m Bolero fick mig att göra en resa som (stort ord!) är oförglömlig. Kommer ni två (minns just nu inte hans namn) göra fler konserter tillsammans? Mvh, Charlotta Falk Mäki, Sverige Tack för de fina orden! Den närmsta tiden har vi inget på gång, Gunnar och jag, men klicka då och då på Schedule här på hemsidan, så kan du se alla konserter som jag gör! CL

Mr. Lindberg, have you ever played a concert being in pain?? I know thats a weird question, but sometimes I have to deal with it. How can you deal with it? Thank you so much. Pedro Henrique, São Paulo, Brazil  Actually it happens to me quite often, but you just have to push the thoughts away and let the adrenaline take the pain away! Yoga is good for this kind of problems  CL

2 dec 2008: I wonder if you could help me with a repertoire problem. I am looking for some solo pieces, ideally with a piano, organ or similar small accompaniment (so no concertos) to bridge the gap chronologically between the Alme Ingrate (of I believe 1722) and the Saint-Seans Cavatine (around about 1902 I think). Ideally something from around 1750, 1800 and 1850. I know this is a big ask, but I wondered if you had any ideas. Many Thanks    Steve Thompson                  You would have the Habsburg pieces by Eberlin, Albrechtsberger, Reutter, L Mozart, Wagenseil, and then Weber Romance, Lizst Cujus Animam, Mercadante Salve Maria, Guilmant Morceau Symphonique, Ropartz, Piece en mi bemol, Gaubert Morceau Symphonice, Stojovskij Fantasie, and many more!! Check my CD:s on this homepage and you will find some good things!! Best of luck with your recital!! CL  Thanks Christian. I thought that I knew the repertoire better than most - its great that I can still be surprised after all theses years!! All the best with the upcoming concerts. Steve Thompson

1 dec 2008: I´m a huge fan!  I aspire every day to play the trombone like yourself. Truly an inspiration! Band Ninja, Phillipines.

1 dec 2008: How to produce a lip trill directly? Most of the works just need to play a trill with stringendo. It is hard to control the pitch and tempo immediately. Best, Jimmy, China You need to practice thoroughly the trill chapter in the Arban book for at least a year. Then you will be able to do trills. CL

1 dec 2008: Hi i am an army trombonist stationed in germany right now. I was just curious on how realistic it would be to have a lesson with you. SGT Brandon Clark Germany  Thank you for the blog entry, I would LOVE to be able to give lessons, but I just can not find the time for this...I made a decision some years ago that rather saying yes to some and no to most, I wanted to be fair and tell everyone I am too busy. But I do occationallly public masterclasses that you can apply for, and I can warmly recommend Jonas Bylund in Hannover, whom I tought and who teach in a very similar way to me. Warmest regards, and sorry for this answer!! Best of luck CL

29 Nov 2008: Helo, When will be the next part of your autobiography? :) Jim         I am so extremely busy right now, but I have added a short story in there just for you right now! It is actually good that you remind me, otherwise it will never be finished...I will try to work a little more on it soon!! CL

29 Nov 2008: Please come to New York, thanks Mark Law, U.S.     We plan on coming to NY with the Swedish Wind Ensemble spring 2011  CL

29 Nov 2008: Hi Mr. Lindberg! I am student of 4th year in the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico my professor is Luis Fred. I want to see you in Puerto Rico some day giving a masterclass or performing in a recital! I really enjoy your music! Respect! Alex Iglesias Puerto Rico   Would love to come to Puerto Rico! CL

29 Nov 2008: Suntory Hall!! What an accoustic and what an audience! It was a true pleasure to perform there yesterday in front of the wonderful Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and over 2000 people in the audience! CL

28 Nov 2008: Dear master Christian welcome again to Porto nest week. Sergio Carolino Portugal Looking forward to it! CL

  28 Nov 2008: I listened to your trombone concerto yesterday. Once,I  had gone to your concert in TOPPAN HALL february 2005. Then, you played with pianist. This time, you play with the Yomiuri Orchestra.I first listened to the concerto. I´m impressed by Your "virtuoso trombone". I had a good time,thank you. Wataru Japan  Thank you Wataru CL

28 Nov: 2008: Hello! I just popped in to say good day and hope you are doing well. Your a very inspiring figure to me. I have a great amount of respect for musical career and i hope to see you in a concert someday if you ever come to Indiana! Our school here is a little less music oriented than i would hope and if you would ever consider speaking at an American high school the members of our music program would probably die with gratitude. We are starting to lack in members and we need something to pep up people and younger students to get involved! I wish you well Mr. lindberg! Tyler Hamilton, USA   Thank you Tyler for these kind words! CL

    26 Nov 2008: Back in Tokyo for the 18th time ! I must give credit to my wonderful japanese agent Genroh Hara, who not only brings ME to Tokyo but also invited my daughter and wife on top of it to stay with me at the wonderful Keio Plaza Hotel! That is what I call a real impressario!! They enjoy the city while I rehearse with yet another orchestra (I have been soloist so far with over 10 different orchestras in Japan) the Yomiuri Orchestra. 1st concert will be at Metropolitan Arts Space and the second in my favourite hall in the world: SUNTORY HALL, and will be broadcasted by NHK-Nippon Television together with an interview about my relation to Japan.  CL

  Thanks Aire, that was encouraging. You know, to gain popularity in the press Bruckner went to see Wagner to ask if he could dedicate a piece to him. Wagner took Bruckner out partying and the next day Bruckner could not remember how Wagner responded. So Bruckner never dedicated a piece to Wagner, he was to embarrassed to ask again... So if I want to dedicate You my first piece Mr. Lindberg, would you then take me out and have me drunk? Looking forward... Deborah, Alice Springs, Australia

26 Nov 2008: Dear Deb, Your thoughts of becoming a composer is genuine and really worth taking into consideration. As my friend Vince would put it; "A good composer is a bad composer, and better than two composers". If I am honest I am not sure exactly what he means, but I think he might have a point: If one think of for example Haydn, had not he continued composing, in the shadow of fine composers as Messerschmidt or Besserwise, no one would have heard of him today. So, young Deb - do not despair, if you want to study composition, do. In other case you can search for a less falsehood carrier. Aire K. Brown. Westmin. Ab. , Great Britain

25 Nov 2008: Sister! It takes at least 15 years to become a composer. You first need to study law, then aural magnifia, note writing theory, beating technique(if you conduct your masterwork) and many many other things. Why do you always write things that are not well thought out sister?? Gabriel Massengale, Kentucky, USA

25 Nov 2008: Wow, almost 90 concertoes!!! I want to be a composer as well... How does one do that? Are there any famous australian composers? Have you performed music from australian composers Mr. Lindberg? Deborah, Alice Springs, Australia

25 Nov 2008:Finished with the first version of my double concerto for Mr. Lindberg and Mr. Landgren. it was so much fun writing it and I really look forward to the rehearsals! Christian You are such an inspiration... How many concertos have been written for You now. My double concerto must be at least the 85:th or something... all the best Fredde, Sweden   Dear Fredde, I got the solopart from your butler, it is AMAZING!! Thanks!! It will be an incredible success in Stockholm in February!!!  CL

25 Nov 2008: Dear Christian: Do you have some breath exercises as your daily routine? When I playing, after several breathes, I always feel the volume of air that taken in are getting smaller and samller, especially when I have take a very short breath. And my embouchure will getting tight, the sound quality is very narrow and have a very small range of dynamic change, could you give me some advices to overcome this? Best, Jimmy , China     Count 3 beats in 60 and breath in, then 3 beats and breath out. Fill and empty your lungs completely and make sure the breath is absolutely steady. Do this together with yoga positions CL

 25 Nov 2008: National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra was a very positive surprice! They played very well and had prepared Cantos de La Mancha by Jan Sandström and Lopold mozart Concerto very well indeed, and the peope took very well care of me during my stay. I enjoyed the very authentic taiwanese meal with director of the orchestra, and former trombonist Suang-Yung Liu very much. CL

24 Nov 2008: Hi, I would like to ask about mouthpiece place on lips. Is it should be based on upper or bottom lip? What position of lips and all embourche is the best to play? And my last question :) How correctly use air stream in play on trombone? Yours faithfully. Jaco, Poland    Just play the middle F(second line in bass clef) and place the mouthpiece in the middle of the lip. Stand in a good position. Make sure you get a good sound out of that F. When you can find a good sound on that note that is where your embouchure should be. Think about firm lipscorners and the rest will take care of itself, as long as you practice slowly and carefully, based out of the position your lip is placed on at middle F, and always concentrating on the sound!! And don´t forget: The trombone needs much more air than you would ever think... CL

23 Nov 2008: A day to remember! My god!!!! In Taiwan there is one orchestra called National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, and another called National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra!! I arrived in Taiwan, ready to play with the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan in Taipei and had made an appointment with my tailor in that city, called my friend Cheng-Hsuan Chien(solo cello of Taipei Symphony Orchestra) to meet up with here and her friend Kuei-Chu Chu(former concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan in Taipei, picture to the left) when they suddenly informed me I was going to play with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra in a completely different city, Taichung!! I had told the nice woman, Luh, who picked me up ready to take me to Taichung(when I still thought I was going to Taipei) that I needed to see my tailor in Tapei, and politely, like only someone from Japan or Taiwan she said "A little complicated, but I will try to arrange it for you".  So here we go: 14.30 arriving at the airport, after 20 hours travel from Stockholm,  14.45 car to high speed train, 15.25 highspeed train to Taichung, 16.30 arriving Taichung station, car to orchestra rehearsal south of Taichung, 17.30 warm up, 17.40 rehearsal 18.15 car to hotel in Taichung to checkin(made the checkin in 3 minutes!) 19.15 car to highspeed train to Taipei, made it by one minute, 20.45 picked up by Chien and Chu by car and driven to the tailor in Taipei 21.15 taking measurements at the tailor. 22.35 buying a lunch box(first meal of the day) 22.40 driven back to higspeed train(Plenty of time! 3 minutes before the train left!) , 00.30 arriving in Taichung, taxi back at the hotel!!! PUUH!! Without helpful people like Chien, Chu and Luh I could never  do what I do, or be dressed the way I am(the clothes will be made within two weeks, and sent home to Stockholm by David Liao, my favourite tailor in the world!). Looking very much forwards today to a concert with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, not to confuse with the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan..and: On days like this you really apreciate the promotor providing me with a wonderful suite in Hotel National of Taichung and a bed that you could sleep in forever!!  CL

22 Nov 2008: Sometimes it is tough too be popular...came home in the middle of the night from Linköping conducting Stravinsky, Strauss, Tchaikovsky and CL, and left in the morning for Taiwan and Japan. Right now I am sitting in the business class lounge in Hong-Kong stuck, as the plane from Stockholm to Hong-Kong was delayed, so I missed the connection to Taipei, Taiwan. People are however very friendly in asia, and they have already arranged for pickup in Taipei from the new connection with Dragon Air. Looking forward to perform Leopold Mozart and Sandström Cantos de la Mancha with Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra tomorrow CL

21 Nov 2008: Härligt, konserten var fantastisk i Torsdags. Tack ännu en gång för en härlig upplevelse!!!!
hälsningar Astrid ps. när blir nästa samarbete??? ser fram emot det!!!!  Astrid. Linköping  Hjärtligt tack för de varma orden! Vet inte exakt när, men vi hade väldigt roligt tillsammans orkestern och jag, och dessutom har  man preliminärt bett mig skriva en specialkomposition för Stockholms Kammarbrass och Östgöta Blåsarsymfoniker tillsamman. Tyvärr är ju mitt schema ganska fullt så man får i vilket fall vänta till 2010, men då hoppas jag att du kommer igen, och kanske tittar in efteråt och säger hej?? Varmaste Hälsningar från flygplatsen i Hong-Kong CL

20 Nov 2008: I´m an old trombone player (but, I let it slide) who never thought I would get a lump in my throat or a shed a tear just hearing the instrument. (Playing the trombone is just a trick, I mean, you´re not really swallowing the thing.) I´ve lived most of my life thinking that only strings could produce such versatility, warmth, emotion, and technical brilliance. Please, come to Pittsburgh, and perhaps play with one of the world´s truly great symphonies. At the end, I´ll be the guy at Heinz Hall standing and cheering loudly for "One more encore!" Thank You - Jack Etzel   Thanks from the bottom of my heart! CL

20 Nov 2008: How to keep the same sound quality as middle and low register when you play some loud high notes? Do you put the horn downward? Best, Jimmy, China  Always build your embouchure from the middle F(3rd partial) and try to have a similar emouchure in the top and the bottom register. Air is the key, and also to keep lip corners firm. Best of luck CL

19 Nov 2008: Hej! ser mycket fram emot konserten på Torsdag!!!! Alltid härligt med Östgötamusiken, och nu även under ledning av dig Christian kan det bli bättre!!!!! Astrid, Linköping     Tack Astrid, och välkommen!! CL

  18 Nov 2008: el mejor! soy trombonista de una de la mejor banda de colombia soy un fiel admirador suyo  A mi me gustaria ser tan grande en la musica como usted.  daniel zuluaga     Hola y muchas gracias CL

18 Nov 2008: Great, though a horrible Nordic weather is something I would like to have at the moment, it beats the neutral dutch weather. You have told me already Christian but I feel it is something is very important. How do you continue to stay motivated and positive when you encounter the negative forces at work in far too many orchestras and ensembles? Ari, Iceland-Holland        The negative forces in orchestras has to be left alone, and isolated. If you yourself just stay focused, positive, constructive AND most important: WELL PREPARED MUSICALLY, then the negative forces will just disappear one by one!! CL

17 Nov 2008: A truly fantastic week with the Nordic Chamber Orchestra in better shape than ever, according tho our the ST critic, and I do agree. We had an absolutely full house in Stadshussalongen,  we even had to put in extra chairs, and also had people begging for using every chair that the subscribers had not used. Piazzolla, Ginastera, de Falla and Turina brought the audience at their feet. The mood was like in south of Spain, despite horrible Nordic November wheather!! CL

14 Nov 2008: hello.yo soy integrante de una de la mejor banda estudiantil de colombia.  tu eres mi idolo y siempre lo seras ok, bey bey DANNYEL   Hola y muchas gracias CL

13 Nov 2008: When you see music on the page, do you make a story in your mind? When you performing to the audience, do you think the story or picture you want to describe or just feel the notes or sentences in advance? Thank you very much!!  Jimmy.          Music in itself is in my opinion even superior to a picture or a story, so what I try to do is to listen to my inner voice, and try to clearly feel what the soundwaves do to my body, and if I feel it, it will automatically be transformed to the audience. It as absolutely amazing how much power there is in music so just let it come to you, and if you happen to see pictures or are reminded of stories there is nothing wrong with that,  but as I said music in itself is magic enough! CL

   12 Nov 2008:: What a man!! Per Arne Glorvigen is a fantastic artist! He has his totally own style of bandoneon, yet it is almost like having Piazzolla himself standing close to you when conducting the great piece Aconcagua for Bandoneon strings, piano, harp and percussion! Looking forwards a lot to the concert tomorrow night! CL

12 Nov 2008: Hello Mr. Lindberg! I was wondering if you are traveling to America anytime soon? I would love to hear you live!! Ross, USA    At the moment I am totally booked up elsewhere...South America yes: Sao Paulo and Recife Festival in December.. CL

12 Nov 2008::What do you usually do when you warm up before a concert? How can you feel the balance point between warm up too much and not warm up enough? Before an audition, when I waiting in an practice room, I always have a tendency to keep warm up to overcome nervous, but the result is when I actually play to the panel,especially in some loud excerpt, the sound quality change and double buzz happened. Best,  Jimmy          A warm up should not be more than maximum 20 minutes, in the morning of the day, easy and done in calm and concentration.  Then you should just save yourself, trust your lip and do maximum  5-10 minutes playing in total. The best is to do these 5-10 minutes as close to the actual performance as possible. Personally I use the applause for the ouverture of the programme, before I go in on stage as a total warmup,  30-40 seconds maximum. CL

12 Nov 2008: Tack för en fantastisk !!!!!!! konsert i berwaldhallen 9/11 Ewa H Stockholm Sweden Tack för att du var där Ewa! CL

11 Nov 2008: Hi Christian, how are you doing? We met 5 years ago with Micha Davis in Israel. Nice new recordings you have here. All the best, Noam, Israel

10 Nov 2008:Hello Mr. Lindberg! I just got the music to "An Awfully Ugly Tune" and I´m a bit perplexed about the alto part. Am I supposed to just read the music and pretend I´m playing tenor trombone (ie the first note is Eb, not Bb)? Why is it written this way? I might as well ask, since this is my chance, how you learned alto and what you do to practice it. Do you treat it as a separate instrument or is it like tenor trombone to you? Thanks a lot!    Harry Reed (USA)   Yes! that is exactly the way you should read it. I do certainly see the alto as a separate instrument, but the idea with the transposed tenor clef is well thought through: If you started as a  tenor  trombone player and read the alto clef, you still treat a high E-flat as a higher note, more difficult to play than a Bb on a tenor, but the fact is that it isn´t, and if you read it the same way, meaning reading the E-flat as a B-flat, then it feels not so high and easier to play. It really works, try it out!!   Best of luck   CL

10 Nov 2008: A full house in the Berwald Hall gave us a standing ovation, and we were also honoured by presence of the Japanese ambassador as well as their cultural attaché. Even the American embassy were represented, and to hear our soloist Mika Takehara play japanese drums at the reception afterwards was something very special Now to something completely different: With my other orchestra, Nordic Chamber Orchestra, I am starting in less than an hour rehearsals on a latin programme, including Piazolla, Ginastera, Turina and de Falla. Concert is (OF COURSE!) practically sold out... CL

   9 Nov 2008: We are just rehearsing a programme of japanese music with the Swedish Wind Ensemble, and I am amazed, again, over the impact that some composers have on me: Toru Takemitsu, who I was fortunate enough to get to know well personally, wrote the breathtakingly beautiful piece Garden Rain in 1974 for the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. To conduct that piece, as well as accompanying the excellent marimba player Mika Takehara in Ikefudu´s Lauda Concertata is a wonderful experience. Anyone who still are free and read this, come to Berwald Hall at 15.00 today! In our hectic society I can assure you it will be like a wonderful meditation. Just listen to the poem by an 11 year old aboriginal giirl that inspired Takemitsu to his piece Garden Rain: Hours are leaves of life. and I am their gardener.... Each hour falls down slow. CL

8 Nov 2008: It was I who cut you into the concert of the Band of Primitive Liria (Valencia, Spain) 07-06-2008. To me you´re the best trombonist in history and will remain so forever, congratulations. Aereonfly Spain  Thank you very much! CL

7 Nov 2008: In the third movement of Hindemith´s Sonata, there is the bit that happens twice with a low E followed by and F just before it goes into 2/2. Do you do these notes in 2nd and 1st or 7th and 6th? I know that 2nd needs more force/air to get the note as clear as in 7th, but I was wondering what your opinion was and what you play. Thomas, Great Britain  There would be several reasons for using 6th and 7th positions: It gives  more energy to the performance visually, and also, you will find that the f on 1st might be too flat. However, on the CONN-CL valve the e and f are so open, so the sound in itself should not be a disadvantage. Best of luck! CL

7 Nov 2008: hi , ask a questıon for you what pieces will I play the 3nd International Christian Lindberg Solo Competition 2010? Please answer thank you     Cihan   We have not decided yet...but for sure in will include Mandrake in the Corner and Ferrer Ferran Trombone concerto, Best of luck!!! CL

7 Nov 2008: Back at my hotel from the opening of the composer festival in Stockholm with the RSPO/Oramo and your unbelivable performance of my Fairlight. Thank you for giving the piece an another astonishing performance. And.....without you, this piece wouldn´t excist and without your inspiring personality, your absolute top musical level and your openmindness to my ideas and thoughts, this piece wouldn´t have been what it is! Therefore it is me who should thank YOU Christian!
Yours Rolf

6 Nov 2008: I wish everyone in the world would have the chance to hear the beautiful music that Rolf Martinsson has written for trombone! Tonight I am opening a festival of his music with the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra live broadcasted in the Swedish Radio. Martinsson´s ability to paint in colours wth a symphony orchestra is amazing! Thank you Rolf for writing such a beautiful piece for me. CL

6 Nov 2008: Hi Christian your concert in Greece was perfect We are expecting you soon for more trombone playing Triantafillides Pavlos GREECE      Looking forwards to be back in May next year in Megaron. CL

6 Nov 2008: I was watching your video playing Arvo Pärt - Fratres. He is a great composer!! So simple, beautiful and expressive. Its really hard give musical expression to it...and you did so well. Your videos are a great inspiration for me to study trombone more and more. Finally, Gunnar de Frumerie Concerto its another piece that I love to hear every day!! Its an amazing concerto!!  Best for you... Pedro Henrique de Faria Brazil    Thank you, yes, Gunnar de Frumerie and Arvo Pärt really wrote some beautiful piece for me. CL

5 Nov 2008: Christian Lindberg hello! My name is Odei, I am trombone player, I am 14 years old, I study at jazz musical school of name Kim Nazaretov in the city of Rostov-on-Don! I your big admirer, I consider you as the best classical musician, in the world! At me your 7 albums! I wait for your new albums! Your admirer Odei Al-Magut! Goodbye!!!! Odei Al-Magut Russia Rostov-on-Don    Thank you Odei! That is very nice to hear! Best of luck with your jazz studies, and hope to hear you one day!! CL

4 Nov 2008: HELLO FROM ATHENS . MY NAME IS PANAGIOTIS ZAFIROPOULOS  AND I PLAY THE TROMBONE IN ATHENS STATE ORCHESTRA  . I WERE IN MEGARON ATHENS AND I WATCH YOUR CONCERT !  IT  WAS FANTASTIC .    I AM SENDING YOU THE PHOTO AND I AM REALLY  GLAD TO MEET YOU .  I HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN  !!!!!!!!!!

4 Nov 2008: His music has allways touched me in a way that few others have managed too. I still have dreams about the piece Indri that you conducted with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra in May,  So it is good to know that there is another piece that I have to hear by him. In Sandström related news, do you happen to know when the CD with Jan´s music will be released by BIS, the one you conducted with ISO?  Ari, Iceland-Holland

3 Nov 2008: Two days ago I went to hear the world premiere of Jan Sandström´s Requiem in Hedvig Eleonora Church packed to the last seat(over 1000 people). The man who wrote A Motorbike Odyssey has once again reach beyond the sky. This requiem did exactly what a requiem should do: Help us deal with the sorrow for our lost beloved. So beautiful!! So honest!!! So free from unnecessary notes!!! Jan Sandström knows exactly which notes need to be there and wich ones to take away!! I was knocked out by the beauty of this Requiem!! CL

3 Nov 2008: It is true, the first page is all ways the most difficult one. It goes for analyzing as well. So good luck!!!!  Ari, Iceland-Holland     Thank you Ari !  CL

2 Nov 2008: Just had three days rest, without concerts or rehearsals , which in comparison feels like a real holiday...Tomorrow starts double rehearsals in my own town with the Stockholm Philharmonic and Sakari Oramo(Martinsson Trombone Concerto) in "Konserthuset" of Stockholm, and conducting a Japanese programme(Takemitsu and others)  with The Swedish Wind Ensemble in the "Berwald Hall".  Even if it is a huge work load, I do enjoy it, particularly as I have a chance to socialize with my family in my own home for a little while and also sleep in my own bed! Starting tomorrow the final composition work on a new piece: A Percussion Concerto for Pedro Carneiro to be premiéred in May by the Leipzig Radio Orchestra under John Storgårds. First page is always the most difficult one, so wish me luck... CL

2 Nov 2008: Do you ever perform in Minneapolis, Minnesota? Tom Summerfield, United States     I am working with Osmo Vänskä in November in Tokyo, Japan, and he and I have been talking for some years about doing Mozart and Motorbike with the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra. I also have worked several times with St Paul Chamber Orchestra, so, when the schedule is getting a bit less hectic, and if they book well in advance I guess one of these days I will be back there. CL

2 Nov 2008: Dear Christian: How can you improve three aspects of your ability (trombone, composition,conduct) every day? Do you have some special methods to use the time?( like Da Vinci) Jimmy, 2np. (China)  Every day I  see as a new challenge, and when I wake up I always start with composing, continuing with studying scores and then practice trombone, to keep every aspect in shape. When that is done I look at my longterm schedule and decide what is the priority for the day. One day it could be composing, another studying scores and yet another practicing your trombone.....at the present moment my priority is to practice the Martinsson trombone concerto and learn the scores of composers Ito, Aoshima, De Falla, Turina, Ginastera, Takemitsu and Piazolla, so  this whole Sunday I will be  practicing trombone and studiying these scores.  All the best Jimmy!! CL

31 Okt 2008: I am a friend of Jacques Mauger, touvron guy and humble servant of michel Becquet, my son benjain trombonist 15 years fanatical Christian Lindberg and Michel Becquet should quickly integrate the best schools CNSMD Lyon. it is with your energy he has found a real passion in life and as a father I would be eternally grateful. best regards. Eric Gallon, Trompettiste, France   Thank you Eric, what an honour for me to get this message!  CL

31 Okt 2008: Dear Mr Lindberg, Thank you for an absolutely unforgetable performance in Karlsruhe yesterday of A Motorbike Odyssey and David Trombone concerto. I was present 15 years ago when you played with the Bamberg Symphoniker, and i can not understand how they could miss the opportunity of playing such a masterpiece!! Haydn was beautiful also, but yesterdays performance will be remembered by everyone in Karlsruhe as a historic performance. We do like modern music here, particularly with such incredibly fantastic artists as yourself.  You noticed it clearly from the applause...it is not often that an artist gets 9 curtain calls in our hall, but you did! Thank you, from the bottom of my heart!  Stephanie, Germany

30 Okt 2008: Dear Christian Lindberg, I have been in Festhalle Landau, yesterday evening. It was an amazing concert! Thank you for this. Regards, Sabine Hofmann, Germany    Thank you so much mrs Hofmann! CL

30 Okt 2008: I feel strongly that I have to make a tribute to a very special man in Sundsvall, Bo Westin, here on my blog: Bo, former bank manager at Nordea, has created Senior Club of  the Nordic Chamber Orchestra, a group of retired business men who loves classical music, and who take on the responsibility to build audiences and create links between orchestra and financial sector. A truly modern way of helping music flourish in times when governements hesitate about supporting "the Arts" .Thanks Bo!!!  CL

30 Okt 2008: In November 1989, exactly 19 years ago, I premiered the Motorbike Concerto with the Swedish Radio Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Tonight I will do my 673rd performance of A Motorbike Odyssey!! We are currently taking this piece, David Trombone Concerto and Beethoven 5 on tour in Germany, and this evening we perform in the magnificent concert hall in Karlsruhe. It is very special for me to do this piece here, as in the 90s I was supposed to perform it ihere with the Bamberger Symphoniker and Horst Stein. However, the conductor and orchestra refused in last minute to play the piece and it had to be replaced with the more traditional trombone concerto by Mihcael Haydn!! A Motorbike Odyssey has been extremely enthusiastically recieved on this tour, and I would like to thank both the audiences, the promotors who has provided absolutely full houses with audiences up to  2000 per night, and also Mr Neumann, Ari Raasilainen and the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie for a creative programming policy. Finally: Thank you JAN SANDSTRÖM for writing this masterpiece!!  CL

30 Okt 2008: Thank you for a wonderful performance last night in Landau. I was astonished at what you can do with your trombone, and have been talking about you in the office this morning. All the best. Roger Duthie, Germany  Thanks for this Roger! CL

30 Okt 2008: Szia köszönöm a fantasztikus konzertet Londonban, soha fogom elfelejteni.   Feri, Hungary        Nagyon örülök hogy szereted a konzertet  CL

29 Okt 2008: Dear mr.lindberg.  where can i find your yoga book or video?  Yamashiro San, Missisippi, USA            I have not yet published my warmup with the yoga positions, I am just too busy at the moment, but as soon as I find the time it will be published on Edition Tarrodi   CL

28 Oct 2007: Hey Christian, Long time fan, since probably around 14. I am 22 now about to graduate with my bachelors and then continue with my masters in trombone performance. Love your work, love your expression, I always say it sound as if you are singing through the horn. Godspeed! Bobby  Dothan, AL, USA

28 Oct 2007: I just wanted to say hello... HELLO! you´re great. we hope to see you soon in mexico.. once again!! have a good day! Edgar André, Mexico    I might be coming to Oaxaca 2010...check with the festival...CL

 

28 Oct 2007: HI FROM DETROIT! oops left the shift on.i promise THAT wont happen again.haaaaaaaaai have been meaning to drop you a line for some time.heck...probably since about 1987 when i was in highschool. but the world was a bigger place then...and people were not as accessible and/or connected. i must admit...it has been some time since i had your cds in heavy rotation. you were a HUGE inspiration for me...then...i went into architecture...haha fear not, the architecture did not hold my attention as i am an automotive designer(from the pot to the fire.) i dabble(d) in bonestuff since the "old days." i still play professionally in the livonia symphony. been in bunches of SKA, funk n rock bands...always advocating and "promoting" the use of horns. i tell you this, as you were quite instrumental for the inspiration to work hard...errrr...."refine my musical techniques." nothing short of a blast, and i wanted to let you know i owe you a Great Big Thanks. many YEARS of enjoyment. if you get bored, poke around a few of my goofy trax....some home demos, some bands of daysgoneby. after all, they are "your fault." HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA i am going to dig those old "BIS CL" cds out right now...they will be in the jeep for the drive to work. i am thinking Csardas, Concetino...maybe one more....thanks for listening...and playing,bud i will bug ya more later!    John, Detroit, USA       That is wonderful to hear. since 1987...quite a while!    CL

27 Oct 2007: In 2002 I met you in Motala SWE where I had the opportunity to enjoy your performance and conducting.I was totally amazed and realized that you are indeed the best of the best.I had the chance to meet you again this year when you came to Greece to impress us once more.And you did.Yet,I never expected that CL is not only THE mr trombone,THE mr composer,THE mr conductor but he is also THE DANCER.Keep that energy forever.Hope to see you soon again. Stavros,Greece.     Dear Stavros!! You are a pretty amazing dancer yourself, so this is really the best compliment I could get...I had an absolutely MARVELLOUS time in Greece thanks to you, so I promise you I will be back soon(actually most likely already in May!!) All the best, CL

25 Oct 2007: Hi there mr Trombone, mr Composer and mr Conductor! I am happy to see your new homepage. Looks amazing. Too bad that you are not able to come to the release party of my first solo CD. I would be very happy i you could spend some of your time listening and tell me what you think. If and when you have the time...
It has been so fun to play, record, edit and write te booklet as well as taking photos. A greater work than one can imagine, especially when you are struggling against a deadline. See you soon hopefully, your friend Håkan Björkman, Sweden     I would love to hear it!! Particularly interested in hearing your version of Mandrake in the Corner!! CL

25 Oct 2007: Cool sound homeboy. Love your work Kit Drew, New Mexico, USA

25 Oct 2007:Hola!! Al fin encontre un modo de intentar poder comunicarme contigo!!.Tengo 20 años y soy de Uruguay y admiro mucho tu trabajo , me has insipirado a seguir superandome, no dejo de asombrarme el virtuosismo que vuelcas en tus interpretaciones y muchas cosas mas que trasmitis que me quedo sin palabras..soy un admirador tuyo y un punto de referencia exepcional.!..Me gustaria mucho un dia poder hablar o asistir a una clase tuya o chatear.Te mando un abrazo grande y Gracias por hacer las cosas que haces porque nos hace querer segur adelante..ESPERO UNA RESPUESTA ! QUE PASES BIEN .. MI MAIL ES ricardoarbiza_trbn@hotmail.com
THANYOU !!    Ricardo Arbiza - Uruguay     Hola y muchas gracias CL

25 Oct 2008: i have problems in playing because my lips are shaking sort of a facial nerve problem.what is the best advice you can give.im also a trombone player and a fan of yours.please help me.thanks michael (philippines)    What you need to do is make sure the air is flowing properly, and then keep the corners of your lips firm but the rest of the body relaxed. Good luck! CL

25 Oct 2008:I hear you caught up with my friends barret (trumpter from NZ) and Yannick (conductor) in london a couple of weeks ago! And Dave on the plane!?! ....small world anyway i was wondering if you could tell me a little bit about the piece Sång Till Lotta? As I m performing it in a recital and need to write some program notes about it.... any help would be fantastic.  Mark Davey, New Zealand         Hi there, Sandström wrote Song to Lotta  to one of my fans,  a little girl who was 12 years old. He said: "As well as A Motorbike Odyssey is dedicated to Christian, you will get your own piece dedicated to you, Song to Lotta."  CL

24 Oct 2008: Dear Limpan! I think it has been too long since we had a sitting together? We have a release party at the Opera bar th 10 of november and I really would enjoy a visit from a long valued friend?
Kulan, Kent Jonsson Sweden   Wow Kent!! What a surprice and honouring with a blog entry from you!! I saw the CD advertised on Youtube, and it looks amazing! Both the Stockholm Brassband and Håkan Björkman sounded incredilbe!! But...damn it...as usual I have to pass,,,am on tour the release date 10 November. but enjoy every minute of the party!!! CL

23 Oct 2008: Hi Mr. lindberg I am a huge fan and fellow trombonist. Your beatiful sound inspires me to continue to practice more and more. By the way my name is Eric Johnson and I am a senior at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis MO. I´ll continue to write you. God Bless!! Eric Johnson U.S.A.

22 Oct 2008:I have almost all your records... great forgot on my last comment to tell that I am from Dublin. Al, Dublin, Ireland

22 Oct 2008: You are the greatest musician on this planet. Al      Thanks so much Al...what country are you from?? CL

 
22 Oct 2008: On the way to my favourite place on earth, my home in Valudden, and will not respond to the blog entries for some days, but keep writing, I will catch up in a while. Keep Swinging!  CL

 

 

22 Oct 2008:  Mr. Lindberg, I had the pleasure of hearing you play in Washington DC some years ago, the Kalevi Aho 9th Symphony. Simply stupendous playing! I´ve been a fan ever since, even took up the alto trombone (36h!) because of you, and played Motorbike Odyssey at University of Massachusetts Amherst because of you. I was wondering if you were going to return to the eastern USA ever again?! We all want to hear you play Motorbike out here in Boston! Please! Harrison Reed (USA)             Would be wonderful to come out to Boston and do the Motorbike Concerto. Would have to be 2010-11 but certainly possible to materialize through my general manager Gunilla Lodding (info@loddingkonsert.se)! CL

21 Oct 2008:  Hello!!! So glad I met you yesterday and takled to you even in the parking of Megaron after this beautiful concert! Hope you remember... I will never forget this evening. Dvorak´s New World Symphony was an apocalypsis for me. I was at the rehearsals also and the way you communicate with the score and the musicians is just incredible. You gave me so much inspiration to go on with conducting...! Thank you very much and hope to see you again in Greece... Phaedra Giannelou Athens Greece         Of course I remember, thank you Phaedra! Hope I get a chance to see you conduct also soon! CL

21 Oct 2008:  You are absolutely magnificant!!!Thank you so much for visiting us in Athens and we had the opportunity to hear you live...Your concert and of course the conducting part of the last night performance at the Concert hall in Athens was something to be remember....The orchestra sounds even better with you as a maestro!Thanks again for these great moments...hope to see you again soon!   Nicole from Greece        Thank you ever so much Nicole! CL

 

22 Oct 2008:Now you make a fool of you again sister! Lindberg has done 8 tours in Australia, with Austrian Chamber Band and Richard Togny, a pal of his. You should have been there, cause now his very busy maestro. Gabriel Massengale. Kentucky, USA

  22 Oct 2008: It seems like a lot of people met up in Greece... What´s so special about Greece Mr. Lindberg? Come to Australia instead. I seriously think that we would appreciate You even more here! Love, Deb  Alice Springs

Thanx, Aire for Your response to my request of editing Mandrake in the Corner. I will be more careful in the future. I don´t know that lot ´bout the music business and all. When will Mr. Lindberg come to Aussie again?
Deb, Alice Springs

21 Oct 2008: I have attended your yesterday´s concert at the Concert Hall in Athens. It was a night to remember. I was dreaming away while listening and at the end of the concert I left with so much joy in my heart. You are simply GREAT!  Sofia Konstantinidou- Athens, Greece                                 Thank you ever so much Sofia! CL

  21 Oct 2008: Beeing home after attending Mr. Lindberg´s Athens interpretation of "the world", I must say: Is this over head taken possible? Discussing with Vince, and bladdering in my files, I just can not compare this with anything I have heard before. Vince suggested the Horenwitz vinyl recording from 1956, but I don´t know.  Aire K. Brown. Westmin. Ab. , Great Britain

  20 Oct 2008: Thank you Efy, thank you Spyros, thank you Sokrates and all rest in Melos Brass, thank you National Orchestra of Greece for a BRILLIANT week in Athens!! The electrifying concert we made together in Megaron, with Leopold Mozart Trombone Concerto, Hidas Quintet Concerto and Dvorak New World Symphony will stay in my heart forever!!! Until next time XXX CL

21 Oct 2008:  hola Christian L. te mando saludos desde venezuela , kiero que sepas que dmiro tu trabajo y como eres tu ya que yo tambien toco el trombon, saludos estamos en contacto espero tu respuesta   Demonomia, Venezuela     Hola y muchas gracias CL

  18 Oct 2008: La Boheme!! I will never forget this beautiful performance in Athens! Great conductor(Lukas Karitinos), great staging(Graham Vick) and wonderful singers and orchestra!!! Forvige me London....but Athens is an even more vivid city, and the trombonists here took me to the most WONDERFUL, genuine greek restaurant where we ended up dancing greek dances all night long( Tsifteteli and Zeimbekiko), and it made me feel like a real magas!! CL

18 Oct 2008: i hope you can give us a trip to Hong Kong...!!!!!! there are many people in Hong Kong want to enjoy your performance!!!    Samson, Hong kong  I love that city, and next time I have an open space I will accept an invitation, for sure! Take care friend!! CL

  17 Oct 2008: Some days you are just so lucky being a travelling musician! Athens, 26 degrees Celcius, morning conducting the wonderful Radio Orchestra of Greece in Dvorak New World Symphony, afternoon walking around the unbelievable Akropolis, late afternoon, stopping by at a genuine greek café on the way down from Akropolis and enjoying a greek coffee and an ouzo watching the sunset...and after this getting a free ticket to Athens State Orchestra performing Brahms Piano Concerto no 1 and Beethoven 8 in one of Europes best concert halls. Today is a day to remember and orchestras from Greece are not to be underestimated... CL

18 Oct 2008:Hello sir i greatly appreciate your work. Im a junior at Tell City high School, in Tell City Indiana, United States! any ways im in a bit of a pickle. Well i know you play the conn 88h and have for a while. My question is this, How can i afford one? Our school has one that i use but its quite old and i would like one of my own. If you do have a chance to read this i must say i would greatly appreciate a message back with any idea of a place or way to get my instrument. If you do know of a place please i wud like to know an affordable way to get one with the Cl rotor. Again thanks for reading and i really enjoy your work!  Tyler Hamilton USA  There are some good links to best price stores here on my homepage under INSTRUMENTS. Good luck Tyler! CL

16 Oct 2008: Dear Mr Lindberg, I was so touch by the world premeire of your own Visions and Non Thoughts with the Swedish Radio Choir that I found myself in tears!! It was so beautiful, a piece that expressed everything from life to death...thank you for an incredible experience. Lotta, Stockholm, Sweden

16 Oct 2008:Hi Mr. Lindberg. I´m expecting so much your 3rd visit to Brazil on december. I´m from São Paulo...and it will be the first time that I"ll can see you live. Would be possible a quick talk about music, composition and maybe trombone in this period? I´m just a young trombonist and composer, but I think it can be interesting.  Keep this great work. Pedro Henrique de Fari     Come backstage after the performance in Sao Paulo. CL

15Oct 2008: Hello Christian: When will you went to Granada, Spain? I would know if you going to give a concert or masterclass. Thank you. Fernando Roldán Peinado, Spain All is full until 2010, and the closest I will be to Granada would be Badajos, Merida and Santa Cruz in nov-dec 2009 and in Valencia Feb 2010. Sorry... CL

15Oct 2008: Hello, my name is Rob Taylor. A few of my friends and i went to see Christian Lindberg at the Royal Festival Hall last friday, and we got our picture taken! I could say it was the best moment EVER!! Rob, Great Britain

14Oct 2008: Hi Christian - I was utterly mesmerized by your performance in London on Friday. What a fantastic programme! I loved every minute and can´t wait to see you back in the UK in March.
Such a great evening - many thanks Steve, Great Britain  Thanks Steve, very inspiring to hear! Come backstage and say hello at the Barbican in March! CL

14Oct 2008: Dear Deb! Concerning your askings of editing down loads, my friend Vince, met him briefly at Swindon Festival last week, told me after had read your blog that he produced many changes in Mandrake in the Corner in an arrangement lately. The arr was commissioned by Bath Boatmen and in lack of tenor goats (Vince´s humour) he replaced up to 65% of the music by imitations of new chamber opera arias. Vince said that the piece was very well received, but unfortunately also that Mr. Lindberg obviously has got a number of Chamber Opera´s chair boards looking for him the last months. "And I do not think they seek him for new commissions" , Vince added with a inscrutable smile. Aire K. Brown. Westmin. Ab. , Great Britain

14Oct 2008: Hej Christian, gillar verkligen hur du spelar, där ligger man minsann i lä.  Filip, Sweden

13 Oct 2008:I loved your concert in London last Friday and it was great to finally see you in person. I might have to see if I can come to see Troorkh in the Barbican in March! Thanks for everything. Thomas Gibbs, UK

12 Oct 2008: On the 19th of october 2008 20h30 in the Theater Maaspoort Venlo , The Netherlands the Royal Symphonic Wind Band of Thorn, conducted by mr Norbert Nozy, is going to performe in contest your trombone concerto Mandrake in the Corner for Two Trombones and Wind Band. Soloists in this performance: Jörgen van Rijen & Bart Claessens, member of the Concert Gebouw Orkest - Amsterdam. Peter Parren, president Wind Band "Koninklijke Harmonie van Thorn" Netherlands

12 Oct 2008: Thank you Phil Parker music shop!! The trombone and mouthpiece you sent me by taxi saved the performance in Royal Festival Hall, London, a concert that I enjoyed really a lot, even with a brand new instrument and mouthpiece. The accoustic in the newly renovated Royal Festival Hall is very exciting actually. Bright and sparkling, still very dry, which is the advantage of hearing every note clear, but not really flattering. I did enjoy playing there, and with a full house the accoustic actually became better than on the rehearsals. The London Philharmonic a GREAT partner to make music with as always, as well as the energetic young conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin. And a wonderful wonderful audience! Thank you all!!   CL

12 Oct 2008:  You are one of the most inspiring musicians I have ever heard. Thank you! Cheney, Washington

12 Oct 2008: Dear Christian Lindberg.  I really enjoyed your London concerto yesterdayevening!! And I was very happy to talk to you backstage!  Don´t you think the time has come for the saxophone to take a regular place in the orchestra´ s? Its beautiful sound matches so well with the strings! Edith, The Netherlands                   Yes, the solo in Mussorgski was beautiful, I very often use baritone sax in my orchestra pieces, to get more solid bass (as you see below)  CL

10 Oct 2008: Hola amigo! grabé el sax baryton contigo en tu cd con la Orquesta Sinfóncia de Euskadi. Saludos desde España, josetxo

9 Oct 2008: Fantastic playing, fantastic sound! Duo Disecheis, Italy

9 Oct 2008: Arriving at the hotel in London picking up the Alto Trombone to play some notes  before rehearsal with the London Philharmonic  I noticed it was totally smashed, wrecked and mouthpiece stuck.! They would not let me take it on board on the airplane, insisting on taking care of it and giving it back on arrival safe....completely ruined...I  had to quickly order a brand new instrument to borrow from Phil Parker to be sent by taxi to Henry Wood Hall just in time for the start of the rehearsal...but...no mouthpiece!!! A new taxi drove fast fast to deliver the only mouthpiece they had, was a 10CL, no 15CL the one I normally play, ..so practice the Alto tonight getting used to it......rehearsal was fun though with a fantastic conductor, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, a real musician and a very nice human being!!

  9 Oct 2008: Dear sister, it is illegal to download pieces from the internet free!! Mandrake in the Corner is my favourite piece, and I am sure Maestro Lindberg would NOT let you do changes in his music! I get embarrassed when you write things like this Deb. Gabriel Massengale. Kentucky, USA

9 Oct 2008: I´ve just downloaded this great piece. I think it´s called "Mandrake" something, due to the mp3. What is the full name? Does anyone know? Is it recorded yet? This is the music I am looking for to my poems. What do You think Mr. lindberg would say if I used this music and edited it a little so that it would fit my texts? Love You Gab. it´s been a while...
Deb, Alice Springs

9 Oct 2008: Love your Mozart hornbone recording! Tim Galligher USA

8 Oct 2008: CD Recording done with Swedish Radio Choir!! We recorded my piece "Vid Sista Udden" based on a poem by August Strindberg, and a commission from the choir: "Visions and Non Thoughts " that I have been working on for nearly two years. The poems by Rumi, Krishnamusrti and St John of the Cross was incredibly inspiring to work with, and I feel  satisfied with the end result!! World Premiere on the 15th Oct in the Berwald Hall...but first Mozart and Don Quixote with the London Philharmonic!!!  CL

6 Oct 2008: Dear Christian, thank you so much for a wonderful collaboration during the "HORNFROSSA" in Berwaldhallen yesterday. It was a true pleasure to perform the Schumann Concertpiece and premiere the Emilsson doubleconcerto together with Radovan, with you conducting. You are doing a fantastic job with the Swedish Wind Ensemble! Sören Hermansson      Thank you Sören!! To have your and Radovan´s sound right beside me was a celestial experience. Wow!! You gave so much inspiration to this huge audience in the Berwald Hall, including hundreds of young players listening to you with dropped jaws,  and you will have an even bigger audience on Saturday when it is broadcasted nationwide(15.00 in P2) CL

4 Oct 2008: Q: Hi, Could you tell what plan of your daily practise you had, when you decided to be a soloist? Martin, Poland                  A: I  gradually built it up from 4 hours a day devided into 12 sessions  of 24 minutes when I was 20, up to 6 hour a day between 22 and 25 also 12 sessions, but 30 minutes per session. On top of that I rehearsed brassquintet 5 days a week 90 minutes each time between 22 and 24. CL

     

Radovan, Sören and Christian in Anders Emilsson´s Concerto for Two Horns and Orchestra

4 Oct 2008: Lindberg celebrates the French Horn in Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, with the Swedish Wind Ensemble and four of the worlds greatest hornplayers, Radovan Vlatkovich, Sören Hermansson, Anna-Mia Larsson and Lisa Ford. On the programme: Comitas A Night at Culbin Sands, Frumerie Johannesnatten, Schumann Konzertstuck, a world premiere by Andres Emilsson and Hormonia by Christian Lindberg, a commission for four horns by the Swedish Wind Ensemble. The programme ends with a piece for 100 french horns and orchestra specially written in collaboration by P O Ukkonen and Anders Högstedt. Jens Lundberg, Edition Tarrodi

2 Oct 2008: Q: Good morning I am Filipe and I am a trombonist student and I would like to do an interview to you for my research. Will it be possible? Filipe, Portugal              A: Dear Filipe, I am frantically busy, but if you can write one question at a time I will try to make time for responses. CL

1 Oct 2008: Hello Christian and welcome friend, truly a young Man of kingship integrity, with an mix of King Arther siz´d faith, endur´n T. Edison belief, Indian Jones tenaciousness of spirit, Mozart ability to resourcefully compose, Von Gogh´s creativeness of illustration, and the smoothness of Nat King Cole graft´d through BB King, keep´n it grow´n with those near us! Keep giv´n each day, all of you, all your grow´n ideas, all your liv´n passions, all your hidd´n talents, grand canyon siz´d rivers of flow´n creative abilities. And you, will find, more of the ocean siz´d bounty, and galaxy reach´n capacity of great character in you! As your purpose flows, you will see what can be and is, when the destiny of a Man stands, is appl´d through his purpose and funnel´d through a dreams! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, said, "Dar´n ideas are like chessmen mov´d forward. They may be beat´n, but they may start a winning game." You, my friend, were creat´d with flow´n rivers of life in you, continue, to call forth the "King" in you to arise, and like the sun of new day, You will see in earth, the desires that resonate within. Thank you for being you.
your friend, Robert Foster, San Fransisco, USA

30 Sept 2008:Dearest Christian Lindberg! It is a great honour to get a chance on this blog  to express my enormous admiration for your art, and also for you as a human being, In a world of classical music when everything becomes less and less substantial each year, you create one masterpiece after another, and also continue to bring life and happiness into a grey world. I can´t wait to see your performance in London next week with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, in a piece that touched me enormously the first time I heard it on CD, Cantos del la Mancha by Jan Sandström. Thanks for all your wonderful work! Graham W.  UK

29 Sept 2008: Came home evening after 40 hours on the plane to an upside down appartment in Stockholm in the middle of renovation..the plan was for them to finish while I was in NZ, but they were still painting when I cam home, and the floor grinder will not come until wednesday...puh....Jetlag!!  Woke up 2.30 having slept only 4 hours, and in the morning I have to go to the first rehearsal of my new piece for the Swedish Radio Choir, "Visions and Non Thoughts" for Trombone and Mixed Choir. To hear a new piece first time it is rehearsed is the worst thing one could think of...one knows that it will take at least until the concert day before everything falls in place, and you worry about how difficult it is going to be technically for the choir. This part of the profession is certainly not the best...CL

29 Sept 2008 Dear Gabe, I am really sorry about the mis-spelled Lindblad in my first blog. It was a mistake, and I am very sorry indleed. Thank You.  Now to latest news from Vince, my friend and arranger. He has really such a great sense of humour. Last night he came strolling up to my studio carrying two A Clarinets under his arm, saying: "Are these two odd jobs pieces of you brains?". Such a great guy. Aire K. Brown. Westmin. Ab. , Great Britain

29 Sept 08: Hello Deb! How are you there downunder? How are your poetry classes?? Maybe your poem about the dog, you remember, would pass very well with mr Lindberg´s Reger paraphaze. Have you seen that I found a friend here from England? His name is Airie, but he spelled Mr Lindberg´s namen wrong. I was very embarassed  Gabriel Massengale. Kentucky, USA

29 Sept 08: Dear Brad, the very sad thing is that a couple of pages of this handwritten score is lost, and we have been trying to get permission to rewrite this arrangement from the CD, but Mr Jacobsen is dead, and his wodow won´t answer us at Tarrodi. As soon as we have a permission we will rewrite the pages and publish the piece. Jens Lundberg, Tarrodi Edition

  27 Sept 2008: So...Mark Davie, you are no piker you are in fact a real winner!! Mark has never before run more than 5 km, and today he and I ran half a marathon! Bravo Mark. Mark hit the famous "wall" at around 16 km, but after having walked for 1km he was back on track again, and finished the last 4 km with an impressive speed for a beginner! Congratulations Mark!!  CL

27 Sept 2008: Hi Christian, I think you are a great musician, I play the trombone too. Valerie, 16, The Netherlands

26 Sept 2008: Maestro, thanks for coming to Palmerston North. Never have I seen the audience here so enthusiastic as after your unbelievable  performance of the Mortorbike piece, and I have been to concerts in Palmerston North regularly  for over 20 years. And what an encore!! Thanks ever so much! Margaret, Palmerston North, New Zealand

25 Sept 2008: Dear Mr Lindberg, I am so much looking forwards to your concert in London on the 10 december with the London Philharmoinic. I heard you play Cantos de la Mancha in television some years ago in with New Japan Philharmonic and you narrated in perfect Japanese! Bravo, pronounciation was perfect. I am currently living in London working in the finance sector, but I am a big music lover and Lindberg fan. Thank you for your great musicianship. Aki, from Japan

25 Sept 2008: No worries man! Edition Tarrodi just teasing you a little...glad you liked the masterclass and the DVD! CL

25 Sept 2008: I´m sorry about the running Christian (i was definatly keen to do it!), but I had to teach at 8:45am, I went past the hotel at about 8:40am to see if you were there and explain the situation, but I couldn´t see you. Anyway thanks for the great masterclass, it was very inspirationall, and the DVD is something else!!! It´s fantastic, very funnny! See you on Saturday. Best Mark Davey, New Zealand
  

Hawkes Bay         Napier by night

25 Sept 2008: I am closely following the US election campaigns and just saw a statement by the man  that I sincerely hope will be the new  american president. Barack Obama is a brilliant man, and if he is not winning this election the world is in big trouble. However I am happy to see that he is such a smart man, and looking at the two candidates I am sure that the american people will choose the right president. Cross fingers!! We are now our way to Napier Hawkes Bay, with some of the most beautiful landscapes in New Zealand, a surfing and wine tasting region. After that only two concerts more and back to Europe, where I am looking forwards to working with Radovan Vlatkovic in Schumann Konzertstuck, recording and premiereing my new piece for the Swedish Radio Choir, playing Mozart and Don Quixote with the London Philharmonic, doing Dvorak 9 with the Greek Radio Orchestra  and  playing David and Motorbike with Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie, all within the month of October. My time in New Zealand has been great, the orchestra took well care of me, and I have enjoyed very much jogging along the coastline. Feel stronger than ever! CL

24 Sept 2008 CL MASTERCLASS: This guy(to the right, Mark Davie) is a piker!! He promised to come running at 9 o´clock in the morning but never showed up. As in the scetch "Ali G science"(You tube): SHAME ON YOU!  Jens Lundberg, Edition Tarrodi, Sweden

24 sept 2008: Hi Christian, we actually made it to the hotel to run this morning, but we were 10 minutes late as the busses were not running. We thought you must have gone running already, so we started off, but never found you. I must admit it was hard work running after last night!!! A good night though and a fantastic masterclass! Dave, New Zealand

24 sept 2008: You know Christian that most people think that when you ask them to meet you at 9 in the morning they think you are joking! ;) Especially when you last met them at a party just few hours before. :) Take care my friend and I´ll see you in London in march ;) Ari, Iceland

24 sept 2008: Some days have gone since I last found time to write here on the blog. It is wonderful with all this activity here on my page, over 100 000 visits since reopening last week!! New Zealand is exciting and I must give special credit to Usha at the NZSO! At the airport in Auckland I suddenly noticed that my wallet, with all credit cards, passport etc was gone...Usha immediately got on to the work, and tracked down the telephone number of the coffeeshop where I last had my wallet, right in middle of the city in Auckland. It was still there!! They put the wallet in the taxi that reached the flight just in time for the flight to Wellington. Yesterday I heard some very talented young trombonists in my masterclass. Bravo! BUT: where were you this morning? We did agree we were meeting up for jogging at 9, didn´t we?? I was waiting for you...buuuh!! CL

24 sept 2008: Yes, no problem. I´ll send you the score. I recall Vince also had an idea of make some changes of the solo part of the Lindberg Euph Concerto. He said, quote; "it seems a little too hard melted" (hihi). He has a great deal of humour that old chap."
Aire K. Brown. Westmin. Ab. , Great Britain

23 Sept 2008:Wow! What a coincidence! Do you also play the Euphonium? I do too! I just bought mr Lindberg´s Euphonium concerto via Tarrodi, but it is bloody difficult. Can I borrow your friend Vince´s transcription of Lindberg´s Jackson arrangement? My brother plays the hi-hat, so we could make the US premiere!  Gabriel Massengale. Kentucky, USA

23 Sept 2008: Oh, yes, I did hear Mr. Lindberg perform the Jackson arrangement at Lindisfarne Tapto last April. In fact, the arrangement came out so nice of the closet that I asked my friend Vince Agra to make a transcription for euphonium and two hi-hats. Aire K. Brown. Westmin. Ab. , Great Britain

  The trombone takes over New Zealand! 22 Sept 08: Have you ever seen a townhall with TWO posters four meter high of TWO different trombonists? Well, last week in Auckland, the principal trombonist Doug Cross and Christian Lindberg stood side by side and watched this phonomenon! Finally the instrument starts to be taken seriously, as a result of Lindberg´s 20 years of hard work promoting the trombone. The two nights in Auckland, where Lindberg performed no less than four trombone concertos, directing two of them himself, were huge successes. Critics from the first night(by Larry Jenkins): His performance of the Leopold Mozart Trombone Concerto with the NZSO was a model of phrasing and articulation. Effortlessly navigating his way through the work´s  decidedly challenging passages, he displayed unbounded enthusiasm for this music and for communicating it to the audience. Adding a bit of authenticity and fun to the proceedings, Lindberg then gave a teather jacket-clad Auckland premiere of A Motorbike Odyssey by his countryman Jan Sandström, It is a complicated, sardonic, virtuoso piece leaning heavily on the trombone´s ability to sound like a revving motor and to produce an imitation of the passing of a speeding bike, complete with Doppler effect. The large orchestra, with four more trombones, creat a hell of a row at times and Lindberg droce, pardon the pun, the piece hard and met head-on the double text of the extremely difficult solo part and the vocalisation called for while playing the instrument. Jens Lundberg, Edition Tarrodi, Sweden

21 sept 08: Helikon Wasp was just unbelievably good yesterday! Thank you! Anna T, Auckland, New Zealand

21 sept 08: Thank you so much for two unforgetable nights in Auckland! Your range of expressions wheather you conduct the Wagenseil and Helikon Wasp, or playing the unplayable passages A Motorbike Odyssey make ones jaw drop, completely unbelievable! I will live long on these performances! Sergej, Auckland, New Zealand 

20 sept 08: Thanks BD! People are so friendly here in NZ, so I will most certainly come back! CL

20 sept 08: Thanks for the fun and exciting concert last night in Auckland.  I brought my two young children who were both fascinated by the "dancing conductor" and your treatment of the motorcycle odyssey. they had never heard the trombone solo before and were quite enthralled by the piece and worked out it was a little bit different in musical treatment to the more classical pieces they are used to hearing.  thanks for extending their and my musical horizons.  enjoy the rest of NZ and hope to see you down here again sometime - a long way to come we understand but we appreciate it. BD, Auckland, New Zealand

Dear Pedro, Thanks for your kind words. I will be in Brazil december 08 and december 09, and there are discussions about coming to Mexico(Oaxaca) in 2010, se lets see if that will also bring me to Argentina...would be fun!! CL

19 Sept 2008: Your piece OF BLOOD SO RED is a masterpiece! Thanks for the CD A Composers Portrait no 2 . When will you come to my country and conduct your wonderful music? Pedro, Argentina

19 sept 2008: Writing from my room on the 20th floor in the Grand hotel in Auckland, the biggest city (but not the capital) of New Zealand. Yesterday I had a chance to go to the New Zealand Museum in Wellington, a stunning place to learn about the history of this exciting country, and then flew to Hamilton where we performed once again Leopold Mozart and Jan Sandström Concerti. This was the 668th performance of A Motobike Odyssey, and I followed up with the little encore I wrote called Kokakoka. Tonight it is the Town Hall Auditorium in Auckland with this programme, appearantly the best hall in New Zealand, and tomorrow same hall with Wagenseil and Helikon Wasp for conducting trombonist and orchestra. CL

18 sept 2008: I also heard Mr Lindberg´s (please spell his namen right!!) Reger travesti, but I am not sure about it...to me it was too thin in the gotesmash regien. But the concert was fine in other fixations, like the man on the moon by Michael Jackson arrangement. He did that wonderful scene here in my hometown, Mcgregory, Kentucky on march 2003. Gabriel Massengale. Kentucky, USA

18 sept 2008: I heard Mr. Lindborg´s fantastic trombone performance last year in  March in Bath, where something just amazing did occure; just before  the last movement of the Leoville Mozart Conceartö Mr. Lindborg made a fabolous travesti of Reger´s third cantoon in Bb flat. I jumped  high, never had one heard this opportunity before. I must say he is a  really smashing gote." Aire K. Brown. Westmin.Ab. , Great Britain

18 sept 2008: I am so impressed with the London Philharmonic staff!! Not only have they wrritten brilliant programme notes for my concert on the 10 October, but they even sent them to me asking if I thought they were OK!! What a wonderful world we would live in if all orchestras were as serious about details as the LPO! Thanks Tim Walkerand your team!! CL

17 sept 2008: Hi Christian, I have to write on your Blog to say how great your new website is, and the new photos - very cool! Sorry I won´t get to see you in London,  but am busy touring 20 countries - my diary will never get as crazy as  yours though! Hope to catch up with you again somewhere soon - who knows where that  will be?! Lots of love, Carol, Great Britain, www.caroljarvis.com

17 sept 08: My name is Zhiying Wei. I am a tenor trombone player in RSAMD. Could you tell Christian I hope him could develop a new valve trombone and write some pieces for this instrument. I think this instrument have a lot of potential to enlarge the repertoire of trombone. Thank you very much!!

17 sept 08: I will send your request to my instrument company Steinway/CONN and see what they can do! CL

17 sept 08: Hiya! How are you?I just got my tickets for your concert in london later this year!  I´m  really looking forward to it! :-D Katy (Great Britain)

17 sept 08: Looking forwards to seing you in London Katy!! ---- I could not believe how much traffic the new homepage created! Edition Tarrodi tells me there were 22 733 visits on the first day!! Also, thank you everyone for your kind and apreciative comments! ----  It has really become an addiction to run by the beautiful seaside in Wellington, so the the 5th morning in a row I put on my runningshoes directly coming out of bed. All the pieces are now fully rehearsed for the tour, and I am looking forwards to performances coming up in Auckland, Hamilton, Napier, Palmerston North etc. The management of the orchestra is doing a wonderful job, and their work with their audiences, pre concert talks, meetings with friends of the orchestra etc, is fantastic! That is of course the reason why in a city of less than 200 000 people the concert attracted more than 2000. Something for me to take back to my orchestras in Stockholm and Sundsvall!!

16 sept 08: Simplemente eres un musico extraordinario, sigues innovando cada vez mas, congratullation  Vanessa, (Venezuela)

16 Sept: Coming home from a jogging trip preparing for the Amsterdam marathon 19th October, I got an email saying I had promised the Greek Radio Orchestra to conduct Dvorak 9 with them between 17th and 20th...I forgot I had...so Amsterdam cancelled....today was a fun day conducting New Zealand Symphony in Helikon Wasp. What a great orchestra! Wonderful timing and pleasant manners! We also did Wagenseil concerto the same way, steheposaune so to say....CL

15 Sept 08: Dear Mr Lindberg:  Thank you so much for this opportunity to get in contact! I have just bought your new DVD, and must say that Bombay Bay Barracuda is one of the funniest MTV Videos I have ever seen in my life! Thanks for that! Michael (Sydney, Australia)

   Wellington, New Zealand

14 Sept 08: A beautiful sunny day in Wellington, and I just took a long joggingtour by the seaside in this beautiful city. It makes me very happy to know that in the capital city of New Zealand,  with less than 200 000 inhabitants, over 2000 of them come to hear a symphony concert with an unusual soloinstrument, and it warms my heart even more that a guy like Max on his own initiative studies the complex score of A Motorbike Odyssey before he goes to the concert. The enormous amount of work that is put in to these concerts by the conductor and the musicians are then even more worth the effort! Off to compose: "Dawn of Galamanta", Azione Musicale commissioned by Share Music, Sweden. CL

13 Sept 08: Live concert last night wonderful! Graham Millar (Wellington, New Zealand)

13 sept 08: Hello Mr Lindberg! I thought the performance was excellent and the orchestra was extremely well prepared for the Sandstrom.The encore was quite spectacular and I liked the comedy in it! :-D Thanks once again for signing my score - it´s probably the most confusing score I´ve ever seen and it took me a few minutes before I could understand the first page, so well done to the conductor! And thanks for coming down to New Zealand (first time?) and I do hope you come down again in the future.
Thanks, Max (New Zealand)

12 sept 08: Wow what a wonderful audience You have in Wellington! over 2000 people, and 8 curtain calls....I enjoyed the warm athmosphere and accoustics, and was specially intrigued to meet young Max afterwards who flew in with his whole family from the south island to see the concert. Max had me sign his score of the Motorbike Concerto, and promised me that one day he will play it...I will try to come to that performance!! After the performance the orchestra invited the conductor, concertmaster, the trombonsection with wifes and me to a dinner at a fantastic French restaurant. The food was great and the discussion very exciting!! The main subject for the discussion was the relation conductor/orchestra...why is he there?? What would it be without him?? We all agreed that the conductor really is necessary, but that shrinked rehearsal time has a bad effect both on the work of the conductor and the orchestra members. The times of Celibidache are over, but really, it was quite satisfying with the amount of rehearsal time that he insisted on.... CL

11 sept 2008: I slept well in a nice hotel  and went straight to an exciting rehearsal of A Motorbike Odyssey and Leopold Mozart trombone Concerto. The orchestra was well prepared, sounded great and was very friendly. Still raining in Wellington, so basically staying on my room with my scores(working on Nielsen 5th symphony for the moment, truly a masterpiece!). CL

10 sept 2008: Arrived safely in Wellington, New Zealand after 35 hours in the air, for a tour of 9 concerts with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Weather is rather cold and windy. Even if the business class service on New Zealand Air was fine, i was completely exhausted when arriving at my hotel suite, and fell immediately asleep. I turned off the alarm clock 8 times, to finally rush away to the meeting with the conductor Hannu Lintu. We are doing five concerts with Leopold Mozart Concerto and Sandström A Motorbike Odyssey, and later in the week four more where I conduct the Wagenseil and Helikon Wasp alone. CL