Gustav Lundgren is one of Sweden's most prominent jazz guitarists right now. He was born in Stockholm 1980, started to play guitar at age 12. He studied music in Stockholm, Bollnäs and Svalöv between 1996-2000. Gustav started to play at clubs around Stockholm at age 16 and made his first tour to Spain with his own trio at age 19. Gustav has toured Japan, USA, Argentina, Indonesia, Portugal, England, Brazil, France, Syria, Turkey, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Italy, Algeria, Latvia, Switzerland, Austria, Moldova, Ukraine, Transnistria, Estonia, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland with different jazz groups. He has recorded over 65 albums as a side man and 25 as a leader. Gustav Lundgren has been working with names like: Jimmy Rosenberg, Chris Cheek, Jorge Rossy, Doug Weiss, Antoine Boyer, Bill McHenry, Lelo Nika, Samson Schmitt, The Swedish House Mafia, Kleerup, Petra Marklund, Miriam Bryant, AronChupa and Anne Sofie von Otter.

Gustav Lundgren is well known within Jazz, Gypsy Swing and House. He has also composed and recorded music for TV commercials (MTV, TV4) and produced albums for artists like Jelena Jakubovitch, Lili Araujo, Luiz Murá, Stockholm Swing All Stars, Celia Mur and Hot Club de Sweden. Gustav has performed in both TV and Radio in many different countries including the USA.

In 2004 Gustav was honored with his own signature guitar model from AJL-Guitars. In 2005 he received the Louis Armstrong Scholarship. In 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2016 he was honored with grants from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee. In 2015 he received the Albin Hagström Scholarship and the Second Line Jazzband Scholarship.

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