A portrait of Esbjörn Svensson - A film by David Tarrodi
This is a 1 hour documentary film about world renowned jazz pianist Esbjörn Svensson. He became one of Europe’s most successful jazz musicians at the turn of the 21st century before dying at the age of 44 in a scuba diving accident. The film is a tribute to a lovable person and a unique musician. In the film we meet everyone from Esbjörn’s closest family to world famous musicians such as Pat Metheny and Viktoria Tolstoy, all sharing their views on the genius Esbjörn Svensson. The film also includes excerpts from the Swedish radio show “Sommar i P1“ where we get to here Esbjörn’s own thoughts about music, life and death.
The film was produced in 2016 as a collaboration between Yellow Tone and Sveriges Television. It will be premiered on SVT2 on October 29 2016. The film will also be sold world wide to TV-broadcast stations.
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