Symbio draws the listener in with their intoxicating combination of vast audio landscapes and earthy grooves, driven by a deliciously unexpected combination of hurdy-gurdy and accordion.
The duo creates a playful dialogue full of joyful energy, subtleties and virtuosity, where two becomes more than the sum of its parts. This is musical storytelling at its finest, told by heartfelt storytellers through soaring melodies, rich soundscapes, irresistible grooves and finely tuned musical communication.
Johannes Geworkian-Hellman: Hurdy-Gurdy
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LarsEmil Öjeberget: Accordion, Kickbox
“The interaction of Johannes Geworkian Hellman and LarsEmil Öjeberget left nothing to be desired. You get the impression that the the two of them complement one another perfectly and simply had to find each other.”
-Rolf Graff, Mindener Tageblatt (DE)
“The young Swedish duo Symbio is a true phenomenon on stage. Every show is an experience due to the musical telepathy between these musicians and their catching stories. From the first song the listener is lifted from their daily boring routine and is taken away to a new, more hopefull universe”
-Elda Dorren, De Doelen Concert Hall Rotterdam (NL)
“I have a feeling that Johannes Geworkian Hellman and LarsEmil Öjeberget were destined to make music together, regardless of what instruments they might have played.”
Fiona Talkington – Songlines Magazine (UK)
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This autumn we have started to work on a new collaboration together with the wonderful duo Sisters of Invention! We are now creating music for this project and booking concerts for a tour in Sweden during 2020! ✨
Photo by: Ellika Henrikson
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A little memory from one of our concerts in Germany last week! ✨
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A very nice review in the newspaper from our concert last Tuesday evening in Hamm (DE)! Thanks a lot for these heart-warming words about our music! It means a lot! <3
"Symbio, sounds that celebrate life. Joy and sorrow, longing, melancholy: the audience was always emotionally close to Symbio, so that this remarkable Nordic sounds-cosmos turned into a particularly long-lasting experience - simply excellent.
Symbio already had remarkable success among world music fans since the start of their duo in 2011. On the foundations of their musical studies at the Royal College of Music Stockholm and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, they developed music that speaks to their own hearts. Their intent to present their music in a larger scope and through that to communicate with other people, was made practically tangible on Tuesday evening.
All pieces were self composed and were smoothed and polished by high-class solo improvisations of the artists. Hellmans technical finesse reminded of Jimi Hendrix as he left the field of tones between synth- or harmonium sounds and guitar feedback to his instrument.
Some folk formations in Germany also use the hurdy-gurdy, but what Hellman delivered can easily be compared to the skills of fusion-protagonists on the Fender Rhodes.
Both musicians had a lot to say, which made songs like "Last Summer" or "After the Fire" easier to understand. They presented their heartwarming music as "sounds that celebrate life" and were thankful for their joy of life that they expressed musically.
The Swedish duo offered a fulminant starting concert of the Klangkosmos-world music season."
Thanks for this very nice review in the German newspaper Siegener Zeitung from our concert last Monday! We really had a lovely evening! ✨❤️
"The Swedish duo Symbio kidnapped the audience in the crowning center on Monday in a world of Nordic folk music. Johannes Geworkian Hellman and LarsEmil Öjeberget thrilled the audience with unique and melodic sounds of hurdy-gurdy and accordion. Their self-composed songs are about friendship, love and longing and tells their very own stories - without singing. These partially private stories were shared with the audience, so that the music could take the audience and immerse themselves in a fantasy world. Particularly poignant was the soulful and dramatic piece "Rising" dedicated to people who are going through a difficult time. The tense song with its climactic climax should give new life courage and energy - that this succeeded, was clear in the end by the loud applause of the audience and the request for an encore. Professional and above all international music."
Schwedisches Duo Symbio begeistert bei Weltmusik-Konzert: Originelle Folkmusik im Krönchen-Center
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kno Siegen. Die Siegener Veranstaltungsreihe „world music nights“ ist wieder aus der Sommerpause zurück und startete wie gewohnt mit professioneller und vor allen Dingen internationaler Musik.Yesterday the Norwegian national radio NRK and the folk music show Folkemusikktimen broadcasted some songs + a short interveiw with us recorded live at the Rudolstadt Festival/EBU-festival earlier this summer.
You can hear it through this link! ✨
Last week the Swedish National radio Sveriges Radio P2 broadcasted a live recording from our concert at Rudolstadt Festival (DE) earlier this summer. The concert was very special to us since we had our largest audience in a concert ever (2500 people). The warm feedback from the audience during and after our concert really touched us and we will always remember this experience. Thanks to everyone involved and especially to the team of the Swedish radio!✨
After us, our Norwegian friends from the band Resjeheima played a great gig at the same stage. If you want to listen, you can find the recordings from both concerts online through this link! 🙂
KONSERT: Symbio och Resjemheia på Rudolstadtfestivalen - P2 Live
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Svenska Symbio är en flitigt turnerande duo som komponerar en drömsk och tidlös musik. Från Norge kommer Resjemheia som för samman norsk folkmusik på hardingfela ...Thanks for this nice review of our concert in Bergkamen (DE) yesterday. We had a very enjoyable concert!✨✨
"The Swedish duo Symbio convinced their audience with extraordinary sounds and the combination of accordion and hurdy-gurdy made singing unnecessary. The two musicians mostly enter into an enthusiasm with their eyes closed, the audience quickly succeeds in embarking on a journey into an undiscovered and enigmatic universe of sound through the liberation of optical stimuli, but they also have a telepathic effect that resonates for a long time in the mind.
The self-composed pieces are often based on their own experiences, telling both things that have surely happened to everyone before: stupid failures, marvelous moments of happiness, but also the inevitable end of a relationship with unspeakable grief and a fresh start full of refreshing expectation - or even the shrill whistling in the ear when one realizes that one has forgotten something important.
The sound of each individual song is impressive!"
HA+ Wie aus dummen Misserfolgen und Glücksmomenten außergewöhnliche Klänge entstehen können
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Das schwedische Duo „Symbio“ überzeugt seine Zuschauer in der Marina mit überirdischen Klängen. Die Kombination aus Akkordeon und mittelalterlicher Drehleier machte Gesang unnötig.We are very happy to announce that Symbio has been selected as an official showcase artist at Folk Alliance International (USA, New Orleans) - The worlds largest gathering of Folk/roots music industry and community!
We look forward to visit this conference and the US for the first time in January 2020! Hopefully we will have a good time there and meet some new friends! ✨
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Latest News
Womex 2019
We’re off visiting Womex in Tampere!
Folk Alliance Showcase
We are glad to announce that Symbio have been selected for an official showcase at Folk Alliance International conference in New Orleans in January 2020
Germany tour 2019
Here are the dates for the upcoming Germany tour in September.
Rudolstadt 2019
Thank you so much Rudolstadt, EBU and the Swedish radio for making Rudolstadt festival a fantastic experience to us. The warm and welcoming audience in Germany will be remembered by...
Summer Tour 2019
Here are the dates of our upcoming summer tour!
New Live Video
We just released a live video from the Swedish Indie Music Awards where Symbio was one of the acts. Watch it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUr1hZqJYts
Upcoming Concerts
| 24 Oct 2019 | Tampere, FI — Womex 2019 (Delegates) |
| 18 Nov 2019 | Sörmland, SE — School concerts - Scenkonst Sörmland |
| 19 Nov 2019 | Sörmland, SE — School concerts - Scenkonst Sörmland |
| 20 Nov 2019 | Sörmland, SE — School concerts - Scenkonst Sörmland |
| 21 Nov 2019 | Sörmland, SE — School concerts - Scenkonst Sörmland |
| 22 Nov 2019 | Sörmland, SE — School concerts - Scenkonst Sörmland |
| 22 Nov 2019 |
Flen, SE — Sigridlunds Café
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| 25 Nov 2019 | Sörmland, SE — School concerts - Scenkonst Sörmland |
| 26 Nov 2019 | Sörmland, SE — School concerts - Scenkonst Sörmland |
| 27 Nov 2019 | Sörmland, SE — School concerts - Scenkonst Sörmland |
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