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
&
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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Tonight we play at the famous jazz club Jazz-Schmiede in Düsseldorf (DE)! Very welcome everyone! ✨
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
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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We have been looking forward to this, and tomorrow we begin our second Germany tour of this year! ✨
You're welcome to check dates and time to see if we play in your area!
Yesterday we played the last concert of our tour this week in Sweden! Very nice venues and people! Thanks to everyone involved and especially to Esbjörn Wettermark and Region Gävleborg for inviting us and organizing this tour for us! 🙂
Foto: Esbjörn Wettermark
We had a very enjoyable concert Musikhuset Gävle yesterday evening! So nice to meet old and new friends! Thanks to the lovely audience and crew for all the good vibes! Tonight we play at Kulturhuset Bollnäs 19.30! Welcome! 🙂 ✨ Foto: Erik Larsson
Thank you to the lovely crew and audience at Folkmusikens Hus for a nice start up of our tour yesterday evening! Now we are on our way to Gävle where we will play tonight at 19.00 at Musikhuset. We really look forward! Very welcome! 😌✨ Photo: Peter Ahlbom
We look forward to do a small tour in next week including four concerts in Sweden! Welcome to our concerts in Rättvik, Gävle, Bollnäs and Ljusdal. We hope to meet some new and old friends during these concerts! ✨
4/9 Rättvik, Folkmusikens hus: Folkmusikens Hus
5/9 Gävle, Musikhuset: Folkgävlar
6/9 Bollnäs, Kulturhuset: Kulturhuset Bollnäs
7/9 Ljusdal, Musik i Kallmyr: Musik i Kallmyr
On our way back from the first meeting, rehearsal and photo shoot together with our new friends from the Swedish duo Sisters of Invention! Lovely people and great musicians - Feels really exciting to start our new collaboration and to tour together in 2020! 🙂
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Latest News
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
Spring Tour 2019
Were off to Germany, Belgium, Austria and Sweden this spring for out upcoming tour!
Upcoming Concerts
| 19 Sep 2019 | Wuppertal, DE — Hauptkirche |
| 23 Sep 2019 | Siegen, DE — Krönchencenter |
| 24 Sep 2019 | Hamm, DE — Lutherkircke |
| 26 Sep 2019 | Remscheld, DE — Teo Otto Theater |
| 27 Sep 2019 | Geisenkirchen, DE — Bleckkirche |
| 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 |
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