Effective period / Period of releases: 1992

Swedish classical percussionist, born 1957 in Borås.

He studied percussion with Bo Holmstrand and Sture Olsson at the Gothenburg Academy of Music, and he then continued with Bent Lyllof in Copenhagen and at the Royal Academy of Music and the National Center for Orchestral Studies in London. He spent the 1982-83 season in New York studying with Elden C. Bailey at The Juilliard School of Music. He also participated in master classes in various places together with the best percussionists and pukists in the USA.

As a soloist, Roger Carlsson has appeared with a number of Nordic symphony orchestras as well as on radio and television and participated in several disc recordings. He has toured Europe, the USA and Asia as a member of various chamber ensembles. A number of composers have written works for him.