Jules Sylvain and the Stars

For this programme, Gotland Brass has selected gems from the well-stocked treasure chest of the king of Swedish popular song, Jules Sylvain. Together with singer Filippa Maurin, the ensemble offers a warm and entertaining tribute to the great popular-song composer and some of the stars he worked with. Jules Sylvain, whose real name was Stig Hansson, wrote more than eight hundred melodies for artists such as Zarah Leander, Ulla Billquist and Brita Borg, and composed the music for most Swedish films of the 1930s and 1940s. Here, his music is performed by Filippa Maurin, who grew up in Västerås and trained at the University College of Opera in Stockholm. Since completing her studies, she has performed at venues including Drottningholm Theatre and Läckö Castle Opera. She moved to Gotland in 2009 and has since taken part in several productions with Gotland Music’s various ensembles.