| ABOUT MALOU BERG
During her career Malou Berg has made a name for herself as a cabaret
artist, actress, composer and wonderful singer. She has performed on
theatre stages, in TV-shows and acted in films. Since 1977 she has had a
number of records released, both in Sweden and the rest of the world.
Other artists have also recorded her songs.
Malou Berg was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1950. At the age of nine she was accepted at
the prestigious Adolf Fredrik Music School in Stockholm. She was skilled on the guitar, but her
first instrument became the piano. And it's at the piano she finds inspiration as a composer
and musical arranger.
Malou has performed since she was 15 years old. She knew very early on that singing was
to be the passion of her life. She had a voice with a beautiful tone already at that early age.
She continued her musical education, but that had to be interrupted
when she got a gig as a bass player in the rock group "NQB". Next she formed duo with
her friend Greta;'Greta & Malou'. Later on at the Fattighusets cabaret, Malou got a chance
to improvise and live out her passion on stage. Greta & Malou recorded Malou's songs, and
in 1977 they were chosen as one of ten finalists in the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest,
performing 'Åh, vilken sång' (I Feel a Song). Malou's career took off, and after that her life
consisted of touring, composing and taking singing lessons. In 1978 Greta & Malou went
separate ways.
Malou found time to focus on her composing. She participated in, and wrote music to various theatrical venues in or around the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Berg wrote
music for a series of children's radio programs. She also participated in several popular films
and TV-series.
In 1980 Malou's first solo album 'Malou Berg' was released. Malou collaborated with different
lyricists and seven of her gospels were awarded Certificate of Achievement in the Billboard
Song Contest's Gospel category, and many have also been recorded by other artists.
In 1982, STIM (The Swedish equivalent of ASCAP) awarded her a scholarship at the
Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA. It was then she decided to give her voice to gospel music. Many a voice coach have tried to form her voice to be like an opera singer's, but Malou just wanted strengthen her voice to carry her all the way. She says it took her many years to develope her
voice and 'get rid of old garbage'. This paid off. Comments from music critics include: 'Mighty voice', 'convincing' and 'heart-wrenchingly beautiful'. Gospel! Malou Berg has collaborated and performed her gospel songs with choirs all over Sweden. It came natural for
her to write choir arrangements, and lead a choir.
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