Patrik Randefalk

Patrik started playing the Euphonium at the age of 6 in the Ystad Salvation Army Band in Sweden. He completed his pre-graduate musical schooling in Malmö and went on to Dalarö Folk High School where he studied Euphonium and Tuba with Christer Palm. He graduated from Kungliga Musikhögskolan in Stockholm in 1997, where he studied with Michael Lind and Sven-Erik Eriksson. In 1995/96 he studied for his Professional Performance Diploma with Steven Mead at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester/UK.

In 1997 Patrik joined the Swedish Navy Band where he worked up until 2008. Between 1997 and 2007 he was also the principal Euphonium in Gothenburg Brass Band. He has frequently appeared as a soloist world wide and has performed in Europe, USA, Russia, Australia and New Zealand. He has worked with Stockholm Symphony Orchestra, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and other professional wind and brass ensembles in Scandinavia. His teaching and conducting employment has included the New Zealand Army Band, Gothenburg Music Academy and Stockholm School of Music.
In 2007 Patrik moved to Bergen, Norway where he now works as a tutor, conductor, adjudicator and soloist. He regularly lectures at the Grieg Academy, Bergen, the University in Stavanger and local music schools. He currently holds the principal Euphonium position with the renowned Eikanger Bjørsvik Band.