HENRIK FRENDIN is known as one of the most versatile and progressive string players of the Swedish music scene. His artistical output covers a wide range of musical genres from classical to contemporary electro-acoustical and modern jazz.
He studied at The Royal Danish Conservatory with professor Josef Kodousek and graduated with soloist diploma in 1989. At that time he had already a principal seat in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. In 1991 Henrik Frendin left the orchestra and began a life as soloist and chamber musician managed by the Swedish Concert Institute. This led to numerous concerts and radio recordings in Sweden and abroad. At the same time he started to teach at the Malmö Academy of Music where he is now Head of Strings. He has given master classes at the Guildhall School of Music in London, University of Californa Santa Barbara, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and National Music Academy of Mexico City amongst others.
He has appeared as soloist with several of the Swedish orchestras as well as the European Union Chamber Orchestra and has toured extensively in most of the European countries, Asia, North- and South America. He was also invited to perform at the International Viola Congresses in Wellington, New Zeeland, Kronberg, Germany and Montreal, Canada.
Numerous of compositions for the viola have been dedicated to him. In 2002 he gave the first performance of two viola concertos at the festival Lange Nacht der Neue Klänge in Wiener Konzerthaus. He has together with the instrument maker Richard Rolf developed a new string instrument called Electric Viola Grande. This has led him to explore new concert settings in the field of art & technology togehter with computer musician Henrik Frisk.