JENNY LIERUD – baroque cello
Jenny is specialised in early music, and especially the baroque era. Baroque music, with all it’s richness and variations, has a special place in her heart. The different styles of baroque music are enjoyable in different ways, but she especially enjoys the rethorics and the rythmical swing of the music. Playing early music always gives her the inspiration to express herself musically in new ways.
Jenny has a wide range of repertoire, from folk music to contemporary music. Her roots are in the Swedish folk music tradition and she has played in many constellations with different kinds of folk music settings. She’s particularly interested in how different genres and music are related to each other, and how they have been interwoven historically.
Jenny likes playing as a soloist, but she really loves playing basso continuo lines, and especially in chamber music settings. The interaction with other musicians is one of her most important inspirations, and there are few things that can beat the feeling of joy one experiences with fellow musicians.
She freelances throughout Europe, mostly in Sweden, The Netherlands and Belgium. This has given her the opportunity to, in addition to concerts with her own ensembles, play in many different contexts and groups.
JENNY LIERUD – baroque cello
Baroque cellist, cellist and cello teacher in Stockholm, Sweden
Jenny is specialised in early music, and especially the baroque era. Baroque music, with all it’s richness and variations, has a special place in her heart. The different styles of baroque music are enjoyable in different ways, but she especially enjoys the rethorics and the rythmical swing of the music. Playing early music always gives her the inspiration to express herself musically in new ways.
Jenny has a wide range of repertoire, from folk music to contemporary music. Her roots are in the Swedish folk music tradition and she has played in many constellations with different kinds of folk music settings. She’s particularly interested in how different genres and music are related to each other, and how they have been interwoven historically.
Jenny likes playing as a soloist, but she really loves playing basso continuo lines, and especially in chamber music settings. The interaction with other musicians is one of her most important inspirations, and there are few things that can beat the feeling of joy one experiences with fellow musicians.
She freelances throughout Europe, mostly in Sweden, The Netherlands and Belgium. This has given her the opportunity to, in addition to concerts with her own ensembles, play in many different contexts and groups.
EDUCATION:
Early Music, baroque cello
Lucia Swarts
2013 – 2015
Early Music, baroque cello
Eva Maria Thür, Mime Brinkmann
2010 – 2013
Bachelor, cello
Aage Kvalbein, Tormod Dalen
2006 – 2011
EDUCATION:
Continuing education for professional musicians
Ale Möller
2024 & 2025
of the Alexander technique
Bristol, UK
2021 – 2025
MP60 – Instrumental pedagogy
Lovisa Engdahl, Ulrika Edström
2016 – 2018
EDUCATION:
Koninklijk Conservatorium, The Hague
Early Music, baroque cello
Lucia Swarts
2013 – 2015
Royal College of Music, Stockholm
Early music, baroque cello
Eva Maria Thür, Mime Brinkmann, Ann Wallström, Dan Laurin
2010 – 2013
Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo
Bachelor, cello
Aage Kvalbein, Tormod Dalen
2006 – 2011
Interactive Teaching Method Alexander technique
Bristol, UK
2021 – 2025
ENSEMBLES
12 STRING CONSORT is an ensemble that focuses on repertoir from the 16th and 17th centuries. They are playing many beautiful and fun, and mostly unknown, pieces. The ensemble is exploring the ensemble format of violin band or violin consort, and also the different way of improvisation in music that was common at the time.
12 String Consort is a trio with Johannes Jacobsson and Jeanette Eriksson playing violin, alto violin and tenor violin, and Jenny on the cello/ bass violin. Their current programme is named: Madrigaler, Menuetter och Musetter.
BASTARD BAROCK is a baroque collective consisting of some of the best young baroque musicians in Sweden. The ensemble is based in Malmö/Sweden and gathers for creative and cross artistic projects on the basis of the early music. In 2018 they released the CD Not in my Backyard, based on their post-colonial baroque cabaret with the same name.
The Swedish-Belgian quintet LAIA ARKESTRA with the unique line-up saxophone, violin, viola, baroque cello and oud. Neither jazz combo nor string quartet but somewhere in between, with an unmistakable oriental element from the oud. Their music combines classic composition techniques with free improvisation, western harmony with middle-eastern maqam and haunting melodies with abstract soundscapes. The ensemble released their debute album LAIA in November 2015.
BOXWOOD & BOWS, a trio of historical clarinet, baroque violin/baroque viola and baroque cello. B&B is currently playing music composed in the galant style and the early romantic style, with works by for example G.F. Fuchs and J.B. Vanhal. The trio consists of the Canadian clarinettist Adrianna van Leeuwen, the Chinese violin and viola player Xiangji Zeng, and Jenny on the cello.
TJUVORKESTERN, a band existing only around Christmas every year.
ENSEMBLES
12 STRING CONSORT is an ensemble that focuses on repertoir from the 16th and 17th centuries. They are playing many beautiful and fun, and mostly unknown, pieces. The ensemble is exploring the ensemble format of violin band or violin consort, and also the different way of improvisation in music that was common at the time.
12 String Consort is a trio with Johannes Jacobsson and Jeanette Eriksson playing violin, alto violin and tenor violin, and Jenny on the cello/ bass violin. Their current programme is named: Madrigaler, Menuetter och Musetter.
NO TREBLE, a baroque cello-baroque bass duo, where Jenny together with the bass player Sarah Nygren explore the repertoire written for this slightly unusual combination of instruments. At present they’re playing a programme based on the music surrounding the double-bass virtuoso Domenico Dragonetti.
BOXWOOD & BOWS, a trio of historical clarinet, baroque violin/baroque viola and baroque cello. B&B is currently playing music composed in the galant style and the early romantic style, with works by for example G.F. Fuchs and J.B. Vanhal. The trio consists of the Canadian clarinettist Adrianna van Leeuwen, the Chinese violin and viola player Xiangji Zeng, and Jenny on the cello.
BASTARD BAROCK is a baroque collective consisting of some of the best young baroque musicians in Sweden. The ensemble is based in Malmö/Sweden and gathers for creative and cross artistic projects on the basis of the early music. In 2018 they released the CD Not in my Backyard, based on their post-colonial baroque cabaret with the same name.
The Swedish-Belgian quintet LAIA ARKESTRA with the unique line-up saxophone, violin, viola, baroque cello and oud. Neither jazz combo nor string quartet but somewhere in between, with an unmistakable oriental element from the oud. Their music combines classic composition techniques with free improvisation, western harmony with middle-eastern maqam and haunting melodies with abstract soundscapes. The ensemble released their debute album LAIA in November 2015.
TJUVORKESTERN, a band existing only around Christmas every year.