Juha Grigori Amadeus Lundberg, artist name

Amadeus Lundberg

Amadeus was born on 29th march 1989 in a musical family. Music has been strongly present in Amadeus´s life from the very beginning. His father, Taisto Lundberg (who was a member of a famous finnish gipsy band "Hortto Kaalo"), let the newborn baby´s first song to be Mozart´s Eine kleine Nachtmusik and therefore he was also named after the great composer.

Amadeus started his music studies when he was only three years old. He started studying and playing violin at 6 years at Länsi- Helsingin musiikkiopisto (music academy in west- Helsinki). At the age of 10 he was singing at the Helsinki Opera child choir (Othello, Carmen, Tosca). When Amadeus was 13 years old he switched the violin to a guitar and has been playing the acoustic guitar since then.

In 2009 Amadeus started to train his voice with the Wagner- tenor Jyrki Niskanen. He participated in an annual big tango competition in Seinäjoki, Finland, and due to his fresh and charismatic voice and personality, he won the competition and gained the title of "Tango king of Finland".

In 2010, Amadeus travelled to Paris, France, with a very international group of dancers and singers, to practice for a musical "Taivaan Portit". The musical was directed by a French director- actor- composer Oscar Sisto. It told the story of an Argentinan poet Alfonsina Storni. Amadeus, along with his ant Anneli Sari (a famous Finnish singer) was singing argentinan tango and acting under Sisto´s guidance in this great musical which was performed in 29 cities in Finland.

The same year he also participated in Eurovision music contest and reached the finals in his category. Also he published his first Album "Amadeus". In 2009 and 2011 Amadeus participated in a big annual tango tour called "Sinitaivas".

This year he is going to publish another album, consisting in finnish tango and classical songs. In february Amadeus will be travelling to New York to perform in some concerts, invited by Finlandia Foundation New York Metropolitan Chapter.