Torsten Cassel

Torsten Magnus Cassel (1907-1974) was a Swedish bandleader and pianist.

Biography

Torsten Cassel was born on 27 January 1907 in Spännarhyttan, Västmanland, Sweden, to the engineer Edvard Magnus Cassel och Anna Maria Tillkvist. He studied at Lundsbergs boarding school, at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, as well as for sv:Olof Wibergh. In 1930 he debuted as concert pianist. He was also active as a music pedagogue.

He was married to Beth Ljungdahl,[1] daughter of sv:Claes Ljungdahl, 1934–1938, and from 1946 with Ulla Ljungström, daughter of Fredrik Ljungström,[2] the latter with whom he had two daughters.

Torsten Cassel died on 30 July 1974 on Östermalm in Stockholm.[3]

Discography in selection

  • Solitaire (1946), with members from Kungliga Hovkapellet
  • Skogsnymfer (Wooden nymphs) (1946, with members from Kungliga Hovkapellet
  • Favoritmelodier 1 och 2 (1948), Torsten Cassel, piano with orchestra

Sources

References

  1. ↑ Förlovning Svenska Dagbladet 10 december 1933
  2. ↑ Bröllop Svenska Dagbladet 22 januari 1946
  3. ↑ Sveriges dödbok 1901–2013



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