Summary
Erik Mikael Arvinder, born in 1984 in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Swedish violinist, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, orchestrator and conductor[1]. He is known for his chamber and orchestral work across Europe and the United States[2], and for collaborations with international artists such as Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Ariana Grande, Coldplay, Childish Gambino and John Legend[3][4]. Arvinder has worked as creative director for Leksand's Chamber Music Festival and concertmaster for several Nordic ensembles[5]. He is also a founding member of the Vamlingbo Quartet[6]. He is an entrepreneurial musician who founded the Stockholm Studio Orchestra, a session orchestra of over 80 musicians, that has recorded music for over 2,500 songs as well as films, TV productions and video games with around 200 annual releases[7]. Arvinder has arranged music and conducted the Stockholm Studio Orchestra in a range of projects with big artists, spanning genres.
Early life and education
Arvinder grew up in a musical family where both parents worked as musicians in Sweden's leading orchestras - his mother in the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and his father in the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra[8]. He attended choir schools throughout his education, first Adolf Fredrik's Music School (elementary school), followed by Stockholms Musikgymnasium (high school). At the age of 13 he began performing as a violinist in the Stockholm Youth Symphony Orchestra[9].
Royal College of Music
Arvinder studied violin at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm[1]. He completed a seven-year music education that included a bachelor's degree, a master's degree and a diploma program[8]. Since graduating, he has returned to the Royal College of Music as an alumni to participate in the panel discussion series 'Möt Musiklivet'[10].
Career
Throughout his career, Arvinder has participated in a vast range of projects spanning classical music, pop music, scoring for film and television and commercial production. He is experienced with the many stages of classical and popular music production as a musician, arranger, orchestrator, composer and conductor.
Recorded Productions
Arvinder has worked as an arranger for numerous international music artists, including Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Dolly Parton, Ariana Grande, Avicii, Coldplay, Childish Gambino and John Legend[3][4]. His work in the film industry includes orchestration for films such as Creed (2015), and the Netflix musical comedy The Prom (2020)[11]. He has also contributed to Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and television productions such as NBC's comedy Community and Netflix documentary series Chef's Table[12][13].
Since 2010, Arvinder has been part of the band in the Swedish TV program Så mycket bättre, where he participates as a multi-instrumentalist. He plays a variety of instruments in the program, where his sense of different musical styles is applied well to the artists’ interpretations and adaptations of each other's songs[8].
Live engagements
In 2008, at age 23, Arvinder became the youngest violinist to secure a permanent position with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra[2]. Described as his “dream job”, he remained with the orchestra for two years before relocating to the United States in 2010[8].
Arvinder left the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra to move to Los Angeles. There he initially planned to continue his studies, but quickly became busy with professional music projects with, among others, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO)[14].
Between 2011 and 2013, Arvinder toured as a multi-instrumentalist with Childish Gambino playing violin, keyboard and percussion during the I Am Donald and Camp tours[15]. In 2014, Arvinder toured as a violinist with John Legend during the All Of Me tour[16].
In 2017, together with Anthony Gonzalez (M83) and Chris Hartz (Passion Pit),[17] Arvinder arranged and orchestrated the Cirque du Soleil show Volta.[18]
At the Nobel Banquet in 2024, Arvinder participated as conductor and string composer. The arrangement consisted of four acts of newly composed music by Bo Wastesson, Laleh and Gustaf Thörn. Arvinder contributed with string arrangements and conducted performances of songs such as "When Good Ain't Good" and "Many Lights"[19].
In January and February 2025, Arvinder conducted the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a collaboration with the Swedish duo First Aid Kit at Berwaldhallen in Stockholm[20]. The concerts received positive reviews for Arvinder's balanced and "ambitious" arrangements[21].
Selected discography
- Coldplay - JUPiTER (2024) - Violin
- Ariana Grande - bye (2024) - Violin
- Ariana Grande - imperfect for you - acoustic (2024) - Violin
- Kate Hudson - Glorious (2024) - String arranger, conductor
- Sam Smith & Madonna - VULGAR (2023) - Violin
- *NSYNC & Justin Timberlake - Better Place (From TROLLS Band Together) (2023) - Violin
- Ed Sheeran - A Beautiful Game (2023) - Violin
- Loreen - Tattoo (2023) - String arranger, conductor
- Lord Huron - Your Other Life (2022) - Conductor
- FOX - Monarch (2022) - String arranger, conductor
- Netflix - Chef's Table Pizza (2022) - Orchestrator, conductor
- Jake Wesley Rogers - Hindsight (2022) - String arranger, conductor
- First Aid Kit - Palomino (2022) - String arranger, conductor
- Becky Hill & Galantis - Run (2022) - String arranger, conductor
- Nisa Nesbitt - When You Lose Someone (2022) - String arranger, conductor
- Lord Huron - Long Lost (2021) - Conductor
- The Knocks & Dragonette - Slow Song (2021) - String arranger, conductor
- Galantis & Years & Years - Sweet Talker (2021) - String arranger, conductor
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Ella Tiritiello - For A Better Day (2021) - Producer, arranger, conductor
- Netflix - The Prom (2020) - Lead orchestrator, conductor
- Galantis - Hurricane (with John Newman) (2020) - String arranger, conductor
- Galantis & Dolly Parton - Faith (feat. Mr. Probz) (2019) - String arranger, conductor
- James Arthur - Quite Miss Home (2019) - String arranger, conductor
- deadmau5 - Where's The Drop? (2018) - Arranger
- John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Original motion picture soundtrack (2017) - Violin
- Morrisey - Low in High School (2017) - Viola
- Justin Timberlake & Mitchell Owens - The Book of Love - Original motion picture soundtrack (2017) - Violin
- Harry Styles - Harry Styles (2017) - Violin
- Katelyn Tarver - Tired Eyes (2017) - String arranger, conductor
- Galantis - The Aviary (2017) - String arranger, conductor
- Anastacia - Evolution (2017) - String arranger, conductor
- Lady Antebellum - Heart Break (2017) - Viola
- Netflix - Chef's Table - (2017-2018) - Orchestrator
- Cirque du Soleil - Paramour (2016) - Arranger
- Cirque du Soleil - Volta (2016) - Arranger, orchestrator
- Michael Bublé - Nobody but Me (2016) - Violin
- Ludwig Göransson - Central Intelligence - Original motion picture soundtrack - (2016) - Orchestrator, violin
- Theodore Shapiro - Ghostbusters - Original motion picture soundtrack (2016) - Violin
- Ludwig Göransson - Creed - Original motion picture soundtrack (2015) - Orchestrator, violin
- Joshua Radin - Onward and Sideways (2015) - String arranger, conductor
- Demi Lovato - Confident (2015) - Violin
- Avicii - Stories (2015) - String arranger, conductor
- John Williams - Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Original motion picture soundtrack (2015) - Violin
- Ellie Goulding - Delirium (2015), Violin
- Zara Larsson - Introducing EP (2014), String arranger, conductor
- Lupe Fiasco - Stellar Light (2014) - String arranger, conductor
- Lykke Li - I Never Learn (2014) - Violin
- Dirty Loops - Loopified (2014) - String arranger, conductor
- Childish Gambino - Because the Internet (2013) - String arranger, violin
- Tinie Tempah - Demonstration (2013) - String arranger, violin
- CeeLo Green - Cee Lo's Magic Moment (2012), Violin
- Ludwig Göransson - Community - Television soundtrack (2011-2015) - Orchestrator, conductor, violin
- Childish Gambino - Camp (2011) - String arranger, violin
- Robyn - Body Talk (2010) - Violin
- Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster (2009) - Violin
- Alexandra Burke - Overcome (2009) - String arranger, violin
- Lykke Li - Youth Novels (2008) - Violin
- Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing (2009) - Violin
- Primal Scream - Beautiful Future (2008) - Violin
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