Stina Hellberg Agback

Stina Hellberg Agback is a composer and harpist based in Stockholm and Uppsala. She writes music for choirs, harp and chamber ensembles, and performs with her own groups in jazz, contemporary music and improvisation.

Her recent works include Sånger till tröst for choir, strings and harp, and her latest albums are The Standard is The Standard (Naxos Prophone, 2025) and Sou Makuri with Shinken Shobu (2025).

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• SKJAZZ, Ján Hocek: "Stina Hellberg Agback is a completely unique phenomenon in the field of European jazz!"

• Orkesterjournalen, Patrik Sandberg: "The restfull music is filled with substance and depth"

• LIRA, Lenarrrt Olausson: "It surely is a bit rowdy and chaotic sometimes, when Alice Coltrane's 'Gospel Train' passes by on the railway and Isaksson's howling guitar passes us in our compartment, but what stays with us, is that the album 'Quiet Now' is restful, pretty chamber jazz."

• Dalademokraten, Lennart Götesson: "Stina Hellberg Agback is not just an improvising harpist; she is an absolutely amazing one.”

• Downbeat, Michele L. Simms-Burton: "And if there is icing on the cake, the Quartet's rendition of "My Favorite Things" satiates the desire of Agback's harp to become the focal point. She delivers the theme melodically and harmonically, demonstrating the sheer beauty and power of her instrument"