Steve Dobrogosz is an American composer, songwriter and pianist.

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Steve Dobrogosz (born 26 January 1956 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) is an American composer, songwriter and pianist.\n

Dobrogosz is the son of Walter Dobrogosz and Donna Bartone and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended Jesse O. Sanderson High School. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and afterwards moved to Stockholm, Sweden in 1978, where he began recording and performing. Dobrogosz continues to reside in Stockholm.\n

Dobrogosz's over 1700 compositions span several genres, including jazz, pop, and classical. He has written a number of popular choral compositions, including Mass (1992) which has been performed in over 40 countries.\n

He has collaborated with singers such as Radka Toneff, Jeanette Lindström, Berit Andersson and Anna Christoffersson. His albums with Christoffersson, It's Always You and Rivertime, were nominated for the Grammis Award in the jazz album category. His 1982 album with Radka Toneff, Fairy Tales, was named best Norwegian album of all time in a 2012 Norwegian artist poll.\n

He is married to Swedish flutist Katarina Fritzén. They have three sons, including Jonathan Fritzén, a contemporary jazz pianist and multi-instrumentalist.\n

Partial Discography

Songs (1980)
Confessions (1981)
Fairytales (1982) with Radka Toneff
The Child's Gift (1986) with Steve Dobrogosz Vocal Ensemble
Pianopieces (1994) solo, duets with Petur Östlund
Duckwalk (1996)
Mass and Chamber Music (1997) with St. Jacob's Chamber Choir
Ebony Moon (1998)
Best of Dobrogosz and Andersson (1999) with Berit Andersson
Feathers (2000) with Jeanette Lindstrom
Requiem/Te Deum (2004) with St. Jacob's Chamber Choir
It's Always You (2006) with Anna Christoffersson
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (2006) with St. Jacob's Chamber Choir
Rivertime (2008) with Anna Christoffersson
My Rose (2009) with Projectkoor Opus, Netherlands
Stream (2009)
Poems (2007) with Annika Skoglund
Golden Slumbers (2009)
Your Songs (2010)
Covers (2010) with Anna Christoffersson
World (2010)
Celebratory Music (2010) with Andrew Canning, organ
Charts (2011)
Christmas Cantata (2012) Linköpings Akademiskakören
The Water of Life (2013)
Forest (2014)
Dreams (2014)
Free Country (2015)
Bara (2015) with Chikako Hino
The Wild Bird Flies (2016)
Stabat Mater (2016) Hiroshima Chuo Choir, Nozomi Terasawa
Silencer (2016)
Anthology (2017) with Berit Andersson
Sha-La (2017) Steve Dobrogosz Vocal Ensemble
The Earth Is Singing (2018) with SYC Ensemble Singers, Jennifer Tham
Rocking Chair (2019)
Mood (2020)
The Gospel Chord (2021)
Yuletide (2022)
Almost Live (2022) with Anna Christoffersson
The Wild Bird Flies (2022) jazz collection
Leaves in the Grass (2023)
Parables (2024)
Candlelight Candlelight Two (2024)
Blues Conspiracy (2024)
Relived (2024) covers
Whirligig (2024)
Ambient Land Scapes (2025)
17 Reels (2025) original Scottish reels
Relived Again (2025) covers
Lounge (2025) piano trio jazz

References

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External links

Steve Dobrogosz official homepage
Steve Dobrogosz YouTube playlist

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Steve Dobrogosz

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