HÅKAN RYDIN was original member of the Swedish legendary group NEXUS. The group performed during 20 years more than 1000 concerts in many parts of the world. Håkan Rydin played in Nexus until the group was dissolved in 1994. At that time he had already begun his longtime collaboration with American 
singer KIM PARKER
 (daughter of the jazz
legend Charlie
Parker) and together
they have toured all
 over. Shortly after Nexus was
dissolved, he started his trio – Håkan Rydin Scandinavian trio – originally with bassist Hans Andersson and drummer Mårgan Höglund, recently with Mattias Hjorth and Lennart Gruvstedt. In great demand as a pianist, Håkan Rydin has performed with among others Thad Jones, Pepper Adams, Red Mitchell, Etta Cameron, Keith Copeland, Enrico Rava, Tim Hagans, Georgie Fame, David Liebman 
and Swedish jazz artists Jan Allan, Arne Domnérus, Anders Bergcrantz, Christer Boustedt, Georg Riedel, Bernt Rosengren and Svante Thuresson. He has performed on more than 20 countries with concerts in Tokyo, Beijing, New York, Paris and Moskva. Edmonton Journal (Canada) described Håkan Rydin’s style as “lyrical and cooking”. Since 2013 Håkan Rydin is Professor of Jazz Piano at the Malmö Academy of Music, Lund University. CONTACT
 Håkan Rydin
 TEL: +46 708 101 301 
E-MAIL: mail@hakanrydin.com WEB: www.hakanrydin.com