Moon River played by Filip Jers & Emil Ernebro

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Filip Jers - harmonica
Emil Ernebro - acoustic guitar
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Watch in HD. Recorded by Martin Carlberg at Twangster studio, Floda, Sweden.
Filip Jers endorses and plays Suzuki Harmonicas from Hamamatsu, Japan.

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Filip Jers is an internationally known professional harmonica player from Stockholm, Sweden and one of the most sought-out harmonica players in Europe. At the age of 34 he has performed in almost 30 countries all over the world.
In 2011 Jers graduated with a Master Degree in Fine Arts of Music from The Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He has also studied privately with Toots Thielemans, Howard Levy and Robert Bonfiglio.

Jers has been given numerous awards through the years. In 2005 he won two gold medals at the World Harmonica Festival in Trossingen, Germany. In 2014 his jazz quartet Filip Jers Quartet was selected as "Best Group" at the European Jazz Competition in Rotterdam, Netherlands and in 2015 the quartet received a Swedish grammy for the album ”Plays Swedish Folk”. In 2016 Jers was awarded the title ”Jazz musician of the Year” by Swedish Radio.

Jers works regulary with Filip Jers Quartet, with his duo with guitarist Emil Ernebro and as a guest soloist in different projects. He has been a featured solist with many cutting edge jazz big bands in Sweden as well as performing with two of Scandinavias finest string orchestras; Musica Vitae and Camerata Nordica. Jers has been featured on more than 50 CD's as a recording artist, playing harmonica.

Besides playing concerts Jers has extensive experience as a harmonica teacher. Besides teching privately and giving workshops in different countries all over the world he is also engaged as harmonica teacher at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, Denmark and Sibelius Academy in Helsingfors, Finland.

Jers is an "International Suzuki Harmonica Artist", he is endorsing and playing harmonicas made by Suzuki Harmonicas from Japan.

He also runs Fojablue Records, an independent record label that has released "Spiro" (FRCD01, 2011), Filip Jers Quartet (FRCD02, 2013), "Duet" with Emil Ernebro (FRCD03, 2019), "Plays Classical" with Filip Jers Quartet (Prophone Records/Naxos) and "In the Spirit of Toots" with Carl Bagge trio (2023, Prophone Records/Naxos).

Besides music, Filip likes coffee, yoga and running in the nature.