His first major recognition was in 1978 when his piece “Proximities” received first prize at the international music festival in Bourges, France, since then receiving twelve more from the same festival (Anon. 2011b).
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This includes indigenous chants, opera, protests, improvisation, prayer and recordings from television, radio and other media, as well as poetry from Hemingway, Hesse, and Joyce.
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After working as a photographer from 1972 to 1974, Parmerud began his music studies in 1978 at the Högskolan för Scen och Musik (Conservatory of Theatre and Music) at the University of Gothenburg, where his teachers included the electronic-music composer and visual artist Rune Lindblad.
For this year (2011) Sweden, a guest of honor in FIC, will be represented by Angereds Teater, Åke Parmerud, Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, and Hugo Ticciani, who will be working with Michael Tsalka.
Bengt-Åke Lundvall | Åke Wallenquist | Ake Site | Aké Loba | Jan-Åke Jonsson | Ake v. Oklahoma | Åke Söderblom | Åke Parmerud | Åke Ohlmarks | Åke Lindman | Åke Henriksson Tott | Åke Edwardson | Åke Åkerström |