Viktoria Tolstoy
Appearance
Viktoria Tolstoy | |
---|---|
![]() Tolstoy at the St. Ingbert jazz festival, 2009 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Louise Viktoria Kjellberg |
Born | Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden | 29 July 1974
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation | Singer |
Labels | Blue Note, ACT |
Website | viktoriatolstoy |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Viktoria-Tolstoyy_DSC04117.jpg/260px-Viktoria-Tolstoyy_DSC04117.jpg)
Louise Viktoria Tolstoy (born 29 July 1974) is a Swedish jazz singer of Russian ancestry. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.[1][2] Tolstoy was a regular studio guest in season one of the television series Big Brother in 2000.
She was married to designer Per Holknekt from 2001 until they divorced in March 2008.[3]
Discography
[edit]As leader
[edit]- Smile, Love and Spice (Sittel, 1994)
- Viktoria Tolstoy (EMI, 1996)
- För Älskad (EMI, 1996)
- White Russian (Blue Note, 1997)
- Blame It On My Youth (EMI, 2001)
- Shining On You (ACT, 2004)
- My Swedish Heart (ACT, 2005)
- Pictures of Me (ACT, 2006)
- My Russian Soul (ACT, 2008)
- Letters to Herbie (ACT, 2011)
- A Moment of Now (ACT, 2013)
- Meet Me at the Movies (ACT, 2017)
- Stations (ACT, 2020)
As guest
[edit]With Nils Landgren
- 2002 – Sentimental Journey
- 2004 – Funky ABBA
With others
- 1998 − Här kommer natten, Svante Thuresson
- 2007 – Christmas with My Friends (ACT)
- 2012 – Super Music, UMO Jazz Orchestra (Blue Note)
- 2016 – Green Man, Beat Funktion
- 2016 – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic V (ACT)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Viktoria Tolstoy - BIO". www.viktoriatolstoy.se. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ All That Swedish Jazz
- ^ "Per Holknekt och Viktoria Tolstoy skiljer sig". Expressen. 10 March 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
External links
[edit]Media related to Viktoria Tolstoy at Wikimedia Commons
- B.H. Hopper Management - Artist Management