Johan
Sandback

Johan Sandback is a Swedish pianist, music publisher and concert producer based in Stockholm. His professional work spans classical music performance, education, publishing and digital media.

He studied piano performance and pedagogy at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm before continuing his studies with Professor Aaron Shorr at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 2002, he completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Solo Performance and won the Academy’s Carpenter Piano Recital Prize. He has also received first prizes in the Ivar Rondin and Pulcinella piano competitions and participated in masterclasses with Dmitri Bashkirov, Jiří Hlinka, Hans Leygraf and others.

As a performer, Sandback has explored a broad solo and chamber music repertoire, with particular interests in music for piano and strings and works by Greek composers. His 2024 solo programme In a Landscape brought together classical piano repertoire, sound and video art. He also performed in a 2021 Stockholm concert commemorating the bicentenary of Greek independence, broadcast by the Hellenic Parliament’s television channel in 2023. He continues to perform regularly with Orfeas, Stockholm’s Greek choir.

In 2001, he founded Piano Street, an international resource for classical pianists, teachers and students. He created and developed its digital publishing platform, bringing together professionally edited sheet music, recordings, educational resources and an international community of musicians. He also contributes to Piano Street Magazine.

In 2014, Sandback co-founded Piano Visions with pianist and professor Stefan Bojsten. Beginning with a concert series at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, the organisation has expanded its activities to include concerts and educational programmes in several Swedish cities. He also founded and produced Stockholm’s Greek Art Music Festival, inaugurated in 2015.

His work in recorded music includes three albums released through Op 111 Productions: Alma Brasiliera (2017), Schubert’s Winterreise (2020) and Avant-garde Mélodique (2024). He also co-founded Kulturmolnet, working with concert filming, recording and livestreaming of cultural events. His audiovisual work includes an eight-year collaboration with Judisk Kultur i Sverige, providing video projection and documentation for concerts, lectures and cultural programmes.

Sandback has served as treasurer of EPTA Sweden, the Swedish Piano Teachers Association, since 1999. He founded the association’s publication Svenska Pianobulletinen and continues to contribute to its editorial activities. His work in piano education also includes teaching, workshops and lectures exploring digital tools and the use of visual media in music education.