Svante Henryson (born October 22, 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a composer, cellist, bass guitarist and double bassist, active within jazz, classical music, and hard rock. 　　Svante Henryson is a composer of orchestral music, as well as choral music and chamber music.[6] His "Electric Bass Concerto", composed in 2007, introduces the bass guitar in a new role as a classical solo instrument. 　　Elvis Costello and Henryson collaborated as songwriters on the album "For the Stars". 　　Svante Henryson is an ECM recording artist, performing in various formations with Jon Balke, Ketil Bjørnstad,[7] Wolfgang Muthspiel, Marilyn Mazur, Arve Henriksen, Anders Jormin, Terje Rypdal and Palle Mikkelborg. 　　He also performs in chamber music duos and trios with Roland Pöntinen, Martin Fröst,[8] Anne Sofie von Otter and Bengt Forsberg. Svante has been the Musical Director of Asian, American and European tours with Anne Sofie von Otter. 　　Svante Henryson was Northern Norway's Landsdelsmusikernes Artist-in-Residence 2010-2012, composing and performing with the Sami community. 　　He is currently artistic director of the Umeå Chamber Music Festival.