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It achieved great commercial success and critical acclaim throughout Europe. Its 1999 release From Gagarin's Point of View started its international breakthrough, being the first e.s.t. album to be released outside of Scandinavia through the German label ACT. \nSvensson died in a scuba diving accident on 14 June 2008. \n Awards\nIn 1995 and 1996, Svensson was awarded Swedish Jazz Musician of the Year and 1998 Songwriter of the Year, and the 1997 release Winter in Venice (consisting mainly of original material) was awarded the Swedish Grammy. Strange Place For Snow, e.s.t.'s 2002 release earned numerous awards including the Jahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (from the German Phonoacademy), the German Jazz Award, Choc de l'année (Jazzman, France), the Victoire du Jazz - the French Grammy - as best international act and also the Revelation of the Festival award, a special award from Midem. In December 2004, e.s.t. was awarded the Hans Koller prize as European Artist of the Year.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Esbjorn+Svensson+Trio","playStationPath":"/stations/113901931/play","stationId":113901931,"bioPath":"/music/Esbjorn+Svensson+Trio/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Wayne+Shorter","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3fa/3fabbf13b057c438073d113eb225cdbc_md.jpg","artistName":"Wayne Shorter","artistId":7660,"station_id":114674624},{"musicPath":"/music/Viktoria+Tolstoy","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/df5/df5de5f16e6ff9c4ce53bed8495b72f2_md.jpg","artistName":"Viktoria Tolstoy","artistId":1591,"station_id":113613943},{"musicPath":"/music/Dexter+Gordon","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/111/1115f94ac2bac31a809e5aa03aa8bd01_md.jpg","artistName":"Dexter Gordon","artistId":310,"station_id":113315514},{"musicPath":"/music/John+Scofield","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c8f/c8f9dbb1115a1bea52c9f8371eeef58d_md.jpg","artistName":"John Scofield","artistId":7838,"station_id":113302808},{"musicPath":"/music/Christian+Scott","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5d5/5d51916f1f757b5b38bb4d186db15c68_md.jpg","artistName":"Christian Scott","artistId":94691,"station_id":278625515},{"musicPath":"/music/Terje+Rypdal","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/728/728355f2967af480dec941f820c7d865_md.jpg","artistName":"Terje Rypdal","artistId":115555,"station_id":282865596},{"musicPath":"/music/Charles+Lloyd","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5ad/5ad132a6bdd06fed5e69ee6a14182f26_md.jpg","artistName":"Charles Lloyd","artistId":102358,"station_id":280764109},{"musicPath":"/music/Robert+Glasper","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7c5/7c5898a27e213c8d7960bd5372339a48_md.jpg","artistName":"Robert Glasper","artistId":101366,"station_id":280763697},{"musicPath":"/music/Al+Di+Meola","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/097/097f0248c12f644bb11db7eb77059fbb_md.jpg","artistName":"Al Di Meola","artistId":12226,"station_id":113372300},{"musicPath":"/music/Marcus+Miller","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/82c/82cd0316ec87eac474971e86ed334e6b_md.jpg","artistName":"Marcus Miller","artistId":10946,"station_id":113275308},{"musicPath":"/music/Eberhard+Weber","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/378/378661c3e611c8da2c7836655ea5786b_md.jpg","artistName":"Eberhard Weber","artistId":101938,"station_id":280764037},{"musicPath":"/music/Lars+Danielsson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/815/8159c5b59864d663422c8accfb4fe338_md.jpg","artistName":"Lars Danielsson","artistId":363458,"station_id":394188811},{"musicPath":"/music/Kurt+Rosenwinkel","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2af/2affb3b020c616019e9c42039996012e_md.jpg","artistName":"Kurt Rosenwinkel","artistId":130573,"station_id":285079066},{"musicPath":"/music/Dave+Brubeck","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fd0/fd0285dbcbae0dca62d06834f6070f93_md.jpg","artistName":"Dave Brubeck","artistId":7348,"station_id":113280272},{"musicPath":"/music/Michael+Wollny","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6d8/6d8b55d960a1a023c5bc02eb7f6665df_md.jpg","artistName":"Michael Wollny","artistId":455283,"station_id":401237966},{"musicPath":"/music/Bobo+Stenson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d2c/d2c12f7f78ac658e60eed10a509e3282_md.jpg","artistName":"Bobo Stenson","artistId":103471,"station_id":280596289},{"musicPath":"/music/Thomas+Enhco","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/807/8077a2d500f3fedc16011ec00cae50ad_md.jpg","artistName":"Thomas Enhco","artistId":464222,"station_id":401382911},{"musicPath":"/music/Kyle+Eastwood","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4f5/4f55495c6d3fb2d229f1c60ee5879e3f_md.jpg","artistName":"Kyle Eastwood","artistId":103748,"station_id":287828536}]}