Filip Jers Harmonica

Hi!
Welcome to my harmonica hub. My name is Filip Jers, I am a professional harmonica player from Sweden. On my Patreon page I will post online harmonica lessons for both chromatic and diatonic instruments. The genre I focus on is jazz and folk music. The level is aimed at intermediate and advanced players.

This harmonica school does not follow a set course plan. It consists of separate lessons with different themes and subjects. Some subjects require a series of lessons and some are one shots. It is up to you as a student to know what you are interested in and want to learn. That is how I taught myself to play and the lessons are in the same spirit. So maybe it’s more of a hub to center your learning around and draw inspiration from, rather than a traditional school!

In every lesson you will find a little bit of everything that makes you a good musician. Some will be more technique heavy, some will be more music theory focused and some will be about just playing music. All of this is drawn from my own experience as a professional musician and harmonica player. For me music is a journey and a lifestyle and this hub will reflect on how I think and feel about music.

I hope that you want to explore music and harmonica playing with me!


If you join my Patreon page, you will get instant access to:

• Exclusive video lessons
• Exclusive ”Practise with me” tracks – I play and you follow
• Exclusive PDF download with exercises and scales & arpeggios

New material will be added continuously!

At the moment this hub aims for intermediate and advanced players. With intermediate I mean that you are able to get a good single note, know some tunes and want to develop as a harmonica player.

Biography and CV

Filip Jers is an internationally known harmonica player from Stockholm, Sweden and one of the most sought-out harmonica players in Europe. At the age of 34 he has performed in almost 30 countries all over the world.
In 2011 Jers graduated with a Master Degree in Fine Arts of Music from The Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He has also studied privately with Toots Thielemans, Howard Levy and Robert Bonfiglio.

Jers has been given numerous awards through the years. In 2005 he won two gold medals at the World Harmonica Festival in Trossingen, Germany. In 2014 his jazz quartet Filip Jers Quartet was selected as "Best Group" at the European Jazz Competition in Rotterdam, Netherlands and in 2015 the quartet received a Swedish grammy for the album ”Plays Swedish Folk”. In 2016 Jers was awarded the title ”Jazz musician of the Year” by Swedish Radio.

Jers works regulary with Filip Jers Quartet, with his duo with guitarist Emil Ernebro and as a guest soloist in different projects. He has been a featured solist with many cutting edge jazz big bands in Sweden as well as performing with two of Scandinavias finest string orchestras; Musica Vitae and Camerata Nordica. Jers has been featured on more than 50 CD's as a recording artist, playing harmonica.

Besides playing concerts Jers has extensive experience as a harmonica teacher. Besides teching privately and giving workshops in different countries all over the world he is also engaged as harmonica teacher at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, Denmark and Sibelius Academy in Helsingfors, Finland.

Jers is an "International Suzuki Harmonica Artist", he is endorsing and playing harmonicas made by Suzuki Harmonicas from Japan.

He also runs Fojablue Records, an independent record label that has released Spiro (FRCD01, 2011), Filip Jers Quartet (FRCD02, 2013) and Duet with Emil Ernebro (FRCD03, 2019).

Besides music, Filip likes coffee, yoga and running in the nature.