Live Johansson is a Norwegian cellist, composer and arranger, born on Senja in northern Norway and now based in Copenhagen. She trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, earning a soloist diploma, with further studies in Chicago, Zagreb and Trondheim. In 2011 she founded the string ensemble LiveStrings, which she still leads as artistic director, moving fluidly between classical music and pop/rock through collaborations with artists such as Michael Falch, Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, Kygo and URO.
LiveStrings performed with rapper URO in a sold-out 360-degree concert series at DR Koncerthuset after first selling out KB Hallen.
Michael Falch announced his new tour 'Into the Darkness Again' for 2027, where Live Johansson will again play cello in the trio arrangement.
Live Johansson toured with Michael Falch's poetic trio around the country's venues in 2025.
Pianist Nicolai Kornerup explores Bach through Nordic and Eastern European perspectives with ensemble LiveStrings and percussionist Victor Dybbroe.
Michael Falch returns to the stage after two years away with the tour 'Into the Darkness Again', performing alongside D-A-D guitarist Jacob Binzer, cellist Live Johansson, and keyboardist Mikkel Reumert Damgaard.