Pontus Grans is a double bassist and has served as principal double bass of the Vaasa City Orchestra since autumn 2017. Prior to this, he held the same position with Oulu Sinfonia. As an orchestral musician, he has performed with numerous Finnish city orchestras and appeared at chamber music festivals, including the Korsholm Music Festival.

Grans has also performed as an orchestral soloist, interpreting concertos by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Nino Rota, and Eduard Tubin. In the summer of 2017, he commissioned and premiered Lars Karlsson’s Sonata da camera for double bass and piano — the first sonata for double bass in Finnish music history. In 2018, he served as the musicians’ representative on the jury of the International Jorma Panula Conducting Competition.

Pontus Grans began his studies with Peter Grans in Lohja and continued at the Sibelius Academy with Lasse Lagercrantz and Panu Pärssinen, earning his Master’s degree in Music in 2015. He has further studied with Duncan McTier in Switzerland, participated in numerous masterclasses, and recently deepened his focus on Baroque music at Novia University of Applied Sciences in Pietarsaari.