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Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile

Sven-David Sandström

Background:

Composition studies with Ingvar Lidholm, Gyorgy Ligeti, Per Norgard. Recipient of numerous awards and prizes, including the Christ Johnson Prize and Major Award, Nordic Council Award and the Buxtehude Award. Performances throughout Scandinavia and Europe by the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam; the Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, the H"gersten Motet Choir and others. Catalog of published and performed compositions includes more than ninety works in various genres. Recent large-scale works include De ur alla minnen fallna - Missa da requiem, for soloists, chorus and orchestra; High Mass for soloists, chorus and orchestra; the oratorio Moses for the 300th anniversary of the Oslo Cathedral; and the full-length opera Staden (The City). Published by Warner/Chappell, Nordiska Musikfrlaget and other; and recorded on BIS, MAP, CBS and other labels. Former professor of composition and pro-Rektor, Royal College of Music, Stockholm.

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