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Inger Wikstrom (born 11 December 1939) is a Swedish pianist, composer and conductor.

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Biography

Inger Wikstrom began studying piano in Stockholm at the age of six, and at sixteen played as soloist with the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. She made successful debuts as a concert pianist in Stockholm, Berlin, London and New York City. Later concert tours included the United States, Latin America, Russia, Israel, Africa, China, Japan and Australia.

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She married David Bartov and the couple moved with their three children to Österskär, Moberg where they opened the Nordic Music Conservatory in 1977, which became the Nordic Chamber Opera in 1980. Inger Wikström is a member of The Society of Swedish Composers and the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

Inger Wikstrom is the sister of Gunnel Biberfeld and mother of opera director Mira Bartov. She also married to politician and officer Jan-Erik Wikstrom.

Awards

  • Order of Cavalliero de Rio Branco
  • Adelaide Ristori Prize
  • Bartok medal
  • Villa Lobos medal
  • Natur och Kultur Culture Award (1992)
  • Works

    Inger Wikström has composed chamber music, song cycles, and a number of operas. Her recordings have been issued on more than forty albums.

    Selected works include:

  • La Mère Coupable, opera
  • The Nightingale, opera
  • The Confession of a Fool chamber opera, text by August Strindberg
  • Peter Pan, fairy tale opera
  • A Madman's Defence, opera
  • Songs

    Holberg Suite - Op 40: V RigaudonGrieg - Sibelius - Nielsen & von Koch: Inger Wikström · 2014
    I Largo - Allegro II Andante III AllegrettoMozart: Piano Trios - K 502 - K 542 - Violin Sonata - K 454 - Fantasia in D Minor - K 397 · 2011
    Ballad - Op 132011

    References

    Inger Wikström Wikipedia


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