Name Klas Torstensson Role Composer | ||
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Albums In Groser Sehnsucht, a Cycle of Songs Similar People New European Ensemble, Osiris Trio, AskoSchonberg, Theo Loevendie, Otto Ketting | ||
Education University of Gothenburg | ||
2011 hbo klas torstensson composer
Klas Torstensson (born 16 January 1951, Nässjö) is an award-winning Swedish-Dutch composer.
Contents
- 2011 hbo klas torstensson composer
- Torstensson A Cycle of the North Himmelen Hans Leenders
- Career
- Selected discography
- Awards
- References
Torstensson - A Cycle of the North: Himmelen - Hans Leenders
Career
Torstensson studied composition Ingesunds Musikhögskola, musicology at Göteborgs universitet and electronic music at the Institute for Sonology.
Torstensson’s compositions are performed by orchestras, ensembles and soloists worldwide and presented on most major European new music festivals: Huddersfield, Ultima (Oslo), Steirischer Herbst (Graz), Wien Modern, Stockholm New Music, Nordic Music Days (Reykjavik/Malmö/Berlin), Gaudeamus (Amsterdam), Warsaw, Gaida (Vilnius), Festival van Vlaanderen (Belgium), Holland Festival (Amsterdam), GAS (Gothenburg), NYYD (Tallinn) and Darmstadt.
He was also featured composer at festivals such as Stockholm New Music 1999 (together with Mauricio Kagel and György Kurtág), Time of Music 2001, (Viitasaari, Finland), Montréal-Nouvelles-Musiques 2003 and Sacrum Profanum 2009 (Kraków).
During Spring 2009 Klas Torstensson was "composer-in-focus" with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.