Carin Bartosch Edström
Carin Bartosch Edström (born 1965 in Malmö) is a Swedish composer and author, and is especially interested in opera.
Biography[edit]
Bartosch Edström had an international upbringing. Though she spent some time in the United States, she lived in Rome, Italy and Lund, Sweden for most of her childhood.[1] While in Italy, she received voice training.
Bartosch Edström studied composition with Rolf Martinsson, Hans Gefors, Lars Ekström, Lars-Erik Rosell, and Sven-David Sandström. She graduated from Lund University's Malmö Academy of Music in 1999 with a degree in composition. She founded the Skanör/Falsterbo chamber music festival and was director of the Musica Vitae chamber music orchestra in Växjö from 1990 to 1992.[2] In 2000, she was elected to the Society of Swedish Composers.[3]
In 2011, Edström's debut crime novel, Furioso, was published. It followed the action surrounding the lives of a Swedish female string quartet.[4]
Compositions[edit]
- Stage
- Trassel på tråden, Opera (1999); libretto by the composer
- Huvudsaken (The Main Thing), Opera in one act (2005); libretto by Kerstin Perski
- Orchestral
- Playtime for string orchestra (1996)
- Wind band
- Cyd Cybersonix Meets Webby Web Webster (1998)
- Concertante
- Kansas Epidemix for violin, cello and string orchestra (1994)
- Luce promessa for cello and orchestra (1996)
- Chamber and instrumental music
- Persephone's Dream for flute and piano (1988)
- Claudia Goes Shopping for recorder (1995)
- Fluctuat nec mergitur for violin, viola, cello and piano (1995)
- Happiness Is a G-String for solo viola (1996)
- Redan morgon! (As Soon as Tomorrow!) for solo clarinet (2004)
- Asthmose for 2 violins (2006)
- Vocal
- Astrakanerna, 4 Songs for soprano, violin and cello (1996); words by Marie Lundquist
- Sorgegondolen, Song Cycle for soprano, bass clarinet and piano (1996); based on The Sorrow Gondola by Tomas Tranströmer
- Sommer-Refektorium for soprano, violin, viola, cello and percussion (1998)
- September 1918, 3 Songs for soprano and violin (1999) or for soprano and piano (2004); words by Edith Södergran
- Fyra nattliga sånger (Four Nocturnal Songs) for alto and piano (2011); words by Edith Södergran
- Choral
- Winterweihe for mixed chorus a cappella (1997); words by Henkell
Novels[edit]
- Furioso (2011)
External links[edit]
- Mord i stråkkvartetten (Murder in the String Quartet), an article about the novel Furioso. (In Swedish)
References[edit]
- ^ "Bartosch Edström". Bonnier Group Agency. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Swedish Music". Svensk Musik. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "FST – Members". FST. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Furioso by Carin Bartosch Edström". GoodReads. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
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