Carin Bartosch Edström
Carin Bartosch Edström (born 1965 in Malmö) is a Swedish composer and author, and is especially interested in opera.
Biography
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 1990-1992.[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
- Asthmose (2006)
- Huvudsaken (The Main Thing), opera in one act (2005)
- Redan morgon! (As soon as tomorrow!) (2004)
- September 1918, three songs (2004)
- Trassel på tråden (1999)
- Sommer-Refektorium (1998)
- Cyd Cybersonix meets Webby Web Webster (1998)
- Winterweihe (1997)
- Playtime (1996)
- Happiness is a G-string, for solo viola (1996)
- Luce promessa (1996)
- Sorgegondolen, song cycle based off The Sorrow Gondola by Tomas Tranströmer (1996)
- Astrakanerna, four songs (1996)
- Claudia goes shopping (1995)
- Fluctuat nec mergitur (1995)
- Kansas epidemix (1994)
- Persephone's dream (1988)
Novels
- Furioso (2011)
External links
- Murder in the string quartet, an article about the novel Furioso. (In Swedish)
References
- ^ "Bartosch Edström". Bonnier Group Agency. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Swedish Music". Svensk Musik. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "FST - Members". FST. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Furioso by Carin Bartosch Edström". GoodReads. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
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