Britta Byström

Britta Byström (born 1977) is a Swedish classical composer who specializes in orchestral music but has also composed vocal music and opera. In 2015, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra honoured her as the winner of the Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers.[1][2]

Britta Byström
Born(1977-03-14)March 14, 1977
Sundsvall, Sweden
OccupationMusical composer, trumpeter,
Years active1993-
WebsiteOfficial website

Biography

Born on 14 March 1977 in Sundsvall, western Sweden, Britta Byström was not raised in a musical family but became interested in music at the age of 10 when she began to play the trumpet. After writing tunes for the trumpet, she started to compose for an orchestra made up of her teenage friends. By the time she was 16, she had won a competition with the Umeå Symphony Orchestra.[1]

She was admitted to study composition at the Royal Swedish College of Music in 1995, under Pär Lindgren and Bent Sørensen, graduating in 2001.[2] She has since composed some 70 works, some of which have been performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.[3] Some of her compositions have been concertos for soloists such as the Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth or the Swedish violist Ellen Nisbeth.[4] She was inducted into The Swedish Association of Women Composers (KVAST) on June 16, 2010,[5] but does not hold a membership card because she refuses to make a statement as part of a collective and believes women composers should be able to support themselves without the help of KVAST.[1]

Several of Byström's works have attracted particular attention. Der Vogel der Nacht (The Bird of the Night) was inspired by Gustav Mahler's Third Symphony. It was first performed by the Swedish Radio Orchestra in 2010.[6][2] The tone poem Picnic at Hanging Rock, described by Byström as "music with disappearance",[2] received the Christ Johnsen prize in 2012, while A Walk After Dark, a viola concerto, earned the Da-capo award at the 2014 Brandenburger Biennale.[7] In 2016, she composed Many, Yet One for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. It is to be performed in January 2018.[8] Byström's CD album Invisible Cities (2014), featuring the Swedish Symphony Orchestra and the Malmö Symphony Orchestra as well as the viola player Ellen Nisbeth, has been well received both in Sweden and internationally.[2][9]

List of compositions[10]
  • De dansande figurerna för stråkkvartett (1995)
  • En studie i rött för stråkorkester (1996)
  • Horisontvals för stor orkester (1996)
  • Dans på de saligas ängder för trumpet och slagverk/vibrafon (1996–97)
  • Två passacaglior för symfoniorkester (1997)
  • In frale barca för mezzosopran, klarinett, fagott, trumpet, trombon, 2 slagverkare, violin och kontrabas till text av Petrarca (1997–98)
  • Regndans för symfoniorkester (1998)
  • Serenad för flöjt, violin, violoncell och piano (1999)
  • Barcarole för orkester (2000)
  • Divertimento för tuba och accordeon (2000)
  • Stänk och flikar för klarinett och 5 slagverkare (2000)
  • The Baron in the Trees för slagverk och orkester (2000–01)
  • Lux aeterna för blandad kör (2001)
  • Sera för orkester (2002)
  • Symphony in Yellow för pianotrio (2002)
  • Strapats för klarinett, piccolatrumpet violin, viola, slagverk och piano (2002)
  • Weed för blåsorkester (2002)
  • Om man blivit av med sitt bagage, kammaropera med libretto av Niklas Törnlund (2003)
  • Persuasion för orkester (2004)
  • La fugitive för brasskvintett (2004)
  • Förvillelser (Delusions), trumpetkonsert nr 1 (2005)
  • Avskedsvariationer (Farewell Variations) för orkester (2005)
  • Lyckans land för violin och orkester (2006)
  • Es ist genug för 6 slagverkare och sinfonietta (2007)
  • Strövtåg i hembygden för 6 stråkar (2007)
  • Konsert för orkester (2007–08)
  • Revolt i grönska för flöjt, klarinett, slagverk, piano, violin, viola, cello (2008)
  • I tornet (In the Tower) för brasskvintett (2008–09)
  • Allt beror på vingar för blandad kör och orkester till text av Niklas Törnlund (2009)
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock (Utflykt i det okända) för orkester (2009)
  • Der Vogel der Nacht för orkester (2010)
  • Brev i april (Letter in April) för klarinett, violin, cello och piano (2011)
  • Inferno för brasskvintett och recitation (2011)
  • Kinderszenen för horn, piano och violin (2011)
  • Ten Secret Doors för orkester (2011)
  • Screen Mamories, trumpetkonsert nr 2 (2012)
  • A Walk after Dark, violakonsert (2013)
  • Dream Day för soloviola (2013)
  • Invisible Cities för orkester (2013)
  • Yankadi för violin, cello, oboe, fagott, trumpet, trombon och orkester (2013)
  • Inte-nudda-golv för stråktrio (2014)
  • Nátt i býnum för blandad kör (2014)
  • Segelnde Stadt för orkester (2014)
  • Tinta för 4 tromboner (2014)
  • Encounter in Space för trumpet, klarinett och piano (2014)
  • Gállábartnit – sceniskt verk för solister, kör, dansare och septett (2015)
  • A Walk on Green Streets för flöjt, klarinett, slagverk, piano, violin, viola, cello (2015)
  • Baum in der Stadt för soloviolin (2015)
  • Games For Souls för violin och stråkorkester (2015)
  • Games For Souls – shortened version för violin och stråkorkester (2015)
  • Many, Yet One för orkester (2016)
  • Fanfare für die Verwandlung for orchestra (2016)
  • Volley for 2 violins (2016)
  • Two Walks for string orchestra (2016)
  • Infinite Rooms for violin, double bass and orchestra (2016)
  • Nachtstück for soprano, countertenor and piano (2017)
  • Love in the Afternoon for violin, cello and piano (2017)
  • Diagonal musik for horn, violin and prepared piano (2017)
  • A Walk to GADE for string orchestra (2017)
  • A Walk to Tjajkovskij for string orchestra (2017)
  • Notes From the City of the Sun for soprano and orchestra (2017)
  • Lovsång till drömmarna for soprano and string orchestra (2018)
  • A Walk to Värmland for wind orchestra (2018)
  • Four Walks for viola and double bass (2018)
  • Games Without End for French horn and orchestra (2018)
  • Promenad till en högre sfär (Walk to a Higher Sphere) for orchestra (2018)
  • Två sånger om liv och död (Two Songs about Life and Death) for mixed choir (2018)
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References
  1. "Britta Byström". STIM. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. "Britta Byström named 8th annual winner of Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers". Detroit Symphony Orchestra. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  3. Folcker, Sebastian (3 August 2015). "Britta Byström har vunnit pris i Detroit". Sundsvalls Tidning (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  4. Fessel, Hjarne (2014). "Britta Byström". Composer: Music Sales Classical. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  5. "Byström, Britta". KVAST. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  6. "Programme Note: Britta Byström Der Vogel der Nacht (2010)". Music Sales Classical. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  7. "News – Britta Byström Wins Prize in Germany". Music Sales Classical. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  8. "2017.18 Brochure". Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  9. Wistrand, Sten. "CD: Invisible Cities av Britta Byström" (in Swedish). Kulturdelen. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  10. "Compositions in chronological order". Britta Byström. Retrieved 8 November 2018.

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