Education
2014 – 2016 Kungl. Musikhögskolan / Royal College of Music (Stockholm)
Västerländsk konstmusik / Composition Western Art Music, master
2011 – 2014 Kungl. Musikhögskolan / Royal College of Music (Stockholm)
Västerländsk konstmusik / Composition Western Art Music, bachelor
2009 - 2011 Gotlands tonsättarskola / The Gotland School of Music Composition (Visby, Sweden) Kompositionslinje, 2 år
Work
2022 - Tonis online / Gotlands tonsättarskola / The Gotland School of Music Composition, Teacher in Music Composition for beginners.
2020 - Taktonika Musiktjänster
Cooperative of composers and Engravers, based in Malmö
engraving, printing, arranging, orchestrating, composing
2014 - Freelance, composer and guitarist
Representations
2017 - 2019 Samtida musik, Stockholm,
Board member, concert producer, marketing
2016 - 2017 Uruppförandeklubben, Stockholm/Västerås
board member, concert producer, marketing
2016 - Selected member of Föreningen svenska tonsättare / The Swedish Society of Composers
Scholarships
2026 - Konstnärsnämnden / The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2-årigt arbetsstipendium / Two year working grant
2025 - Konstnärsnämnden / The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
1-årigt arbetsstipendium / One year working grant
2025 - Helge Ax:son Johnson, "kusliga historier" Composition grant
2025 - Artist in residence, VICC Studio Beta, Visby
2024 - STIM-stipendium, STIM forward fund
2024 - Artist in residence, Berlin (FST)
2024 - FST stipendium, Föreningen svenska tonsättare
2023 - Artist in residence, VICC notation studio, Visby
2022 - FST stipendium, Föreningen svenska tonsättare
2022 - Artist in residence, Berlin (FST)
2016 - Artist in residence, VICC notation studio, Visby
2016 - The Royal Academy of Music, local scholarship
2015 - Helsingborgs kulturstipendium / The City of Helsingborg's Culture scholarship
2013 - Utbildningsstipendium, Anders Sandrews stiftelse
Right now, I'm working on new music for saxophone solo and EAM together with Linn Persson Kornhammar, which will be part of the performance Seanshistorier in collaboration with the Museum of Helsingborg. The premiere is scheduled in 2027. I'm also working on a sinfonietta version of "Chaplin Songs" by Daniel Nelson, originally for large orchestra and choir with soloists, in collaboration with Gehrmans förlag and the composer himself.
Recently, I've been working on a new commission for violin and tape, together with violinist Svetlana Riger. The piece, called Metasveta, has it's premiere at HMDK in Stuttgart in July, 2026. The piece is inspired by an antique wooden coffee grinder, with every sound in the electronic part originating from the grinder itself. The piece also contains sounds of wind recorded at the harbour in Helsingborg, Sweden, during a storm in early 2026.
I've also been working together with artist and composer Ann Rosén in the project "Rethinking", where we explore and interpret her graphic scores available in the book "Recycling the Work Process" (2023). The artworks were exhibited throughout the year at the Ystads Museum of Arts. So far, we've performed together at Schhh... vardagsrummet (Östra Hoby), Fylkingen Satellit and Ystads konstmuseum.
Alongside commissions of original music, I'm currently working with engraving and arranging. Last years I've had the pleasure working together with Petter Ekman with orchestrations, pre-scoring and transcriptions for the soundtrack to the Icelandic movie "Touch" (Snerting). I've also been happy to work with composers such as Daniel Nelson, Maria W Horn, Sara Parkman, Shida Shahabi, Bergrun Snæbjörnsdottir and Karin Rehnqvist.
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Festivals
2019 - Two days and Two Night of New Music, Odessa, Ukraine
Festival for new music at Odesa Philharmonic Theater (Одеська обласна філармонія). Tre bedrägliga canons / Three deceptive Canons, Irina Serotyuk and Mara Peiseniece.
2018 Svensk musikvår, Stockholm
Tre bedrägliga canons / Three deceptive Canons, Irina Serotyuk and Mara Peiseniece.
Nathan Milsteinsalen, KMH
2015 Nordic music days, Valerie's voice by Christofer Elgh, with ensemble Krock.
Kongernes lapidarium, Copenhagen
2015 Uppsala gitarrfestival / Uppsala International Guitar Festival
"In C" with Terry Riley, Gyan Riley, Gothenburg Combo, Ensemble Krock and 40 guitarists from all around Sweden.
2015 Sound of Stockholm, Valerie's voice by Christofer Elgh, with Ensemble Krock. Kulturhuset, Stockholm.
2013 Ung nordisk musik / Young nordic music
Festival of new music and young composers, Oslo, Norway.
"En månad av söndagar", Linn Persson Kornhammar saxophone and tape.
Opera, film & theater
2024 Touch, dir: Baltasar Kormákur. Movie. Music by Högni Egilsson. Orchestration Petter Ekman, Score preparation and transcriptions: Jesper Nielsen.
2022 En Ljudande resa genom Sverige, music theater
A sound & music walk and performance in collaboration with composer Rosanna Gunnarson and Fredriksdals museer och trädgårdar, Helsingborg, Sweden. Alto saxophone (Linn Persson), electric bass (Rickard Jokela), electronics and story teller. Dramaturg: Hanna Nygren.
2015 That Disgusting Thing Called Intimacy
Choreography by Tuva Hildebrand & Sally O'Neill, Arnhem, Netherlands.
2014 Ett grymt och ohyggligt skämt (A cruel and Unpleasant Joke) Chamber opera with libretto by Dimen Abdulla. Director: Mårten Forslund.