Hillborg is different

Anders Hillborg (born May 31, 1954 in Stockholm , Sweden ) is a Swedish composer .

From 1976 to 1982 he studied counterpoint , composition and electronic music at the Stockholm University of Music with Gunnar Bucht , Lars-Erik Rosell , Arne Mellnäs and Pär Lindgren . By Brian Ferneyhough , guest lecturer at the Music Academy in Stockholm, he received an important impetus for his composition work. Since 1992 he has been visiting professor at the Malmö University of Music .

Hillborg wrote works for symphony orchestras, wind orchestras, choir, chamber music, film and pop music. In 1991 he received the Christ Johnson Music Prize. His work Både Celestial Mechanics for solo strings and his first violin concerto received a recommendation at the UNESCO composition competition .

Works

• 2005–2006 Eleven Gates (Eng. "Elf Tore") for orchestra
• 2010 Vaporised Tivoli
• 2011 Cold Heat for orchestra (world premiere on January 12, 2011 in the Berlin Philharmonie, commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation, the Tonhalle Society Zurich and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
• 2016 Violin Concerto No. 2 (commissioned by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra)

Works for wind orchestra

• 1993 Paulinesisk procession for Pattakorgel and symphonic wind orchestra

Discography

• Anders Hillborg: Clarinet Concerto (2003), Liquid Marble , Violin Concerto ; ONDINE ODE 100C-2
• Anders Hillborg: Eleven Gates , Dreaming River , King Tide , Exquisite Corpse ; BIS BIS-SACD-1406 (2011)