Sven-David Sandström
Sven-David Sandström (born October 30, 1942 in Motala ; † June 10, 2019 ) was a Swedish composer .
Sandström studied musicology and art history at the University of Stockholm and from 1968 to 1972 composition with Ingvar Lidholm at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm .
After completing his studies, he taught at the music college himself, from 1985 to 1995 as a professor of composition . Since 1999 he has been professor of composition at Indiana University in Bloomington .
He composed an opera , orchestral works, including pictures for percussion and orchestra, a concerto for clarinet, trombone, cello and percussion, a guitar concerto, chamber music works, a requiem , a mass , a lament , a song for soprano, bassoon, violin and harp and other vocal works and solo pieces for various instruments, including a piece for solo trombone. In addition, he composed his own adaptations of the six motets by Johann Sebastian Bach . In 2008 Sandström composed a new version of the Messiah based on the text by Charles Jennens , which Georg Friedrich Handel had already set to music. In February 2014, his new version of the St. Matthew Passion was premiered on the text Picander also used by Johann Sebastian Bach . In 2016 the Thuringian Bach Weeks opened in Erfurt with the world premiere of his Johannes Passion based on the libretto by Jakob Holtze.
In 1984 Sandström received the Nordic Council Music Prize for his Requiem De ur alla minnen fallna .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sandström, Sven-David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Motala |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 2019 |