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“My music is an exploration of unpredictability and contrasts in life, an expression of playful roughness as well as delicate intimacy.” Malin Bång (1974) is residing in Stockholm, Sweden. Her work includes music for instrumental ensembles, orchestra, music drama, electronic music, instrumental sound installations and performance pieces. Her music is performed in festivals and concerts such as June in Buffalo (US), Nuovo Virtuoso (JP), Huddersfield (UK), Zeitfenster at Konzerthaus Berlin (DE), Voix Nouvelles and Grand Atelier at Royaumont (FR), EstoVest in Torino (IT), Sommerakademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart (DE), Ultima festival in Oslo, Sound Around and SPOR festivals in Denmark, Stockholm New Music, and and the Nordic Festivals Ung Nordisk Musik and Nordic Music Days. Malin Bång is the Composer In Residence for Curious Chamber Players, Sweden’s most active young contemporary music ensemble, with conductor Rei Munakata as the artistic leader. Her music has been performed by ensembles and musicians such as ensemble recherche (DE), Ensemble Cairn (FR), Ensemble Contrechamps (CH), Ensemble SurPlus (DE), Madrigirls (JP), Athelas Sinfonietta (DK), Figura (DK), Esbjerg Ensemble (DK), KammarensembleN (SE), Sabine Vogel (DE), Liv-Merete Kroken (NO), Jörgen Petterson (SE), George Kentros (SE), the Basho Ensemble (SE), Quartet Nordir (SE) and Hamrali∂ Choir (IS). She has received many grants and commissions from Integra, Fondation de Royaumont, Ultima Festival, the Nordic Music Days, the Swedish Radio, the Swedish Concert Institute, the Royal Music Academy, and the Swedish Art Grant Committee among others. Malin Bång was portrayed at the Nordic Music Days 2007 in Norrköping, together with the world premiere of Sparkling Box for ensemble and live electronics. In the Swedish Television program “The Concert of the Week” in March 2005, she was also portayed in connection to the world premiere of her piece “Fountain Club” and the tour with KammarensembleN as project Inversion. The Eufonia festival 2002 in Östersund, Sweden, was dedicated to Malin Bång’s music with four concerts presenting her works. She has been studying composition at the Academy of Music in Piteå, Universität der Künste i Berlin, the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm and in several master classes and courses with teachers such as Brian Ferneyhough, Gérard Grisey, Philippe Manoury, Chaya Czernowin, Walter Zimmermann and Ole Lützow Holm. As an active performer, Malin Bång plays live electronics and her own setup of various toys and objects. She both improvises and performs her own music, concert installations, and graphically notated chance music. education 2004-2006: Composition Masters in Music Performance, with focus on artistic research, Musikhögskolan at Göteborgs Universitet. 1999-2003: Composition. Master of Fine Arts, Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm 2002: Composition exchange study, Universität der Künste, Berlin 2000/2001: History of Philosophy, Göteborgs Universitet. 1994 – 1999: Composition/Piano. Master of Fine Arts and Education, Musikhögskolan i Piteå 1997 – 1998: Composition and orchestration. Diplôme, Conservatiore Nadia et Lili Boulanger, Paris 1993 – 1994: Composition. Kapellsbergs Musikskola, Härnösand
grants and awards 2008: 2007: 2006: 2005: 2004: 2003: 2002:
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