Anna Svensdotter
flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo, electronics
Anna Svensdotter is something as exclusive as a Swedish flutist who has specialized in newly written music. Always inquisitive about the way the flute and electronics give and take from one another in a musical collaboration, she has a place all her own among performers of the new flute repertoire.
Her first solo cd, ”Alpha Waves”, with Swedish music for solo flute and electronics, was released in March 2013 on the label SFZ records. The music on “Alpha Waves” is written for, and in collaboration with, Ms Svensdotter, and has been received with great reviews:
"Anna Svensdotter stands at the fore as a flutist in contemporary music; her techniques and feeling for the electronic landscapes are fantastic."
(http://soundofmusic.nu/recension/annasvensdotteralphawaves)
"Her playing style has a unique drive, and she does not hesitate to playfully explore extreme timbre possibilities."
(www.tidningenkulturen.se/artiklar/musik/musikkritik/14564-musik-anna-svensdotter-alpha-waves)
Anna Svensdotter completed her schooling 1993 with a Master of fine Arts in Music from Gothenburg School of Music, and has studied with Manuela Wiesler and Robert Dick among others. Inspired by them and carrying on the tradition, she has since then been on the Swedish scene for contemporary solo- and chamber music, always with a strong musicality and personality.
Anna Svensdotter has given several first time performances in Sweden, and worked with composers as Fredrik Österling, Mirjam Tally, Benjamin Staern, and Bengt Hambraeus. She has been involved in several ensemble projects, solo projects and in theater.
Her collaboration with composer Daniel Karlsson in the forty minutes-piece ”Vortices”, played in Stockholm 2010 and Gothenburg 2011, was described as ”…a rest to long for. Long notes, overtones, a drone landscape in movement, sound-waves with hypnotic power…”
In the experimental ensemble L’Orchestre Disparu, (flute, voice, live electronics, live video), Anna explores the fusion of music and visuals, aiming for new meeting points between music and audience.
With 40f, Anna Svensdotter challenges the concept of what a flute quartet should be, by building up a new repertoire with commissions from interesting composers, and mixing music, words, movement, and electronics.
As an improviser she is heard in the acoustic trio Ek/Janson/Svensdotter (voice, double bass, flute), and in the duo Skarv FX, (flute/electronics and double bass/electronics).
Ms Svensdotter is also often invited as a guest teacher to universities and courses in Sweden. She holds workshops in extended techniques, presentations, and master classes.
For the season of 2015-16 several concerts in Sweden are planned with the repertoire from “Alpha waves”, but also new ensemble projects such as a collaboration with Swedish composer Karin Rehnqvist and Trio Ek/Janson/Svensdotter, and a new group: Ensemble Parkour, with My Eklund, recorder, Jörgen Petterson, saxophone, and Sten Sandell, voice/electronics. The flute quartet 40f will premiere three new commissions, works by Anders Jormin, Ellen Lindquist and Andrea Tarrodi, during the season.
www.annasvensdotter.com
EDUCATION
2000 School of Music and Musicology, Goteborg University and School of Economics and Commercial Law, Goteborg University
Music and Management, part-time studies (20 credits)
1998 School of Music and Musicology, Goteborg University
Communication skills for musicians (5 credits)
1990-92 School of Music and Musicology, Goteborg University
Individual performance program – In instruments and genres beyond the scope of the regular focus of the performance program.
Post graduate soloist training with emphasis on contemporary music, full-time studies (80 credits)
1986-90 School of Music and Musicology, Goteborg University
Master of Fine Arts in Music Education, full-time studies (160 credits)
At Swedish Universities one year is divided into two terms.
One term of full-time studies equals 20 credits.
One term of part-time studies equals 10 credits.
Home address: Svanebäcksgatan 49, 41471 Göteborg, Sweden
Work adresses: Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet, Rektorsgatan 2, 411 33 Göteborg, Sweden
Konstepidemin, Konstepidemins väg 6, 413 14 Göteborg, Sweden
Mobile phone: +46-70-6535912