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Stefan Klaverdal (1975-     )

Stefan Klaverdal, composerStefan Klaverdal is one of his generation’s most active and performed composers in Sweden and his music has been performed countless times in Europe and elsewhere. He studied composition with Maurice Karkoff and Hans Gefors, among others, graduating in 2003 with a Master of Arts in composition from the Malmö Academy of Music. In recent years, his focus has been on purely vocal pieces and vocal and instrumental pieces in combination with live electronics. An early and frequently performed work is Fragment av en mässa (Fragment of a mass) (1999) for vocal sextet, while the much talked about scenic oratorio Judas (2003) for vocal soloists, mixed choir, organ and electronics, stands as one of his seminal creations. Bonorum Summum Omnium (2007), for soprano, computer and orchestra was composed at the behest of Lund University for the Academic Orchestra. His recordings include Dual Chant (2003), and The Longing of Eurydice (2005) both of which are on Malmö’s C-Y Contemporary label. A prominent and long-standing feature of Klaverdal’s work is cross-genre collaboration, especially his music for dance performances and for dance and art films. His scores to the dance films Mänskligt monster (Human pattern) and Insyn (Insight) earned him top honours in the multimedia category at the Bourges International Festival of Electroacoustic Music and Sonic Art in 2006 and 2008. Klavedal was originally a singer, and strives to reproduce these lyrical and human qualities in his compositions. With live electronics as an active extension of his own voice, he paints electroacoustic landscapes from a palette of passion, drama and beauty.

COMPOSITIONS                                                            Klaverdal Links     ~ ~ ~     Works by Genre    ~ ~ ~    Klaverdal on Klaverdal
Atta unsar, chorus (1994)
Statymusik, orchestra (1999)
Fragment av en mässa (Fragment of a mass), vocal sextet (1999)
Salt, narrator, soprano and (2001) [live performed text-sound-piece with text by Sara Gilliard]
IKEA - ad lib, flute, clarinet, guitar, viola and double bass (2001) [performance using musicians/site-specific]
MononoM, flute (2001)
Sequere me Credo, tenor, baritone, chorus, piano and organ (2003)
Judas, oratorio, narrator, tenor, baritone, chorus, organ and computer (2003)
    - Libera me, [female chorus/3 sopranos???] (2002) [part of "Judas", 2003]
Dual Chant, violin and computer/or EAM (2003)
duos angelos in albis sedentes, soprano, flute, and violin (2003)
Exaudi Deus, chorus (2004)
Vägen framför andra, chorus (2004)
On Being, saxophone quartet and computer (2004)
Prayer of a King, alto saxophone and computer (2004)
Walpurgis, soprano, male chorus, 4 percussionists and EAM 4 ch (2005)
Tuning Music, any ensemble of at least three (2005)
The Longing of Eurydice, violin, piano and EAM 2 ch (2005)
Mänskligt Mönster (Human Pattern), EAM 2ch (2005) [used in the dancefilm by Klara Elenius]
Songs of Insanity, soprano, computer and video (2007- ) [?performance opera in collaboration with singer Lisa Hansson]
I heard behind me a loud voice, tuba and computer (2007)
The Girl who used to be Delight, piano and computer (2007)
Bonorum Summum Omnium, soprano, computer and orchestra (2007)
Insyn (Insight), EAM 5.1ch; and version for 2ch (2007) [uUsed in the dancefilm by Klara Elenius]
and then I saw, trumpet, percussion and computer (2008)
The Sacred Family, string quartet, computer and video (2008)
a home for demons, 2 percussionists and computer (2008)
God’s Breath, organ and computer (2008)
Dialog, sound installation, CD and 2 (or more) loudspeakers (2008)
He fell to the ground, chamber orchestra (2009)
For the love of money, male chorus (2009)
Levande vatten (Living water), chorus, children's choir, 2 percussionists, organ and computer (2009)
And when I turned, fl, rec, cl, cl, bcl, trb, tba, perc (2009)
eyes like a flame of fire, soprano recorder and computer (2009)
Nynn (2009) [jingle for radio show "Musikalismer" on Swedish Radio P2]
The sound I heard, jazz trio, guitar, electric bass and drumset (2010)
Consensus Music, any ensemble of at least three (2010)
One of the seven angels, bass clarinet and computer (2010)
Sinnesupplevelser, permanent sound and video installations (2010) [at Childrens hospital in Lund, Sweden]
SMPHN rmx, tape or prerecorded media (2010)
Music from caves/A kind of rebirth, brass band, with 3 percussionists (2011)
Drone Music, any ensemble of at least three (2011)


WORKS BY GENRE                                                            Klaverdal Links    ~ ~ ~    Klaverdal on Klaverdal    ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Salt, narrator, soprano and (2001) [live performed text-sound-piece with text by Sara Gilliard]
IKEA - ad lib, flute, clarinet, guitar, viola and double bass (2001) [performance using musicians/site-specific]
Songs of Insanity, soprano, computer and video (2007- ) [?performance opera in collaboration with singer Lisa Hansson]

Orchestra
Statymusik, orchestra (1999)
He fell to the ground, chamber orchestra (2009)

Band
Music from caves/A kind of rebirth, brass band, with 3 percussionists (2011)

Choral
Atta unsar, chorus (1994)
Fragment av en mässa (Fragment of a mass), vocal sextet (1999)
Sequere me Credo, tenor, baritone, chorus, piano and organ (2003)
Judas, oratorio, narrator, tenor, baritone, chorus, organ and computer (2003)
    - Libera me, [female chorus/3 sopranos???] (2002) [part of "Judas", 2003]
Exaudi Deus, chorus (2004)
Vägen framför andra, chorus (2004)
Walpurgis, soprano, male chorus, 4 percussionists and EAM 4 ch (2005)
For the love of money, male chorus (2009)
Levande vatten (Living water), chorus, children's choir, 2 percussionists, organ and computer (2009)

Chamber
On Being, saxophone quartet and computer (2004)
Tuning Music, any ensemble of at least three (2005)
The Longing of Eurydice, violin, piano and EAM 2 ch (2005)
and then I saw, trumpet, percussion and computer (2008)
The Sacred Family, string quartet, computer and video (2008)
a home for demons, 2 percussionists and computer (2008)
And when I turned, fl, rec, cl, cl, bcl, trb, tba, perc (2009)
The sound I heard, jazz trio, guitar, electric bass and drumset (2010)
Consensus Music, any ensemble of at least three (2010)
Drone Music, any ensemble of at least three (2011)

Solo Instrument
MononoM, flute (2001)
Dual Chant, violin and computer/or EAM (2003)
Prayer of a King, alto saxophone and computer (2004)
I heard behind me a loud voice, tuba and computer (2007)
eyes like a flame of fire, soprano recorder and computer (2009)
One of the seven angels, bass clarinet and computer (2010)

Piano or Organ
The Girl who used to be Delight, piano and computer (2007)
God’s Breath, organ and computer (2008)

Vocal
Fragment av en mässa (Fragment of a mass), vocal sextet (1999)
Libera me, [female chorus/3 sopranos???] (2002) [part of Judas - oratory]
duos angelos in albis sedentes, soprano, flute, and violin (2003)
Bonorum Summum Omnium, soprano, computer and orchestra (2007)

Incidental/Film/Radio
Mänskligt Mönster (Human Pattern), EAM 2ch (2005) [used in the dancefilm by Klara Elenius]
Insyn (Insight), EAM 5.1ch; and version for 2ch (2007) [uUsed in the dancefilm by Klara Elenius]
Nynn (2009) [jingle for radio show "Musikalismer" on Swedish Radio P2]

Sound Installation/Multimedia
Dialog, sound installation, CD and 2 (or more) loudspeakers (2008)
Sinnesupplevelser, permanent sound and video installations (2010) [at Childrens hospital in Lund, Sweden]

Electronic
SMPHN rmx, tape or prerecorded media (2010)


KLAVERDAL  LINKS                                                       Works by Genre    ~ ~ ~    Klaverdal on Klaverdal     ~ top of page ~

Composer's website    . . .   contact Stefan Klaverdal:  here

Klaverdal @ Wikipedia
Klaverdal @ Wikipedia.se (in Swedish)
Klaverdal @ Chamber.com
Klaverdal @ Classical CD Reviews    also     here
Klaverdal @ C-Y contemporary (Swedish Association for Contemporary Music and Sound Art)
Klaverdal @ dynamik
Klaverdal @ Facebook
Klaverdal @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Klaverdal @ imeb
Klaverdal @ LinkedIn
Klaverdal @ Lunds Universitet
Klaverdal @ Mediamatic
Klaverdal @ MusicWeb International
Klaverdal @ MySpaceMusic
Klaverdal @ norsk-percussion
Klaverdal @ ReverbNation
Klaverdal @ Sheer Pluck
Klaverdal @ SoundOfMusic
Klaverdal @ Swedish Music
Klaverdal @ Twitter

Publisher
Klaverdal @ Composer's website
Klaverdal @ Swedish Music

Streaming Audio
Klaverdal @ Composer's website  -  check under individual work listings
Klaverdal @ last.fm
Klaverdal @ MySpaceMusic
Klaverdal @ MySpaceMusic/inandout
Klaverdal @ ReverbNation
Klaverdal @ SoundCloud
Klaverdal @ tumblr

Recordings
Klaverdal @ Composer's website
Klaverdal @ Amazon.com
Klaverdal @ ArkivMusic
Klaverdal @ CD Universe
Klaverdal @ itunes

Video
Klaverdal @ YouTube
Klaverdal @ Google Video
Klaverdal @ Vimeo


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Klaverdal on Klaverdal: Programming Music/TEDx (VIDEO)







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