Tobias Broström was born in 1978 in Helsingborg, Sweden. Following four years of percussion studies at the Malmö Academy of Music, he embarked on the pursuit of a Master’s degree in composition, studying with the Swedish composer Rolf Martinsson and the Italian composer Professor Luca Francesconi.
A percussionist himself, Tobias has composed many works for percussion. He has also composed electro-acoustic music, music for film and dance, chamber music and orchestral works including Transit Underground, Crimson Skies, Crimson Seas, Octal Arch and Arena – Percussion Concerto No. 1, which was composed for Johan Bridger. Numerous soloists, ensembles and orchestras, including Håkan Hardenberger, Simon Preston, Anna Larsson, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of Norrlandsoperan, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Aurora Chamber Orchestra, Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra, Musica Vitae, Third Coast Percussion Quartet, Malleus Incus, Gageego, Esclats Percussion Quartet and BIT20 have performed his works. Tobias’ solo and chamber music have been performed throughout Europe, the USA and Asia. He was awarded scholarships from the Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm from 2004–2006 and from the Swedish Performing Rights Society in 2006. In 2004 he was awarded the Rosenborg-Gehrman composition scholarship. His music is published by Edition Svitzer and Keyboard Percussion Publications.
Since the autumn of 2006, Tobias has been Composer-in-Residence with the Gävle Symphony Orchestra under principal conductor Robin Ticciati, resulting in the composition of two new orchestral works each year. The first of these, Crimson Seas, was selected by Swedish Radio to represent Sweden in the European Broadcasting Union’s International Rostrum of Composers in 2007.
Websites:
www.beachhousemusic.com
www.myspace.com/tobiasbrostrom
Publishers:
Keyboard Percussion Publications
www.mic.stim.se
