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, Kaléidoscope, Violin Concerto, Arena – Percussion Concerto No. 1 and Lucernaris – Concerto for Trumpet, Live Electronics & Orchestra, which was composed for Håkan Hardenberger.
Numerous soloists, ensembles and orchestras, including Anna Larsson, Karen Gomyo, Simon Preston, Johan Bridger, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of Norrlandsoperan, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, 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, Swedish Performing Rights Society in 2006 and from the Swedish Composers Society in 2009. In 2004 he was awarded the Rosenborg-Gehrman composition scholarship. His music is published by Gehrmans, 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 two new orchestral works each year. Two of these, Crimson Seas & Lucernaris were selected by Swedish Radio to represent Sweden in the European Broadcasting Union’s International Rostrum of Composers in 2007 & 2009. In autumn 2008 his Arena – Solo Version was picked out to be performed at the 52nd International Festival of Contemporary Music at the Venice Biennale and his orchestral piece Transit Underground was nominated for best orchestral piece of the year by Swedish Music Publishers’ Association.
More documentation at: www.beachhousemusic.com and www.myspace.com/tobiasbrostrom
9/8/2010
Parts of Tobias Brostrom's piece "Twilight", for four marimbas, has been used in Irish director and author Neil Jordan's film Ondine.
Ondine is a lyrical modern fairy tale that tells the story of Syracuse (Colin Farrell), an Irish fisherman whose life is transformed when he catches a beautiful and mysterious woman (Alicja Bachleda) in his nets. She says her name is Ondine, which means "she came from the sea".
21/5/2010
New commission for Broström to write a piano concerto for pianist Per Tengstrand. Scheduled to be premiered in winter/spring 2011. More info to come.
21/5/2010
New commission for Broström to write a cello concerto for Swedish cellist/conductor Mats Rondin. Scheduled to be premiered in autumn 2011. More info to come.
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8/9/2010
Tonight Chinese percussion solist Li Biao plays Tobias Broström's Bridging the World together with the Berlin Philharmonic Percussion Trio. Location: Shenzhen Poly Theater - CHINA.
29/9/2010
Tonight Tobias Brostrom's percussion quartet "Ombra" gets it first Italian performance at the Biennale in Venice. The Percussion ensemble from Malmö Academy of Music are playing under Lennart Gruvstedt. More info here:
http://www.labiennale.org/it/musica/programma/malmo-academy1.html?back=true
6/10/2010
Tonight Li Biao's Percussion Group plays Brostrom's piece Bridging the World at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in China.
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Lucernaris
Violin Concerto
Kaléidoscope
Buxtehude Remixed
Crimson Seas
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