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 Luca Francesconi.

Broström has composed chamber opera and various chamber music, but during the last years he has mainly focused on orchestral writing in works such as La Danse, Transit Underground, Crimson Skies, Crimson Seas, Kaléidoscope, Violin Concerto, Arena – Percussion Concerto No. 1, Piano Concerto – Belle Epoque, Samsara, Cello Concerto and Lucernaris – Concerto for Trumpet, Live Electronics & Orchestra, which was composed for Håkan Hardenberger. Numerous soloists, conductors, ensembles and orchestras, including, Robin Ticciati, Michael Sanderling, John Storgårds, Anna Larsson, Karen Gomyo, Thomas Søndergård, Andrew Manze, Dima Slobodeniouk, Johannes Gustavsson, Per Tengstrand, Colin Currie, Mats Rondin, Tõnu Kaljuste, Simon Preston, Johan Bridger, Hugo Ticciati, Jaime Martín, BBC Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Dresdner Philharmonie, BBC Philharmonic, Komische Oper Berlin, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Estonian National Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Wales, Gävle SO, Helsingborg SO, Trondheim SO, Malmö SO, Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Vogtland Philharmonie, Oviedo SO, NorrlandsOperans SO, Aurora Chamber Orchestra, Brooklyn Rider, Musica Vitae, Third Coast Percussion Quartet, Malleus Incus, Essens:1 and Gageego have performed his works. Tobias’ music have been performed throughout Europe, the USA and Asia.

Between 2006 – 2009 Tobias was 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. In 2010 Lucernaris was nominated for best orchestral piece and in 2012 La Danse was nominated.

During season 2011 – 2012 Tobias was featured composer with Helsingborg SO as well as with Västerås Sinfonietta. 2012 his double concerto Samsara was played by violinist Hugo Ticciati, marimbist Johan Bridger and the Swedish National Youth Symphony Orchestra on a US tour in Chicago Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall and in Strathmore Center, Washington.

Season 2015/2016 includes premieres and performances with Dresdner Philharmonie, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Malmö Symphony and Orchestre Colonne in Paris to name a few.

Tobias Broström’s music is published by Gehrmans Musikförlag, Edition Svitzer and Keyboard Percussion Publications.

Lars Bröndum, fil.dr är tonsättare, live-elektronikmusiker, teoretiker och gitarrist. Bröndums musik har uppförts i Sverige, Japan, Skottland, Litauen, Lettland, Ryssland, England, USA, Spanien och Mexico. Hans musik har också sänts i radio och webbradio i Tyskland, England, Sverige och USA. Lars Bröndums cd “Fallout” vann pris i som bästa experimentella album på Manifest galan 2016 av SOM (Svenska Oberoende Musikproducenter) och CDn Music for Instruments and Electronics vann pris i samma kategori 2020. Bröndum släppte 2011 CDn ”Chain of Events” på Elektron Records och har sedan släppt albumen. Senaste CDn på Antennae Media heter "Sostenuto: The Book of Night".  Albumen kan lyssnas streamade på Spoitify, iTunes etc och kan även laddas ner på på bandcamp.com.

Lars arbetar ofta med interaktion mellan akustiska och elektroniska instrument och hans musik utforskar gränslandet mellan noterad musik och improvisation. Kompositionerna struktureras runt cykliska förlopp, ostinatoliknande gester och mikrotonala kluster. När Lars spelar live använder han ett modulärt analogsystem, en Thermin och ibland en laptop med Max/MSP.

1992 disputerade Lars i komposition och musikteori vid University of Pittsburgh med doktorsavhandlingen "Formations for Chamber Orchestra" and "An Analytical Study of Voice Leading and Pitch Class Set Structure in György Ligeti's Kammerkonzert für 13 Instrumentalisten". Avhandlingen består av en egen komposition och en analys som presenterar en modell för analys av musik baserad på tonkluster (speciellt Ligeti och Penderecki). Modellen bygger på kombinationer av set teori (t.ex. Allen Forte) och linjär analys (Heinrich Schenker). Lars har även en Master in Music i komposition och musikteori (1989) och en Bachelor of Music-examen i gitarr (1987) från Youngstown State University. 

Lars Bröndum är professor i musik vid Skövde högskola och driver även det oberoende skivbolaget Antennae Media. Han är aktiv kompositör vid EMS (Elektroakustisk Musik i Sverige) och medlem i Fylkingen. Lars satt i Fylkingens styrelse 2011-12 och i SEAMS styrelse 2008-2014. Han var ordförande i föreningen Vems (verksamma kompositörer på EMS) 2007-2008 och har också varit styrelseledamot i svenska sektionen av ICEM (Internationella förbundet för elektronisk musik).

• Enigma Canon for Saxophone and Live Electronics (2018)
• Five Pages for three Theremins, voice and Tam-Tam (2018)
• Half of the Shadows - fixed media  (2017)
• In Shards - for guitar trio (2017)
• The Serpentine Line - for flute, trumpet, bass clarinet, piano, violin, double bass (2016)
• Premonitions 2016 - For Double Bass and Electronics (reworked electronic part) (2016)
• Twittering Machine #3 - for orchestra (2015) 
• Frequency Structures - fixed media (2015)
• Ode to Tritone - for three guitars (2015)
• Five Times Five (live elektronic) (2015)
• Loop Network (live elektronic) (2015)
• Frequency Code (Fixed Media) (2015)
• Brocken Spectre, Spectre for flute, piano, elektronics, b.clarinet. (2014)
• Spectre Retrograde for flute, piano, elektronics, b.clarinet. (2014)
• Rubicon Waves (fixed media) (2014)
• Double Helix Staircase (8-kanal surround) (2014)
• Twittering Machine #2 (2014) for quartet (piano, domra, balalika, gusli)
• Encircled - for 8 channel fixed media (2014)
• Music for Propaganda Films (2014) Audio visual production
• Objects of Association - for small ensemble (2014) 
• Variations for String Orchestra on Hult Kläppen's Polska from Bergsjö (2014)
• Orgone Accumulator - Bass Clarinet and Fixed Media (2014)
• In Absinthe - 4-chan fixed media (2013)
• Plateu - an audio visual work (2013)
• Poltergeist & Evil Toys - for saxophone quartet and tape (2013)
• ID10T Error – Electroacoustic (2012)
• Core Suite – for Chamber Ensemble (2012)
• Isotrophy for Saxophone quartet (2011) 
• Convolving Spheres – electroacoustic piece (2011)
• Tarrot - for violin, guitar and electronics (2011)
• Coincidentia oppositorum – for trumpet, piano, contrabass clarinet and live electronics (2011)
• Fluttering – 3 live electronics, guitar, piano and contrabass clarinet (2010)
• Kuroi (Manga Opera) – voice, alto/bassrecorder, piano and electronics (2010) Circular Vections – live electronics (live in Tokyo) (2010)
• C.O.R. – for piano, trumpet, kontrabass clarinet, theremin & electronics (2009)
• Subspace – for archlute, recorder, piano, theremin and live-electronic (2009)
• Clusters and Noises – for archlute (2009)
• Chroneme – voice and electronics (2009)
• Time Shift & Velocity – for piano, trumpet, guitar & bass clarinet (2009)
• The Devine Cluster – for piano and feedback (2009)
• Impetus – electroacoustic piece (2009)
• Unrest – for cello, electric guitar and electronics (2009)
• The Revolving Light – electroacoustic piece (2008/09)
• Intersections – cello, soprano and guitar (2008/08)
• Transmission – for piano & electronics (2008)
• Antennae - trumpet, basklarinett, kontrabasklarinett, piano (2007)
• Concentric Spheres (EAM) (2007)
• Muted Circle (EAM) (2007)
• Crackle Trap (EAM) (2007)
• Radio Trap (EAM) (2007)
• The Evitable Conflict (EAM) (2007)
• Parabolae – for violin, 2 contra bassclarinets, trumpet, contrabass & piano (2007)
• QUI (EAM) (2006)
• Suspended on a Straight Curve for electronics, piano, contrabass, violin (2006)
• Tender-Fury Suite for piano, violin, contrabass (2006)
• SWIRL – electroacoustic piece (2005)
• Vajra Circle Suite - for violin, contrabass and piano (2005)
• Short Circuit - for ensemble and delay (2005)
• Orb 3 - for guitar and electronics (2005) 
• Orb 2, largo for guitar & electronics (2005)
• Vertigo - for small ensemble and electronics (2005)
• Instinkt - for piano and electronics (2004) 
• Flux # 1 & # 2 för kvartett (2003-4)
• Twittering Machines för kvartett (2004)
• Surge for violin & tape (1993-2004)
• Premonitions för kontrabas & elektronik (2004)
• Ictus Suite - for 4 musicians
• The Soul in The Machine - for piano and electronics (2003
• Mask - A Song Cycle on Poems by Dylan (2003)
• Ictus 2 - for unidentified ensemble (2002)
• Sphere - for symphonic orchestra (2002)
• Pulse - an electroacoustic piece (2001)
• Cogwheels - Three Pieces for Piano (2001) 
• String Quartet #1 (2001)
• Angular - a suite for small chamber ensemble in three movements (2001)
• M’bira - for sax, trumpet, two pianos, marimba and vibes (2001)
• Mosaic - two short electroacoustic pieces (1999)
• Wait - No - More! - for mixed ensemble (1998)
• Transformations - an improvisation for guitar, computer and DSP (1998) 
• Ictus 1 'Infernal Machines' - for unidentified ensemble (1997)
• Colors - for avant garde jazz/rock ensemble (1997)
• Segments (i. sonore & ii. canto) - an electroacoustic piece (1996)
• Funderingar #1 - for Clarinet and Piano (1995)
• Magnesium Variations for guitar - in memoriam F. Zappa (1995)
• Carpe Noctem - for flute, percussion and string quartet (1995)
• Modules #6 - 9 Suite 2 - for computer/MIDI (1995)
• Ictus X - for computer and percussion (1993)
• Nexus - for computer/MIDI (1993)
• Loops and Phasing #1 & 2 - real-time interactions for synth and cpu (1993)
• Surge! #3 - real-time interactions for saxophone and computer (1993)
• Surge! #2 - real-time interactions for midi-guitar and computer (1993)
• Surge! #1 - real-time interactions for synthesizer and computer (1993) 
• Orchestral Modules #1 - for Orchestra “a musical joke” (1992)
• Modules #1- 5 for Computer/MIDI (1992) 
• Paradigm for saxophone and loops (1992)
• Interactions and Cadenzas - for Soprano Sax, Guitar and Computer (1992)
• Arches - for Chamber Ensemble (1992) 
• Formations - for Chamber Orchestra (1991-92)
• Consequences for Solo Guitar (1991) 
• Conflicts for piano and DX7 (1991)
• Collage #1 - Reflections for synthesizers (1991)
• Vortex - two pieces for computer and DX7 synthesizer (1991)
• Laocoön - Five pieces for Piano (1991)
• Eclipse for alto recorder (1990)
• The Cold and the Warm - for fl, gtr, pno and dbl. bass (1989)
• Equality - A Sextet for flute, oboe, bassoon, violin, viola, and cello (1989-90)
• Prelude and Toccata for synthesizer (1989) 
• Preludes, Fugues, and Inventions for Harpsichord (1987-89)
• Episodes for Flute and Electronic Sounds (1989)
• "El Concierto" for mezzo soprano, pno, tba (1989) [on poem by J. Guillen]
• Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Ensemble (1985-89)
• Metamorphosis - A Symphony for String Orchestra (1988-89)
• Variations and Fugue - for Brass Ensemble and Percussion (1987-88)
• Skogs Rå - A Septet for flute, 2 trps, gtr, vla, dbl-bass, and piano (1988)
• Evocations for Chamber Ensemble and Electronic Sounds (1988)
• Väsen - a musiqué concrete composition (1987-88)
• Trio - for flute, guitar and harp (or piano) (1987)
• Concerto for Six Instruments (1986-87)
• Suite for Guitar (1986)
• Nocturne and Capriccio for Guitar and oboe (or flute) (1986)
• Five Pictures in Four pieces - for Serge & Moog synthesizers, alto & sopr. sax (1986) 
• Theme, Variations, and Finale for piano and flute (1986)
• Arabesque for flute and oboe (1986)
• Suite for Guitar and Flute (1983-86).
• Ett Drömspel - a musique concrete piece (1985) 
• Efter Floden - a musique concrete piece (1985)

Studies

1996-1997            Film- and radio production: 1 year, Media School, Ölands folkhögskola 

1997-1998            Writer’s School (prose, poetry and drama): 1 year, Öland School for writers

1998-2000            Composition: 2 years, Gotland School of Composition, Visby

2000                     Interactive Art and New Medias, Uppsala university

2004-2006            Theatre Studies, Musik-, Dans- och Teatervetenskapliga Institutionen, Stockholm University

2006-2011            Master in Composition: 5 years, KMH Royal College of Music Stockholm; 2007-2008 Erasmus Exchange: 1 year, CNSMD de Lyon

Masterclasses in composition for Salvatore Sciarrino at Acanthes summer courses in Metz, France 2008; also a.o. Ivan Fedele, Enno Poppe, Emanuele Casale.

Work a.o.

1999-2000            Creative Producer at Splintermind/Beeoff, web-based art & performance

2003-2006            Coordinator, Gotland Baltic Music and Composition Summer Courses, Högskolan på Gotland

2006                     Assistant Producer at Fylkingen, Stockholm

2009-2011            Professor's Assistant at the Composition department of KMH

2011-2015            Board member of programming etc., Sound of Stockholm festival

2013                     Musical Director of Folkoperan Opera Showroom 2013

2011- (ongoing)    Artistic Director and Dramaturg, Audiorama

2016- (ongoing)    Editor at Nutida Musik

Lecturer in musical drama, sound art and composition for institutions such as Dramaten, Operahögskolan, KMH, Högskolan för Scen & Musik i Göteborg, EBU Drama, Mejan, Konstfack, Linköpings Universitet, STDH, Gotlands Tonsättarskola.

Member of

• FST
• Writers Guild of Sweden (Dramatikerförbundet)
• Fylkingen
• ISCM Swedish Section (vice president, first delegate General Assembly)

Additional positions 

• Stiftelsen Saltö, Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien (FST repr)

2009-2014    Member of the board, Samtida Musik

2008-2011    Member of the board of the Royal College of Music

• Traum, short opera nominated by the Musik Biennale Zagreb 2015 (5 minutes) for 2 singers and chamber ensemble (2015).
• Opera Park, commissioned by Folkoperan; opera performance (10 minutes) for 4 singers and sinfonietta (2013).
• Rhesus, commissioned by the Swedish Radio Theatre; radio opera (90 minutes) for 7 singers, 2 actors, symphony orchestra and electronics (2012).
• meta/language, commissioned by Nordic Music Days/FST; choir and electronics (14 minutes) for 16 vocal soloists, choir and electronics (2012).
• The gaze of Saint Sebastian, for Operahögskolan; chamber opera (40 minutes) for 4 singers and chamber ensemble (2011).
• Journey to the centre of the earth, commissioned by Audiorama/Kulturrådet; earplay for children (30 minutes), for 21 loudspeakers (together with composer Marcus Wrangö, 2011).
• Soll d schlaf nicht allmählich abgeschafft werden?; performance piece (20 minutes), for 6 turntables and voice (2010).
• Gibbrish!; music for dance performance, (20 minutes) for 4 loudspeakers (premiered by dancer Jacob Valentin at Fylkingen 2006)
• Massa/Paste – in a kinetic landscape; music for video installation by artist Hanna Stahle, for 4 loudspeakers (premiered at Fylkingen 2000)
• Kök/Kitchen, livestreamed video performance piece (1 week) commissioned by Beeoff (together with artist Helena Lopac 2000, reprised at Kulturhuset, Stockholm and Kiasma, Helsinki 2001)

Publications:

Literature:

Sterbhuset, anthology (1998)

Poetry published in cultural magazines such as Kalk, 00tal, Glänta, Tiresias (Mexico). Readings a.o. at the Stockholm Poetry Festival at Dramaten.

Essays and critique:

Compoz. Det ljudande rummet. Interaktiv ljudkonstinstallation: 2014-2017. Ed. Denis Gómez García & Magnus Bunnskog. Audiorama Förlag (2017)

Nutida Musik, Musiktexte (Germany), Tidningen Kulturen, Tritonus

Music records:

I like music, Närproducerat #5

Viral sonology, Hugo Paquete Institute of Viral sonology #6

Art film:

Massa/Paste – in a kinetic landscape (DVD version of video installation by Hanna Stahle), Film på Gotland (2000)

Solfångare, Film på Gotland (1999)