Carin Bartosch Edström facts for kids

Carin Bartosch Edström (born in 1965 in Malmö, Sweden) is a talented Swedish composer and writer. She is especially interested in creating operas, which are plays where the story is told mostly through singing.

Her Life and Studies

Carin Bartosch Edström had an interesting childhood, living in different countries. She spent time in the United States, but mostly grew up in Rome, Italy, and Lund, Sweden. While she was in Italy, she even took singing lessons!

Carin studied how to compose music with several famous teachers. She finished her music studies at Lund University's Malmö Academy of Music in 1999. After that, she helped start the Skanör/Falsterbo chamber music festival. She also led the Musica Vitae chamber music orchestra for a few years. In 2000, she became a member of the Society of Swedish Composers, which is a big honor for composers in Sweden.

In 2011, Carin also became a published author. Her first crime novel, called Furioso, came out. It was about a Swedish string quartet, which is a group of four musicians who play string instruments like violins and cellos.

Her Music

Carin Bartosch Edström has written many different kinds of music. She writes for operas, orchestras, and smaller groups of instruments.

Operas

She has composed several operas, where she sometimes even wrote the story herself.

• Trassel på tråden (1999)
• Huvudsaken (The Main Thing) (2005)

Music for Instruments

Carin writes music for large groups of instruments, like orchestras and wind bands.

• Playtime for string orchestra (1996)
• Cyd Cybersonix Meets Webby Web Webster for wind band (1998)

She also writes music for solo instruments or smaller groups of instruments, which is called chamber music.

• Persephone's Dream for flute and piano (1988)
• Claudia Goes Shopping for recorder (1995)
• Redan morgon! (As Soon as Tomorrow!) for solo clarinet (2004)

Music for Voices

Carin has composed many pieces for singers, both for solo voices and for choirs.

• Astrakanerna, 4 Songs for soprano, violin and cello (1996)
• Sorgegondolen, a song cycle for soprano, bass clarinet and piano (1996)
• Winterweihe for mixed chorus without instruments (1997)

Her Novels

• Furioso (2011)