Jan Sandström


Jan Sandström
Nationality: Swedish
Born: b. 1954
Education/Training:
studied counterpoint in Stockholm with  Valdemar Söderholm, then attended the University School of Music in Piteå and completing his musical training at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm

Notable Compositions:
Motorbike Concerto, Don Quixote, Det är en ros utsprungen (Das ist ein Ros entsprungen), Från Mörker till Ljus (From Darkness to Light) for reader, baritone and chamber orchestra, ballet The Tale of a Manor

Assignments:
professor of composition at University School of Music in Piteå

Quotes:
"Every morning when I wake up, I want to be surprised by whatever I might think up today!"

Press:
composes music that pats you on the hand and says "there, there, it'll be all right"

REPERTOIRE: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

Concert Details Date
Rejoice! A Cappella Christmas Dec 14, 2014