Norrbotten Neo - Lantern Lectures I-IvAlthough born in Sweden, Klas Torstensson has spent most of his working life in the Netherlands following his studies in Utrecht in the early 1970s. Stylistically, he may call to mind Varse, Xenakis and perhaps more distantly Stravinsky. First and foremost, however, Torstensson's music is personal and distinctive. It is often nourished by his experiences of nature: rough granite, the sea, ice in the frozen Baltic inlets, the polar ice cap. His Lantern

England in 1965 to a mother who taught singing and a father who was a classics scholar

calm presence in countless TV shows and films (with an emphasis on Westerns) from the 1980s on

Kissa Me Baby

a collection of songs that harkened back to his Southern roots

whereas the Fourth (1805-06) reveals the introspective personality

Barenboim's rendition of the Symphonies Nos

the section balance and the timbres that are required in this repertoire

Geneva (2nd Prize)

Goldie Hill

Brian McKnight

the pieces have been referred to both as 'suites' and 'sonatas'

In the summer of 1956