Tobias Broström

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.

From Tobias Broström

Faces

$60.00

A concerto for marimba/vibraphone in which the soloist’s role is not traditional, as in the classical style concerto. The piece consists of seven fairly short movements. Each one with its own character. Duration: 23 min. approx.

A concerto for marimba/vibraphone in which the soloist’s role is not traditional, as in the classical style concerto. The piece consists of seven fairly short movements. Each one with its own character. Duration: 23 min. approx.

Nordic Peace

$40.00

Nordic Peace is a percussion quartet that takes ideas from a drumset fill. One of the set-ups calls for a drum set without toms. The other set-up uses toms, bongos, timbales, kickdrum. cow bells, wood blocks, opera gongs and shaker (among other things). Traditional drum set ideas are presented from a different point of view. Intermediate/Advanced, Duration 9:30

Nordic Peace is a percussion quartet that takes ideas from a drumset fill. One of the set-ups calls for a drum set without toms. The other set-up uses toms, bongos, timbales, kickdrum. cow bells, wood blocks, opera gongs and shaker (among other things). Traditional drum set ideas are presented from a different point of view. Intermediate/Advanced, Duration 9:30

Phantasmagoria

$13.00

Phantasmagoria is a technically demanding marimba piece in one movement. The framework consists of a couple of motifs: objects with variation, sometimes grasping persistently. The conclusion is a question mark. The title could be described as “a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images, as in a dream”. Duration 8-9 min.

Phantasmagoria is a technically demanding marimba piece in one movement. The framework consists of a couple of motifs: objects with variation, sometimes grasping persistently. The conclusion is a question mark. The title could be described as “a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images, as in a dream”. Duration 8-9 min.

Scene for Vibraphone

$12.00

Scene for Vibraphone is a solo with cymbal, wind chimes and two java gongs providing the decorative textures. The piece is composed from an almost modal point of view with the note f as a central reference. Suggestive, free-tonal and narrative in character. Intermediate/Advanced, Duration 5:30

Scene for Vibraphone is a solo with cymbal, wind chimes and two java gongs providing the decorative textures. The piece is composed from an almost modal point of view with the note f as a central reference. Suggestive, free-tonal and narrative in character. Intermediate/Advanced, Duration 5:30

Twilight

$40.00

In Twilight, Brostrom focuses on basic ideas of chords and color transformation. An example of this occurs in the opening phrase as chords are passed off from duo to duo. “Twilight” is defined as “the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night” or simply as “an intermediate state that is not clearly defined.” (Intermediate to Advanced)Duration 6:00.

In Twilight, Brostrom focuses on basic ideas of chords and color transformation. An example of this occurs in the opening phrase as chords are passed off from duo to duo. “Twilight” is defined as “the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night” or simply as “an intermediate state that is not clearly defined.” (Intermediate to Advanced)Duration 6:00.