Fredrik Högberg
Senior Lecturer
Research subject: Musical Performance
Division: Music, Media and Theatre
Department of Social Sciences, Technology and Arts
About me
Fredrik Karl Kristian Högberg, born 5 February 1971 in Vellinge, Sweden, is a Swedish composer External link. and producer External link..[1] External link.[2] External link. He resides in the old courthouse in Nyland External link., Ångermanland External link. (mid-Sweden).[3] External link.
Fredrik Högberg grew up in Svedala External link., southern Sweden, and studied at the Folk High School of Framnäs, Piteå 1987–1991. Högberg has studied composition mainly with professor Jan Sandström External link. at Piteå School of Music (a part of Luleå University of Technology External link.).[1] External link. He earned a licentiate degree in performing arts at Luleå University of Technology 2012. He teaches composition at Piteå School of Music since 2015.[4] External link.
From the early 2000 Högberg has worked mainly with works that contains multimedia, like the music film Brassbones – a brass western(2001)[5] External link. and the concertos Ice Concerto (2012)[6] External link. and The Accordion King (2014).[6] External link.
Works like Dancing with Silent Purpose and Rocky Island Boat Bay are examples of Högberg's humorous approach to his musical creation, and his inclination to combine contemporary art music with elements of popular music.[7] External link.[8] External link.[9] External link.
Högberg's work is not seldom controversial; while working with the Ice Concerto Högberg shot burning pianos being dropped from 40 metres onto the ice of Ångermanälven.[10] External link. He was charged with environmental crimes, which were later dropped.[11] External link.[12] External link. 2016 he wrote the music (in collaboration with singer/songwriter Nicolai Dunger External link.) for the critically acclaimed opera Stilla min eld, inspired by the circumstances of Eva Rausings External link. death in Belgravia, London, 2012.[13] External link.[14] External link.[15] External link.[16] External link.
Fredrik Högberg has collaborated with soloists as, among others, Christian Lindberg External link., Anders Paulsson External link., Jörgen Sundeqvist External link., Niklas Sivelöv External link., Øystein Baadsvik External link., Ole Edvard Antonsen External link. and Martin Fröst External link., Sebastian Stevensson, Isabelle van Keulen and many international orchestras and ensembles which has led to several acclaimed works.[17] External link.[18] External link.[19] External link.[20] External link.
Högberg's production is published by Gehrman's musikförlag External link., Stockholm. His trombone music is published by Edition Tarrodi External link..[21] External link.
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