Klas Torstensson


Klas Torstensson is a Swedish-Dutch composer.

Career

Torstensson was born in Nässjö, and studied composition Ingesunds Musikhögskola, musicology at University of Gothenburg and electronic music at the Institute for Sonology.
Torstensson’s compositions are performed by orchestras, ensembles and soloists worldwide and presented on most major European new music festivals: Huddersfield [Contemporary Music Festival|Huddersfield], Ultima, Steirischer Herbst, Wien Modern, Stockholm New Music, Nordic Music Days, Gaudeamus, Warsaw, Gaida, Festival van Vlaanderen, Holland Festival, GAS, NYYD and Darmstadt.
He was also featured composer at festivals such as Stockholm New Music 1999, Time of Music 2001,, Montréal-Nouvelles-Musiques 2003 and Sacrum Profanum 2009.
During Spring 2009 Klas Torstensson was "composer-in-focus" with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
City Imprints, a new composition for large symphony orchestra, was commissioned from Torstensson by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in 2021 to celebrate the city's 400th anniversary. The premiere, along with the celebrations, was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Selected discography