Sven Kristersson

Sven Kristersson

Professor emeritus, PhD, Postgraduate Diploma in Music Theory

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Sven kristersson is a singer, composer and researcher. His research is often performed through scenic-musical interpretations of historic material. It may concern mythological subjects such as the ancient  Mesopotamian Gilgamesh Epic or the Norwegian medieval visionary poem The Dream Song, but he has also inquired inte the interpretation of more well-known material, through writing a blank-verse fantasy around the songs of John Dowland or creating a stand-up-tragedy from Schubert's Winterreise.

Sven kristersson views himself not only as an academic researcher, but also as a cricical, popular activist, emphasizing the importance of both an international orientation and in-depth scrutinizing of local and Swedish traditions. He has conducted international artistic exchanges with Brasil and Palestine, but he has also staged Swedish cultural heritage through performances of poet-composers like Birger Sjöberg and Evert Taube. The activist approach is also shown in his moderating of an essaystic series of concerts in Stockholm, on commission of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. 

He is a professor of singing, with a special focus on vocal chamber music, literary songs and scenic performance.

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    Wilén, S. (Host), Fryklund, E. (Member of programme committee), Härstedt, A.-S. (Invited speaker), Kristersson, S. (Invited speaker), Hedin, S. (Invited speaker), Sundberg, J. (Invited speaker), Wiegert, P. (Invited speaker), Bäckström, K. (Invited speaker), Andersson, E. (Invited speaker) & Hiltunen, A. (Invited speaker)

    2021 May 23

    Activity: Participating in or organising an eventParticipation in conference