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Stefan Klaverdal is one of the most active composers in his generation in Sweden, and he is widely performed all over the world. His music is described as being kaleidoscopic and with a dramatic quality, yet lyrical and beautiful.

 

Stefan Klaverdal was born 1975 in Stockholm. Composition studies for Maurice Karkoff, Rolf Martinsson, Hans Gefors, Kent Olofsson, Javier Alvarez among others. Post grad. in composition spring 2003 at Malmö Academy of Music.

 

Stefan Klaverdal has written music for a large variation of ensembles, but specializes in vocal and electronic music. The music is frequently played in Sweden and abroad, and has won several prizes. Recently he won the International Competition of Electroacoustic Music and Sonic Art / Bourges 2008 for the second time with the music for the dancefilm ”Insyn” by Klara Elenius., 2008 Klaverdal was also selected as one of six cultural laureates of the Swedish Church for his work on an oratory on baptism.

In 2005 his work ”Prayer of a King” for alto saxophone and computer was selected to be performed at the ICMC 2005 in Barcelona, and 2007 he participated in the international saxophone festival FISP in Lisabon.

The music has been performed by ensembles such as Symphonic orchestra of Helsingborg, Symphonic orchestra of Lund University, String orchestra Musica Vitae, Stockholm Saxophone quartet, Lunds vokalensemble, and many others.

 

Stefan Klaverdal frequently collaborates with artists from other disciplines, and he made his international breakthrough at the ArtGenda 2000 in Helsikni in collaboration with nine other artists where he represented the city of Malmö in the international biennale.

He has made many successful collaborations with choreographers from Denmark, United Kingdom and Japan, such as the project Perception Factory with Lisa Torun at the Royal Opera House in London 2003.

 

The Music Press has described Stefan Klaverdals music as passionate and dramatic, expressive and suggestive, kaleidoscopic and very beautiful. He frequently combines both disparate musical material and acoustical and electronic instruments to create a very unique, rich musical world. Stefan Klaverdal explains that, being a singer himself, he searches for the lyrical and human aspects of music. This may seem like a contradiction, when you look upon the number of pieces with electronics, but he regards the electronic component as being an extension of his own voice. Also, his desire to be an active part of the performance has led him to the use of live electronics and thus frequently plays the computer himself.