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Anna Svensdotter (1964)

flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo, electronics

Anna Svensdotter, has her focus on contemporary music and extended techniques. Since 1993 she has been on the Swedish scene for contemporary solo- and chamber music, always with a strong musicality and personality.

An active freelance musician, she plays in various ensembles, such as the experimental group L’Orchestre Disparu (flute, voice, live electronics and live video), and flute quartet Forty Fingers.

As an improviser she has developed a personal and distinct way of playing, to be heard in the acoustic trio Ek/Janson/Svensdotter, and in the duo Skarv FX, flute/electronics and double bass/electronics.

Ms Svensdotter completed her schooling 1993 with a Master of fine Arts in Music from Gothenburg School of Music, and has studied with Manuela Wiesler and Robert Dick among others. She has given many first time performances in Sweden, for exemple works by Fredrik Österling, Mirjam Tally and Bengt Hambraeus.

The latest collaboration is with composer Daniel Karlsson. Their first piece ”Vortices”, played in Stockholm 2010 and Gothenburg 2011, was described as ”…a rest to long for. Long notes, overtones, a drone landscape in movement, sound-waves with hypnotic power…”