Henrik Strindberg is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 of contemporary music. He studied composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 from 1980 to 1987 where he studied for Gunnar Bucht

Gunnar Bucht

Gunnar Henrik Bucht , a Swedish composer and musicologist. Studied composition with Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Carl Orff, Max Deutsch among others.-External links:*...

 and Sven-David Sandström

Sven-David Sandström

Sven-David Sandström is a Swedish composer best known for his compositions operas, oratorios, battets, and choral works, as well as orchestral works.Sandström studied art history and musicology at Stockholm University...

 amongst others. In 1985 he also participated in a summer course with Iannis Xenakis

Iannis Xenakis

Iannis Xenakis was a Romanian-born Greek ethnic, naturalized French composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers...

 in Delphi

Delphi

Delphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis.In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god...

. Apart from composing, he has been a member of the progressive rock

Progressive rock

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 band Ragnarök

Ragnarök (Swedish band)

Ragnarök is a Swedish prog-rock band, founded in Kalmar in 1972, by Peter Bryngelsson, Henrik Strindberg and Staffan Strindberg. Their first album was released 1976 by Silence Records.-1972-1978:*Henrik Strindberg: Guitar, flute*Staffan Strindberg: Bass...

 since the seventies. His music has been performed by acclaimed ensembles such as Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

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, Kroumata

Kroumata

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, Sonanza and The Gothenburg Combo.

Works

• Bambu (1984)
• Modell (1984)
• Hjärtats slag (Heart Beats) (1985)
• Inse (1985)
• Unngg (1985)
• Tredje andningen (Third Wind) (1985–1986)
• I träd (Within Trees) (1986–1988)
• Det första kvädet om Gudrun (1987)
• Cassant (1989)
• Fyra stycken (Four Pieces) (1990)
• Etymology (1990–1992)
• Katsu (1991)
• 2 Pianos (1992)
• Cheap Thrills (1993)
• Nattlig madonna (Nocturnal Madonna) (1993)
• Ursprung/gläntor (Origins/Glades) (1993)
• Näcken epilog (1994–2002)
• Förstorade fragment av en melodi (Magnified Fragments of a Melody) (1995–1996)
• Vandringsflöjten (The Wandering Flute) (1996)
• Hopp (Hope) (1997)
• Minne (Memorial) (1997)
• Utvald (Chosen) (1998)
• Lika (Equal) (1998–1999)
• En mans väg hos en ung kvinna (2000)
• Trådar (Threads) (2001)
• ...knäpper och drar (2002)
• Lågmälda göranden (Understated Activities) (2003)
• This road to Baghdad (2003)
• I thought someone came (2003–2004)
• Puff (2004)
• Bryta snitt. Tiden fryser (2005)
• Zum-zum-zum (2006)
• Neptuni åkrar (2006)

External links

• Henrik Strindberg's Homepage