BIOGRAPHY

Joel Thoor Engström (1987) is a Swedish composer whose works are often vibrantly expressive in rhythm and harmony while still maintaining a lyrical tenderness and contemplation. His music has been described as "exciting and sonorous" - (Hallands Nyheter), "musically excellent and a powerful experience" - (operalogg.com) and "resonant" - (DN). A dynamic composer who values synergetic collaborations and perfection in craftsmanship, Joel Thoor Engström composes with a variety of stylistic influences from both neo-classical composers and the French tradition following Debussy and Ravel all the way to experimental rock and progressive chiptunes. His works range from orchestra, choir, chamber/solo-works as well as several chamber-operas and have been performed at established Swedish venues such as Berwaldhallen, Malmö Live, Folkoperan and Louis De Geer Konsert och Kongress by leading ensembles including Swedish Radio Choir, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, ensemble recherché, Norrbotten Neo, KammarensembleN and Stockholm Saxophone Quartett.

Growing up in a musical environment, he started playing piano and cornet in his home town of Torsby where he participated for many years in the local brass band. He later studied composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with, among others, Karin Rehnqvist and Pär Lindgren, where he took his Master's Degree in 2014. He has also studied composition with Mats Larsson Gothe, Per Mårtensson and Henrik Strindberg.

At the early age of 19 he was internationally featured as a composer and a prize winner of the 2006 European Young Composers Competition (EYCC) in Belfast. Since then his music has been performed nationally and internationally by artists such as Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Choir, Baltic Youth Philharmonic, Royal Swedish Army Band and ensemble recherche. In 2009 he participated at the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)-festival with his piece Procession 2.1 for wind band. He has composed several chamber operas, the latest being Om Männinskan (About man) which premiered at Folkoperan in Stockholm in 2019.

Joel is also a teacher of music theory and composition at Lilla Akademien Music School in Stockholm.


Joel Thoor Engström är tonsättare, verksam i Stockholm vars verklista innefattar verk för orkester, kammaensemble, kör, solo-verk och kammaopera. Joels musik bjuder ofta på färgstarka uttryck i rytm och harmoni, influerat av bl.a. neo-klassicismen och det fransk-modernistiska idiomet efter Debussy and Ravel ända till electronica, experimentell fusion och progressiv chiptunes.

I uppväxten började hans musikaliska bana med piano och kornettspel i brassband i Torsby, norra Värmland. Det ledde senare till studier vid Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm och kompositionsstudier för Karin Rehnqvist och Pär Lindgren, där han tog sin masterexamen 2014. Han har även studerat för Mats Larsson Gothe, Per Mårtensson och Henrik Strindberg.

Redan som 19-åring blev Joel internationellt uppmärksammad och pristagare i European Young Composers Competition (EYCC) i Belfast. Sedan dess har han skrivit musik för och blivit framförd av bl.a. Norrköping Symfoniorkester, Radiokören, Baltic Youth Philharmonic and, ensemble recherche, Arméns Musikkår och Musica Vitae. 2009 var Joel representerad vid ISCM-festivalen (International Society for Contemporary Music) med blåsorkesterstycket Procession 2.1. Han har skrivit flera kammaroperor, varav den senaste, Om Människan, hade premiär på Folkoperan 2019.

Joel undervisar även komposition och musikteori på Lilla Akademiens musikgymnasium i Stockholm.

Foto - Emelie Thoor Engström

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Joel Engström, Composer
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