Inger Wikstrom (born 11 December 1939) is a
Swedish pianist, composer and conductor.
Biography
Inger Wikstrom began studying piano in
Stockholm
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at the age of six, and at sixteen played as soloist with the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. She made successful debuts as a concert pianist in Stockholm,
Berlin
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, London and New York City. Later concert tours included the United States, Latin America, Russia, Israel, Africa, China, Japan and Australia.
Wikstrom married David Bartov and the couple moved with their three children to
Österskär, where they opened the Nordic Music Conservatory in 1977, which became the Nordic Chamber Opera in 1980.
Inger Wikström is a member of The Society of Swedish Composers and the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
Wikstrom is the sister of
Gunnel Biberfeld and mother of opera director
Mira Bartov. She was married to politician
Jan-Erik Wikström
Jan-Erik Wikström (11 September 1932 – 1 July 2024) was a Swedish publisher and politician, who served as Minister for Education between 1976 and 1982.
His father, Börje Wikström, was a pastor in the Swedish Evangelical Mission (EFS) and ...
1980-1990.
Awards
*
Order of Cavalliero de Rio Branco
*Adelaide Ristori Prize
*Bartok medal
*Villa Lobos medal
*
Natur och Kultur Culture Award (1992)
Works
Inger Wikström has composed chamber music, song cycles, and a number of operas. Her recordings have been issued on more than forty albums.
Selected works include:
*''La Mère Coupable'', opera
*''The Nightingale'', opera
*''The Confession of a Fool'' chamber opera, text by
August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg (; ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than 60 pla ...
*''Peter Pan'', fairy tale opera
*''A Madman's Defence'', opera
References
1939 births
20th-century Swedish classical composers
21st-century Swedish classical composers
Living people
Swedish music educators
Swedish opera composers
Swedish women classical composers
Women opera composers
Swedish women music educators
20th-century Swedish women composers
21st-century Swedish women composers
Recipients of the Order of Rio Branco
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