”Britta Byström (Sweden) has been awarded Global Music Award’s Best in Show Honors for her album Ink-wash on Paper in the composer category. Ink-wash on… Läs mer »Gold medal and ”best in show” for ”Ink-wash on paper” at Global Music Awards 2025:
”Alfabet” for soprano and 7 instrument, written for Alexandra Büchel och ensemble NEO, is awarded with Järnåkerstipendiet 2024. Read more at the Royal Swedish Academy… Läs mer »Britta Byström recipient of Järnåkerstipendiet 2024
Janine Jansen performs ”Shortening Days”, concerto for violin and orchestra, with the NDR Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and Lübeck on November 21-24, conductor Sakari Oramo. The… Läs mer »”Shortening Days” in Hamburg
On September 18, Britta Byström receives the first Barbro B. Johansson Award from Kungliga Fysiografiska sällskapet, Lund. Byström has composed a new work, ”Camera picta”,… Läs mer »Barbro B. Johansson Award to Britta Byström
Britta Byström’s ”Voyages extraordinaires”, a 32 minutes piece for large orchestra first performed with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Manze in November 2023, will be… Läs mer »”Voyages extraordinaires” is performed by BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
The violin concerto ”Shortening Days”, composed for Janine Jansen, will premiere May 16 with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Jaime Martin. The piece, which… Läs mer »Janine Jansen premieres Violin Concerto by Britta Byström
”Fractal Music” for orchestra, commissioned by Kammerakademie Potsdam, will be first performed in Potsdam, Berlin in September 2023 with conductor Antonello Manacorda. Read more about… Läs mer »First performance of ”Fractal Music” in Potsdam, Berlin
Seven pieces by Britta Byström was performed at Katrina Chamber Music Festival, Åland in August 2023. Among them was the first performance of ”Mit emsigen… Läs mer »Composer in residence at Katrina Chamber Music Festival, Åland in August 2023
”This is the flora and fauna of Alice’s Wonderland come to life in an aural way, and I for one loved it.”(Lynn René Bayley, The… Läs mer »Release of new CD, ”Letter in April”, on Dacapo Records.
Chris Parkes, Malin Broman and Simon Crawford-Phillips play music by Brahms and Byström – ”Diagonal musik” and ”A Walk to Brahms”. Digital release will take… Läs mer »Release of new recording, ”Diagonal Music”, on Alba Records.