Cecilia Damström
The ability to think and feel is what makes us humans differ from other species on earth. This is also what Cecilia Damström tries to achieve with her compositions; to make people think and feel. Born into a multicultural family in Helsinki, languages and the possibility of combining languages, have always appealed to her while composing. With a background as a classical pianist and with theatre as an interest, also harmony, direction, a sense of drama, and expressivity are always present in her music.
Since graduating in 2014 she has constantly been working on commissions for various ensembles and festivals. Her compositions have received several national and international composition prizes 2009-2016. Her works for orchestra have been performed by Jyväskylä Sinfonia (2016) and Avanti! (2011) as well as at festivals such as Young Nordic Music Days in Aarhus (2016) and Tampering (2014, 2015 and 2017).
Damström’s broad catalogue of compositions includes chamber music, choral works, orchestral works as well as two chamber operas. Her music has been performed in Canada, Germany, England, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and the Czech Republic. Her music is regularly performed in Finland at different concerts as well as at festivals such as Tampere Biennale (2010, 2012 and 2014), Helsinki Winds (2017), Summer Sounds in Sysmä (2015), Summer Sounds in Porvoo (2011), Tampering Festival (2014, 2015 and 2017), VocalEspoo (2014 and 2016) and also at the Kokonainen Festival, where she is composer in residence (2016-2019). Her music has been radio broadcast in Sweden and Germany and is regularly broadcast in Finland.
Damström studied composition with Doctor Hannu Pohjannoro at Tampere University of Applied Sciences and graduated in 2014. Currently she is finishing her master studies in composition at Malmö Academy of Music for Professor Luca Francesconi. She has also gathered much inspiration by travelling to master classes around Europe.
More
- Cecilia Damström's website
- Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen on FMQ: Contemporary music can be political - Cecilia Damström’s Requiem is one of the key works at the Ung Nordisk Musik festival
- Cecilia Damström's blog
- Listen to Cecilia Damström's Tundo!, performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Hannu Lintu
- Listen to Cecilia Damström on SoundCloud
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Category | Duration | Available from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aino | fl, cl, vln, vlc, pno | 2018 | Chamber Works | 24:00 | Music Finland |
Angor | chx | 2015 | Vocal and Choral Works | 06:00 | Music Finland |
Celestial Beings | vln, vla | 2016 | Chamber Works | 14:00 | Music Finland |
Characters | pno | 2015 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | Music Finland |
Dagbok | sopr, pno | 2013 | Vocal and Choral Works | 10:00 | Music Finland |
Djurens Planet | sopr, mezzo, baryt, 2 children sopr, chc, elpno, elg | 2018 | Works for the Stage | 45:00 | |
Dumma Kungen | 4sopr, mezzo, ten, bass, chf (SSA), fl, cl, trp, perc, pno, acc, str (min 11011) | 2017 | Works for the Stage | 01:05:00 | Music Finland |
Epitaph | pno | 2018 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | |
Fretus | str | 2021 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 10:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Groove | fl, acc | 2015 | Chamber Works | 06:00 | Music Finland |
Infirmus | str | 2015 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 07:30 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Letters | 2vln, vla, vlc | 2018 | Chamber Works | 15:00 | Music Finland |
Loco | vla | 2010 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | Music Finland |
Lucrum | 2222 4200 01 0, str | 2018 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 07:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Lucrum | 2222 4231 11 0, str | 2018 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 06:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Min Gud | chx [SSSAAATTBB] | 2010 | Vocal and Choral Works | 12:00 | Music Finland |
Minna | 2vln, vla, vlc, pno | 2017 | Chamber Works | 25:00 | Music Finland |
Missa Brevis | chx | 2017 | Vocal and Choral Works | 11:00 | Music Finland |
Nisus | vln, vla, vlc | 2019 | Chamber Works | 12:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Öar i ett hav som strömmar | sopr, pno | 2019 | Vocal and Choral Works | 12:00 | |
Paradiso | 2152 2 323 00011 3 | 2015 | Works for Wind Orchestra | 04:00 | Music Finland |
Pauli Ord | chm | 2017 | Vocal and Choral Works | 09:00 | |
Piano Delirium | pno | 2009 | Works for Solo Instrument | 03:30 | Music Finland |
Requiem for our Earth | chf, tape | 2019 | Vocal and Choral Works | 30:00 | |
Shapes | acc | 2016 | Works for Solo Instrument | 16:00 | Music Finland |
Sof godt! | 2018 | Vocal and Choral Works | 09:00 | ||
Superevolo | chc | 2020 | Vocal and Choral Works | 07:00 | |
Sydänlaulu | vln | 2014 | Works for Solo Instrument | 06:30 | Music Finland |
Tidens ordning | bbaryt, pno | 2017 | Vocal and Choral Works | 08:00 | |
Tundo! | 2222 4221 02 0, str | 2016 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 10:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Under Stjärnhimlen | pno/org/guit [piano or organ or guitar] | 2014 | Works for Solo Instrument | 02:15 | Music Finland |
Vibrations | rec, vln, org | 2021 | Chamber Works | 17:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Vickan & Väinö | sopr, ten, baryt, acc | 2019 | Works for the Stage | 40:00 | |
Vidkänning | chf | 2019 | Vocal and Choral Works | 08:00 | |
Visheten | chx [SSAATTBB] | 2013 | Vocal and Choral Works | 08:00 | Music Finland |