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 Cecilia Damström has constantly been working on commissions for various ensembles and festivals. Her compositions have received several national and international composition prizes 2009–2022. With the piece ICE commissioned by the European Green Capital Lahti 2021 she won the Teosto-Prize 2022. Her fairytale opera Dumma Kungen won the award for “Children opera of the year” in 2018. In 2019 she made her debut with the Finnish National Opera with her school opera Djurens planet. Her works for orchestra have been performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Colorado Springs Philharmonic among many others.
Damström’s broad catalogue of compositions includes chamber music, choral works, orchestral works as well as four chamber operas. Her music has been performed in the USA, Canada, South Korea, Germany, England, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, the Czech Republic and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Damström studied composition with Doctor Hannu Pohjannoro at Tampere University of Applied Sciences and graduated in 2014. Her master in composition she studied at Malmö Academy of Music for Professor Luca Francesconi. She has also gathered much inspiration by travelling to master classes around Europe with Brian Ferneyhough, Samuel Adler and Kaija Saariaho among others.
More
- Cecilia Damström's website
- Cecilia Damström on FMQ: On my music and beyond: Creating connections and togetherness through music
- Cecilia Damström and Linda Fredriksson nominated for Nordic Council Music Prize 2024
- 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 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Angor | chx (SSSAAATTTBBB) | 2015 | Vocal and Choral Works | 06:00 | Music Finland |
At Teasdale’s | chm (TTTTBBBB) | 2016 | Vocal and Choral Works | 05:00 | Bo Ejeby Förlag |
Aveo | vlc | 2022 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Celestial Beings | vln, vla | 2016 | Chamber Works | 14:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Characters | pno | 2015 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | |
Cura | vln, pno | 2020 | Chamber Works | 07:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
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 |
Earth Songs | 1111 1000 01, pno, str (11110), vln solo | 2022 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 25:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Epitaph | pno | 2018 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | |
Extinctions | 3333 4331 13, pno+cel, str | 2023 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 19:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Fretus | str | 2021 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 10:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Groove | fl, acc | 2015 | Chamber Works | 06:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Hav | chm [TTTTBBBB] | 2020 | Vocal and Choral Works | 15:00 | |
Helene | fl+pic, ob, cl, bsn, pno | 2020 | Chamber Works | 21:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
ICE | 2222 4331 11 1, str | 2021 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 10:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Infirmus | str | 2015 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 07:30 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Information | 3333 4331 13 1, pno, str | 2024 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 11:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Letters | 2vln, vla, vlc | 2018 | Chamber Works | 15:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Loco | vla | 2010 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | Music Finland |
Lucrum | 2222 4231 11 0, str | 2018 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 06:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Lucrum | 2222 4200 01 0, str | 2018 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 07:00 | 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 |
Nixus | 4444 4431 13 0, pno+cel, str or 2222 2201 01, pno+cel, str | 2020 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 10:00 | 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 | |
Permafrost | acc solo, str | 2023 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 22:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Piano Delirium | pno | 2009 | Works for Solo Instrument | 03:30 | Music Finland |
Renewables | acc | 2022 | Works for Solo Instrument | 14:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Requiem for our Earth | chf, tape | 2019 | Vocal and Choral Works | 30:00 | |
Science Frictions | 1111 1100 01, str, cten, chx (SATB) | 2022 | Vocal and Choral Works | 20:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
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 |
The Holocene Extinction | chm [TTBB] | 2023 | Vocal and Choral Works | 09:00 | |
Tidens ordning | bbaryt, pno | 2017 | Vocal and Choral Works | 08:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Tundo! | 2222 4221 02 0, str | 2016 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 10:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |
Unda | pno | 2024 | Works for Solo Instrument | 06:00 | 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 |
Wasteland | 2222 4231 02, str | 2022 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 20:00 | Gehrmans Musikförlag |