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"I henne har Sverige en ung, stor kompositörstalang." - Tidskriften OPUS
"Andrea Tarrodi visar en utpräglad klangkänsla och en berättande förmåga i sitt komponerande och förenar på ett storartat sätt det traditionella med det nyskapande." - SR P2
"Stor formsäkerhet parat med klangskönhet och en känsla av självklar naturlighet i handlaget med orkestern" - Uppsala Tonsättartävling 1a pris
"Hennes tätt sammanhållna musik var en veritabel färgpalett; atmosfärisk, uttrycksstark musik, stundtals gnistrande gul som skarpt solljus." - Uppsala Nya Tidning
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Andrea Tarrodi, born in 1981, is a Swedish composer based in Stockholm. She started playing the piano at the age of 8, and became interested in composition shortly thereafter.
Tarrodi studied composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Conservatorio di Musica di Perugia, Italy, and the College of Music in Piteå with, among other teachers, Jan Sandström, Pär Lindgren, Fabio Cifariello-Ciardi, Jesper Nordin and Marie Samuelsson. She completed her master´s degree in composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 2009.
In 2010 her piece Zephyros for orchestra received 1st prize in the Uppsala Composition Competition, which led to several performances of the piece by different orchestras around the world.
During 2011-2013 Tarrodi is Sveriges Radio (Radio Sweden) P2´s Composer in Residence. A residence that includes, among other projects, commissions from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choir. In spring 2012 she was appointed "Composer of the Spring Season" in the Berwald Concert Hall. In the same year Tarrodi received the Swedish MPA:s Classical Music Award of the Year - chamber music for her piece Empíreo for strings, harp and percussion.
Tarrodi writes for many types of ensembles, and is particularly interested in vocal and orchestral music. Her works have been performed by, among others, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, the Spartanburg Philharmonic, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, the Nordic Chamber Orchestra, the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, DalaSinfoniettan, Västerås Sinfonietta, Sweden´s National Youth Symphony Orchestra, Eric Ericson´s Chamber Choir, Voces Nordicae, the Stockholm Chamber Brass, Musica Vitae, KammarensembleN, the Swedish Wind Ensemble and Sonanza. Tarrodi´s music has been performed in the U.S., Norway, Germany, Iceland, Serbia, Portugal, Italiy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Mexico, China and South Africa. Tarrodi's music has been represented twice at the Baltic Sea Festival.
Andrea Tarrodi is a member of the Swedish Performing Rights Society (STIM) and the Society of Swedish Composers (FST).
Awards
The Swedish MPA:s Classical Music Award of the Year - chamber music 2012 for Empíreo for ensemble
The Berwald Concert Hall´s Composer of the spring season 2012
Sveriges Radio P2 - Composer in Residence 2011-2013
1st prize in the Uppsala Composition Competition with Zephyros for orchestra
1st prize in the ENM Composition Competition with NåLå for ensemble
Scholarships
2012 STIM stipendium
2011 Konstnärsnämndens arbetsstipendium
2010 STIM stipendium
2009 Kungliga Musikaliska Akademins nationella stipendium
2008 STIM stipendium
2008 Kungliga Musikaliska Akademins nationella stipendium
2007 STIM stipendium
2005 Kungliga Musikhögskolans stipendium
Education
2007-2009 The Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden - master´s degree in composition
2007-2008 Conservatorio di Musica di Perugia, Italy - composition studies for Prof. Fabio Cifariello-Ciardi.
2003-2007 The Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden – fine arts degree in composition
2000-2002 The College of Music in Piteå, Sweden - composition/arranging
1991-2000 The Adolf Fredrik Music School, the Stockholm Music Secondary School, Sweden