BIOGRAPHY



"I henne har Sverige en ung, stor kompositörstalang." - Tidskriften OPUS

"P2:s tonsättare 2011 och 2012: Andrea Tarrodi visar en utpräglad klangkänsla och en berättande förmåga i sitt komponerande och förenar på ett storartat sätt det traditionella med det nyskapande."

"Hennes tätt sammanhållna musik var en veritabel färgpalett; atmosfärisk, uttrycksstark musik, stundtals gnistrande gul som skarpt solljus." - Uppsala Nya Tidning

Biography    på svenska

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 in Sweden. Tarrodi´s music has also been performed in Norway, Iceland, Serbia, Portugal, Italiy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Mexico, China and South Africa. During 2011-2012 Tarrodi is Sveriges Radio (Radio Sweden) P2´s Composer in Residence. The residence includes, among other projects, commissions from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choir.

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 Swedish Chamber 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, St Jacob´s Chamber Choir, Musica Vitae, KammarensembleN, the Swedish Wind Ensemble and Sonanza.

Andrea Tarrodi is a member of the Swedish Performing Rights Society (STIM) and the Society of Swedish Composers (FST).


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

Scholarships

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

Awards

Sveriges Radio P2 Composer in Residence 2011/2012

1st prize in the Uppsala Composition Competition with Zephyros for orchestra

1st prize in the ENM Composition Competition with NåLå for ensemble