Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist's first contact with music was at age three, when his father played Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 on a gramophone.
Composer Biography
As a teenager, Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist formed a jazz orchestra, which unfortunately earned him a lower mark in music due to competition with his music teacher's school orchestra.
Recording & Production
This album features live recordings of Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist's Symphony No. 3 and Symphony No. 4 from the Gothenburg Concert Hall in 1982 and 1985, respectively.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist believed that symphonies were the most relevant art form for addressing the major problems of his time, stating, "I seem to find the symphony as the relevant art form in this mission."
Composer Biography
Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist's mother gave him a Bechstein grand piano as a 25-year gift, which he used for his entire compositional output.
Composition History
Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist wrote music for 28 films, with his first film score for "Simon Syndaren" in 1954.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist described his compositional technique as an "association principle," where musical ideas emerge from previous ones or through contrast and parallel movement.
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