KATARINA LEYMAN

The composer Katarina Leyman, originally from the Island Orust on the west coast of Sweden, now lives and works in Stockholm. Her main instrument is the piano. During the years 1989-1995 she studied music in Boston, USA. In the first year her focus was on jazz and playing the piano, both classical and jazz. Then she turned her heart to film scoring and also devoted herself to contemporary classical composition. She got a dual bachelor's degree in film scoring and composition at Berklee College of Music in 1993 and a master's degree in composition at New England Conservatory of Music in 1995.

Back in Sweden she studied music theory pedagogy and composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm from 2002 to 2005 with her diploma concert taking place in Stockholm Concert Hall 2006. 

Katarina is mostly composing music for the symphony orchestra, different settings of chamber ensembles and choirs. She also composes music drama and music for film.

Being visually oriented color and texture, shape and movement are often starting points and form-building elements in her music. Ideas for compositions can emanate from various natural phenomena such as fish moving in shoals, DNA chains, water molecules, volcanic activities, root systems and clouds…