Fredrik Gran

Fredrik Gran is a composer from the Vällingby suburb in Stockholm, Sweden. He is interested in the musical potential of machinic and mechanical processes and in experimenting with new performative strategies. His work covers orchestral, chamber, vocal, electroacoustic and live electronic music, as well as music for installations, dance, digital and visual art. Fredrik's music has been recognized internationally, performed at festivals such as Warsaw Autumn Festival (Warsaw), ISCM (Vancouver, CA), SICMF (Seoul, KR), the Nordic Music Days (Copenhagen, Helsinki, Bodø), Tage Neue Musik (Weimar, DE), ICMC (Belfast, NI), Festival MANCA (Nice, FR), NoiseGate (NYC, US) and has been primed in many competitions such as London Music Society International Composer’s Competition (UK), Codes d’Acces Access Arkea (CA), Eleanor Stubley Recording Award (CA) and CIRMMT Research grant (CA). He studied composition at the Music Academy in Stockholm and at McGill University in Montreal, where his doctoral research is connected to the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT).