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I am Jörgen Dafgård, a professional composer based in Sweden who collaborates with prominent orchestras, ensembles and soloists. My work spans orchestral, chamber and choral music, with recent highlights including the cello concerto Ulysses, premiering in January 2026 in Norway and performed by Amalie Stalheim with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra. A 2023 double concerto Open Air for violin and viola has been performed across several countries by Duo Gelland and the Öresund Chamber Orchestra, and a 2025 CD release on the British label Toccata Next features Tandem for violin and bass clarinet from 2022, with Benjamin Schmid, Carl-Johan Stjernström and Musica Vita conducted by Joachim Gustafsson. Earlier in my career I won first prize at the Stockholm Berwald Hall in 2000 and earned a top-ten position in the Masterprize International Composing Competition with Ve i l s, which has been performed by the Gothenburg Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and other major orchestras. Ve i l s has received radio airplay around the world. In 2013 I was named ‘Composer of Spring’ at Berwald Hall, with a portrait concert featuring the premiere of Caprism for clarinet. The following years saw successful premieres of Abrasax for soprano saxophone with the Jönköping Sinfonietta (2017) and Eclipse for violin with Camerata Nordica (2018). I have collaborated extensively with ensembles such as the Nordic Chamber Orchestra and Malmö Symphony Orchestra, and my works Through Fire and Water and Tableau vivant have been performed to widespread acclaim. I continue to compose celebrated chamber and choral works and look forward to new collaborations.…I am Jörgen Dafgård, a professional composer based in Sweden who collaborates with prominent orchestras, ensembles and soloists. My work spans orchestral, chamber and choral music, with recent highlights including the cello concerto Ulysses, premiering in January 2026 in Norway and performed by Amalie Stalheim with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra. A 2023 double concerto Open Air for violin and viola has been performed across several countries by Duo Gelland and the Öresund Chamber Orchestra, and a 2025 CD release on the British label Toccata Next features Tandem for violin and bass clarinet from 2022, with Benjamin Schmid, Carl-Johan Stjernström and Musica Vita conducted by Joachim Gustafsson. Earlier in my career I won first prize at the Stockholm Berwald Hall in 2000 and earned a top-ten position in the Masterprize International Composing Competition with Ve i l s, which has been performed by the Gothenburg Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and other major orchestras. Ve i l s has received radio airplay around the world. In 2013 I was named ‘Composer of Spring’ at Berwald Hall, with a portrait concert featuring the premiere of Caprism for clarinet. The following years saw successful premieres of Abrasax for soprano saxophone with the Jönköping Sinfonietta (2017) and Eclipse for violin with Camerata Nordica (2018). I have collaborated extensively with ensembles such as the Nordic Chamber Orchestra and Malmö Symphony Orchestra, and my works Through Fire and Water and Tableau vivant have been performed to widespread acclaim. I continue to compose celebrated chamber and choral works and look forward to new collaborations.

Jörgen Dafgård

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I am Jörgen Dafgård, a professional composer based in Sweden who collaborates with prominent orchestras, ensembles and soloists. My work spans orchestral, chamber and choral music, with recent highlights including the cello concerto Ulysses, premiering in January 2026 in Norway and performed by Amalie Stalheim with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra. A 2023 double concerto Open Air for violin and viola has been performed across several countries by Duo Gelland and the Öresund Chamber Orchestra, and a 2025 CD release on the British label Toccata Next features Tandem for violin and bass clarinet from 2022, with Benjamin Schmid, Carl-Johan Stjernström and Musica Vita conducted by Joachim Gustafsson. Earlier in my career I won first prize at the Stockholm Berwald Hall in 2000 and earned a top-ten position in the Masterprize International Composing Competition with Ve i l s, which has been performed by the Gothenburg Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and other major orchestras. Ve i l s has received radio airplay around the world. In 2013 I was named ‘Composer of Spring’ at Berwald Hall, with a portrait concert featuring the premiere of Caprism for clarinet. The following years saw successful premieres of Abrasax for soprano saxophone with the Jönköping Sinfonietta (2017) and Eclipse for violin with Camerata Nordica (2018). I have collaborated extensively with ensembles such as the Nordic Chamber Orchestra and Malmö Symphony Orchestra, and my works Through Fire and Water and Tableau vivant have been performed to widespread acclaim. I continue to compose celebrated chamber and choral works and look forward to new collaborations.…I am Jörgen Dafgård, a professional composer based in Sweden who collaborates with prominent orchestras, ensembles and soloists. My work spans orchestral, chamber and choral music, with recent highlights including the cello concerto Ulysses, premiering in January 2026 in Norway and performed by Amalie Stalheim with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra. A 2023 double concerto Open Air for violin and viola has been performed across several countries by Duo Gelland and the Öresund Chamber Orchestra, and a 2025 CD release on the British label Toccata Next features Tandem for violin and bass clarinet from 2022, with Benjamin Schmid, Carl-Johan Stjernström and Musica Vita conducted by Joachim Gustafsson. Earlier in my career I won first prize at the Stockholm Berwald Hall in 2000 and earned a top-ten position in the Masterprize International Composing Competition with Ve i l s, which has been performed by the Gothenburg Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and other major orchestras. Ve i l s has received radio airplay around the world. In 2013 I was named ‘Composer of Spring’ at Berwald Hall, with a portrait concert featuring the premiere of Caprism for clarinet. The following years saw successful premieres of Abrasax for soprano saxophone with the Jönköping Sinfonietta (2017) and Eclipse for violin with Camerata Nordica (2018). I have collaborated extensively with ensembles such as the Nordic Chamber Orchestra and Malmö Symphony Orchestra, and my works Through Fire and Water and Tableau vivant have been performed to widespread acclaim. I continue to compose celebrated chamber and choral works and look forward to new collaborations.

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I am Jörgen Dafgård, a professional composer based in Sweden who collaborates with prominent orchestras, ensembles and soloists. My work spans orchestral, chamber and choral music, with recent highlights including the cello concerto Ulysses, premiering in January 2026 in Norway and performed by Amalie Stalheim with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra. A 2023 double concerto Open Air for violin and viola has been performed across several countries by Duo Gelland and the Öresund Chamber Orchestra, and a 2025 CD release on the British label Toccata Next features Tandem for violin and bass clarinet from 2022, with Benjamin Schmid, Carl-Johan Stjernström and Musica Vita conducted by Joachim Gustafsson.

Earlier in my career I won first prize at the Stockholm Berwald Hall in 2000 and earned a top-ten position in the Masterprize International Composing Competition with Ve i l s, which has been performed by the Gothenburg Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and other major orchestras. Ve i l s has received radio airplay around the world. In 2013 I was named ‘Composer of Spring’ at Berwald Hall, with a portrait concert featuring the premiere of Caprism for clarinet. The following years saw successful premieres of Abrasax for soprano saxophone with the Jönköping Sinfonietta (2017) and Eclipse for violin with Camerata Nordica (2018). I have collaborated extensively with ensembles such as the Nordic Chamber Orchestra and Malmö Symphony Orchestra, and my works Through Fire and Water and Tableau vivant have been performed to widespread acclaim. I continue to compose celebrated chamber and choral works and look forward to new collaborations.