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CV – svenska/Swedish (pdf)

CV – English (pdf)

External links

(some in Swedish)

David Riebe on Svensk Musik (Swedish Music Information Center)»

Performed works by David Riebe registered at the SwedMIC homepage. Buy full scores here.

VIDEO: David Riebe meets Västerås Sinfonietta with conductor B. Tommy Andersson»

The Child and the Birth of the New Man is performed during the presentation day for new Swedish music organized by the Society of Swedish Composers. In the video is also an interview (in Swedish) with the composer.

Listen to Riebe's solo violin music at Peter Sheppard Skaerved's website»

Recording from the concert when Grammy nominated violinist Peter Sheppard Skaerved premieres Riebe's Coffee by the Plague Pit, in London in 2019.

David Riebes opus är en mastodontisk urladdning - sydsvenskan.se»

Sydsvenska Dagbladets recensent Matti Edén skriver om Malmö Symfoniorkesters konsert 24 januari 2019 där Riebes orkesterstycke Magma framfördes.

VIDEO: "Magma" is performed by St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra (Youtube)»

Video from the performance at the Andrey Petrov Composition Competition in the St Petersburg Grand Philharmonic Hall where Riebe won third prize. The video is made by the russian filmmaker Leonid Toropov.

David Riebe in the Society of Swedish Composers»

Biography and information about Riebe on the website of FST, the Society of Swedish Composers (Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare).

Lund Contemporary (Lund University)»

Since 2016, Riebe is the producer of Lund Contemporary, a festival for contemporary classical music organized by Lund University in collaboration with several regional music institutions.

David Riebe på bronsplats i internationell kompositionstävling - Stim-magasinet #1 2017 (issuu.com)»

Stim (Svenska tonsättares internationella musikbyrå) skriver i sin tidning om Riebes pris i rysk kompositionstävling hösten 2016.

Lund Contemporary lockade storpublik - lu.se»

Lunds universitet skriver om publiksuccén Lund Contemporary 2017 som Riebe var huvudproducent för.

Lunds Stadsorkester 2016/17 season brochure, in Swedish (issuu.com)»

Link to the season brochure. Riebe's Time Reflections is performed on Februari 12, 2017, in Lunds stadshall (Lund City Hall).

Lundatonsättare vann pris i Ryssland - sydsvenskan.se»

Sydsvenska Dagbladet uppmärksammar Riebes pris i kompositionstävlingen till Andrej Petrovs minne i september 2016.

Tonsättaren nr. 3 2016 (pdf)»

Tidningen Tonsättaren som ges ut av FST (Föreningen svenska tonsättare) uppmärksammar på sidan 16 Riebes pris i kompositionstävlingen till Andrej Petrovs minne i september 2016.

Connect Festival 2015, program folder (pdf)»

Link to the program folder as PDF, on the website of the Malmö Academy of Music. Music by Riebe was performed on November 14, 20 and 22.

Lunds Stadsorkester uruppför musik av lundatonsättare - mynewsdesk.com»

Pressmeddelande om uruppförandet av Riebes Time Reflections på Lunds stadsorkesters jubileumskonsert 4 oktober 2015, med programkommentar till stycket.

Respekt till mångsidig orkester - sydsvenskan.se»

Sydsvenska Dagbladet recenserar Lunds stadsorkesters jubileumskonsert 4 oktober 2015, med uruppförandet av Riebes Time Reflections.

Rising stars 2015 - Stim-magasinet #1 2015 (issuu.com)»

Intervjuer med Riebe och fem andra unga tonsättare i Stims (Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrås) medlemstidning.

Jubilee season brochure of Lunds stadsorkester, in Swedish (issuu.com)»

Link to the season brochure as PDF. Music by Riebe was performed on October 4, 2015.

David Riebe tog andraplatsen i Uppsala tonsättartävling 2014»

Musikhögskolan i Malmö skriver om Riebes andrapris. Kort intervju med tonsättaren.

Tonsättare prisades - skanskan.se»

Skånska Dagbladet uppmärksammar Riebes andrapris i Uppsala tonsättartävling 2014.

Collaboration with Peter Sheppard Skaerved»

London-based violinist Peter Sheppard Skaerved writes on his website about the ongoing collaboration with Riebe (in 2014).

Tog hjälp av Dali för att skapa musik»

Skånska Dagbladet skriver 17/1 2014 om Riebes finalplats i Uppsala Tonsättartävling.

2013 annual report of STIM (issuu.com)»

David Riebe is mentioned in the annual report of the International Bureau of Swedish Composers (STIM), as one of the Swedish composers with most pieces premiered during 2013.

VIDEO: Fredrik Schützer from LIMUS plays "Decay" from "Direction" by David Riebe (Youtube)»

Recording from "Piano marathon" at Palladium in Malmö, Januari 28, 2012. Youtube video.

Nyskrivet från Lund - Lunds universitet»

Riebes konsert tillsammans med Fredrik Schützer och Ivona Grbavac, 17/3 2013, i Lunds universitets kalendarium.

David Riebe on Peter Sheppard Skaerveds website»

The first violinist of the London-based Kreutzer Quartet publish live recordings of Riebe's string quartet "Paradoxes" and the solo piece "A Cat, a Warrior, and a Tortoise" on his website.

Hopp om framtiden - folkbladet.se»

Folkbladet skriver om konserten 16 maj 2012, med Norrköpings Symfoniorkester, där bl.a. Riebes Dimensions II uruppfördes.

Lunds universitets magasin nr. 5 2010 (pdf)»

Länk till LUM nr. 5 2010 som pdf. Artikel om Riebes Tubakonsert och Akademiska kapellets USA-turné på sidan 14-15.

Spännande dag för ung kompositör - sydsvenskan.se»

Sydsvenska Dagbladet skriver om uruppförandet av Riebes konsertuvertyr The Grail 1492 med Nordiska Ungdomsorkestern 27 juni 2010.

© David Riebe

David Riebe is a composer from Lund, Sweden. He has studied with Luca Francesconi, Rolf Martinsson, Kent Olofsson and Staffan Storm at the Malmö Academy of Music in Sweden and with Michele Tadini and Philippe Hurel at Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse in Lyon, France. He has a Master's Degree in Composition from the Malmö Academy of Music.

Since 2015, Riebe is a member of FST, Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare (The Society of Swedish Composers).

Prizes in composition competitions 

On September 20, 2016, Riebe won Third Prize at the Andrey Petrov Composition Competition (picture) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, with the orchestral piece Magma from 2015. The six selected finalist compositions were performed by St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra with conductor Arkady Steinlucht during a concert in St. Petersburg Grand Philharmonic Hall. A video recording made by Leonid Toropov is available on Youtube.

With his sinfonietta piece Geopoliticus Child, inspired by a Salvador Dalí painting, Riebe won the second prize at Uppsala Tonsättartävling (Uppsala Composition Competition) in March 2014.

Presentation days for new Swedish orchestral music

Riebe’s piece The Child and the Birth of the New Man was performed by Västerås Sinfonietta with conductor B. Tommy Andersson at the Presentation Day for New Swedish Orchestral Music organized by the Society of Swedish Composers in 2022. Here you can watch a video from the performance, with an interview (in Swedish) with the composer.

Music by Riebe has previously been performed at the 2017 Presentation Day.

Collaborations

Riebe has recently finished the composition Kostymen sys i det tysta for Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, who received funds from the Swedish Art Council (Kulturrådet) for the commission. The work had its world premiere on November 23, 2022, and the ensemble has performed it on several occations since then. Riebe is currently working on two saxophone duos for members of the quartet.

He is also composing a piano concerto for his long-time collaboration partner, pianist Fredrik Schützer. The concerto is partly financed by the Grand Piano Grant (Stora Pianostipendiet) of the Malmö Academy of Music.

He has also an ongoing collaboration with Grammy nominated British violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved where he has composed solo violin works for Sheppard Skærved, inspired by the violinist's own paintings.

Riebe's music has been performed by BBC Singers, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, Musica Vitae, Västerås Sinfonietta, Jönköping Sinfonietta and the Swedish Wind Ensemble (Stockholms läns blåsarsymfoniker). He has also composed music for Trio Poing (Norway), New European Ensemble (the Netherlands), Ensemble Nordlys (Denmark) and the London-based Kreutzer Quartet.

He has also received commissions from Odeum Music Center at Lund University, Lunds stadsorkester and Lund University Academic Orchestra (Akademiska kapellet), and he had a long collaboration with the Nordic Youth Orchestra which premiered his music in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

     In 2010, the Lund University Academic Orchestra performed Riebe's Tuba Concerto in the United States as part of the orchestra's tour there. This included a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C.

Riebe has worked with conductors such as Stefan Solyom, Mika Eichenholz, Paul Mägi, B. Tommy Andersson, Ruth Reinhardt, Michael Bartosch, Leif Karlsson, Arkady Steinlucht, Christian Karlsen, Andreas Lönnqvist, Christoffer Nobin, Patrik Andersson and Cecilia Martin-Löf. Outside Sweden, his music has been performed in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, Norway, Denmark, and Turkey.