BACKMAN, Catharina

Backman has studied composition for teachers including Maurice Karkoff, Hans Gefors, Rolf Martinsson, Kent Olofsson, and Javier Alvarez, and received a degree in composition from the Malmö conservatory in 2000. She has many years of experience as a jazz pianist and has conducted the Varieté Vauduvill.

Catharina Backman has primarily composed music-dramatic works and often works with scenic and music-dramatic expressions in her music. She plays accordion in her own group Katzen Kapell and is one half of the artist duo Gretli & Heidi and has worked as a choir director. She was elected to the Society of Swedish Composers in 2001.