BERGNER, Ylva Lund

Ylva Lund Bergner, born in Lund, Sweden in 1981, is a composer. She began her compositional studies in 2001 at the Gotland School of Music Composition, following piano studies. Bergner furthered her education at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and the Conservatorio di Musica in Perugia, Italy. She also completed a Master's education and Soloist class at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen and participated in an exchange at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Lyon.

Bergner has collaborated with numerous ensembles internationally and her works have been performed across Europe, Australia, China, Japan, and the USA. She served as chairwoman for Young Nordic Music (UNM) from 2006-2010 and was festival director for "I SPEAK MUSIC" in 2009. Bergner has received composition awards and grants, including the 3-year working grant from the Danish Arts Council in 2013 and the Järnåkerstipendiet in 2018. She was selected to present her chamber opera "Traces" at Darmstadt in 2014 and is slated for a collaboration with the New York-based ensemble ICE starting in 2019.