HELLING, Ann

Ann Hellingn was born in 1968 in Mölndal. She trained as a music teacher at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg (1989–93). She studied composition under Sven-David Sandström and Henrik Strindberg at the Gotland School of Composition (1997–99) and has since lived and worked on Gotland as an educator and composer.

Ann arranged and composed a wide variety of music for both amateur and professional musicians, choirs, and orchestras, and also worked on film music. Her work has garnered official recognition, notably for the short film *Berliner Farbton*—an experimental film created in collaboration with visual artist and animator Jessica Lundeberg—which has been screened at numerous film festivals and on SVT Drama. Ann teached aural skills and harmony.