Jesper Nordin

Jesper Nordin (born 1971) is a leading Swedish composer, and one who has garnered considerable international acclaim in recent years. His music, with its powerful emotional impact and traces of traditional Swedish folk music, rock music and improvised music, is broadcast and performed throughout the world. He has collaborated with conductors like Kent Nagano, Daniel Harding and Pierre André Valade. His orchestral pieces have been played by such orchestras as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Basel and the Swedish and Finnish radio orchestras. He is also included in the repertoires of several of the world's foremost contemporary music ensembles, amongst them Ensemble l'Itinéraire, Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain and The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. He has also had huge success with his iOS app Gestrument that is based on his own composition technique. It is used worldwide to create music in genres ranging from Electronica and Techno to Jazz Impro and Contemporary classical music.