Anders Hultqvist

Swedish composer, sound artist, born 1955. Phd and Professor of Composition at the Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg. Besides writing for different orchestral-, chamber music-, electroacoustic and sound art settings, he has since 2005 been involved in different artistic research projects concerning musical interpretation and sound in city spaces. He has a PhD in Musicology, artistic-creative track, from the University of Gothenburg. The thesis deals with different topics around musical composition and its artistic, philosophical, cognitive and social context. He was also one of the founders of the GAS-festival (Göteborg Art Sounds) and also served as its director during the period 1998-2004.