Kerstin Jeppsson

Swedish composer, born October 29, 1948 in Nyköping. She graduated as a music teacher at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm in 1973 while studying composition for Maurice Karkoff. She received a scholarship to study at the Kraków Conservatory for Krzysztof Meyer and Krzysztof Penderecki (composition) and Jozef Radwan (conducting). She graduated with a bachelor's degree from Stockholm University in 1977 and a master's degree from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California in 1979, where she studied composition for Mel Powell and conducting for Daniel Schulman. She was elected to the Swedish Composers' Association in 1977.