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Paula af Malmborg Ward is a Swedish composer and musician with a penchant for musical drama. Born in Stockholm in 1962. Composes music in a former coal tower in the old harbour area Nya Varvet, Gothenburg where she lives since 1992. Timing and text are key words in both opera creating, works for orchestra and choir, solo and ensemble and music for TV and radio.

With operas commissioned by The Royal Opera, Stockholm, Gothenburg Opera and Vadstena Academy, orchestral pieces commissioned/performed by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Swedish radio orchestra and collaborations with conductors like Gustavo Dudamel, Neeme Järvi and Kent Nagano, Paula´s musical field is of great variation in different genres.

Her chamber music is commissioned/performed by Trio Poseidon, Norrbotten Big Band, Duo Ego, Gilda Lyons, The Miller-Porfiris Duo, Bohuslän Big Band, Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, Duo Gelland, Erik Westbergs vocal ensemble and Hans Davidsson among others.

She loves to sing. And play. And conduct. And talk.

Thinks: being a musician must be the finest of professions.

Then thinks: but they must have something to play too.

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Taking over the baton from Abbé Vogler
This was one of my most exceptional commissions so far. I was asked to compose new music for the Medal Awarding Ceremony for The Royal [...]
Ikaros´fall premiered
Well done Oscar´s Vocal Ensemble! Humble composer (me) attended the world premiere of my latest choir piece Ikaro´s fall, after a poem by Ebba Lindqvist. [...]
Thank you Stockholm!
THANK YOU ALL - we had a wonderful time in Stockholm with SYSTEMET. Two completely sold out nights at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern 19-20/4, after the [...]
Final concert of Ligita Sneibe´s solo organ tour
Ligita Sneibe - what a success in Gothenburg Concert hall 13/4! My short fanfare In time in such a magnificent company! A one-hour organ solo [...]

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Pållan´s band at Bruket festival!
28/09/2024

Welcome to Bruket festival where Pållan's band is resurrected in a new Gothenburg version:) Paula af Malmborg Ward vocals/keyboards, Martin Bjurek Svanström sax, Per Strandberg [...]
Diabelli variations in Uppsala
28/09/2024

Outstanding pianist Mats Jansson is doing it again! Playing this marathon concert with Beethoven´s Diabelli variations and 18 contemporary comments on them. So happy to [...]
A tribute to Aretha
04/10/2024

Aretha Franklin, one of the greatest singers of our time, is celebrated by phenomenal artists and an amazing All Star Band. An evocative, simmering knockout [...]
Gothenburg Organ festival opening concert
11/10/2024

Honoured to be represented at Gothenburg Organ Festival! Marvellous organist Ligita Sneibe, with whom I had a close collaboration composing "In time - a fanfare [...]

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Som solen och månen

Children´s choir from Adolf Fredriks music school, Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, Fredrik Winberg, piano. Cond: Lina Sandborgh. First perfomance Folkoperan Stockholm May 7, 2022. Happy to be a part of the wonderful and important project ”Singing children” which encourages schools, teachers, composers, students to sing and work without new, unheard music as a natural part of everyone’s musical life.
Growing, coming, filling up

Piece for Anders Paulsson, soprano saxophone solo. My contribution to Anders´ project ”Solitary poems”.
Kärlekskriget
Ivonas aria (Shanowny pan!).
Amelia Jakobsson sopran
Musik Paula af Malmborg Ward
Libretto Mathias Clason
Urpremiär 2017 med Vattnäs konsertladas orkester under ledning av Fredrik Burstedt.
Vill ni ha ett frostigt päron?
Mosters aria, Tove Dahlberg mezzosopran
Musik Paula af Malmborg Ward
Libretto Magnus Nilsson
Vadstena-Akademiens orkester under ledning av Olov Boman
Foto: Staffan Gustavsson