Malin Broman (born 24 May 1975) is a Swedish violinist. She is concertmaster of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Kungsbacka Piano Trio, the Nash Ensemble of London, and the Stockholm Syndrome Ensemble. [1] [2] [3]
Broman is a frequently hired violinist, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. She also teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She previously taught at the College of Stage and Music at the University of Gothenburg.
Broman is the niece of Sten Broman . She was a summer host in Sveriges Radio P1 on 23 July 2021. [4]
In 2020, during COVID lockdowns, she recorded a performance of Mendelssohn's Octet, in which she played all eight parts. [5] [6] [7]
She gave the first performance of Helen Grime's Violin Concerto. [8]
Broman plays a Stradivarius violin and a viola by Luigi Bajoni, which are loaned to her by the Järnåker Foundation. [9]
In 1994 Broman won third prize in the Eurovision competition for young musicians, and in the same year she won first prize and the audience prize in the Washington International Competition for Strings, Washington DC. [10] In 1996 she won second prize in the Carl Nielsen International Music Competition in Odense, Denmark.
Broman has recorded on the Hyperion, Alba, Bis and Naxos labels. [10] [11]
Midori Goto, who performs under the mononym Midori, is a Japanese-born American violinist. She made her debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 11 as a surprise guest soloist at the New Year's Eve Gala in 1982. In 1986 her performance at the Tanglewood Music Festival with Leonard Bernstein conducting his own composition made the front-page headlines in The New York Times. Midori became a celebrated child prodigy, and one of the world's preeminent violinists as an adult.
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Helen Grime's Violin Concerto was written between 2015 and 2016 on a commission from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Its world premiere was performed by the violinist Malin Broman and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Harding at Berwald Hall, Stockholm, on 15 December 2016.