Henrik Denerin [b. 1978] is a Swedish composer whose works often prioritizes exploration over predictability, aiming to expand musical expression and meaning, challenging the relationship between score and sound while engaging performers as collaborators.
Over the years his music has been performed in Europe, Asia, Australia and America by ensembles, musicians and orchestras such as Ensemble Recherche, Kwartludium Ensemble, Ensemble Aleph, Jack Adler-McKean, Axelsson & Nilsson Duo, Kammerorkester Basel, Gageego!, Norrbotten NEO, Bit20 Ensemble, Athelas Ensemble, L’instant Donné, Curious Chamber Players, Vertixe Sonora Ensemble and others, as well as a wide variety of international soloists.
His works has been programmed at international festivals for contemporary music including ISCM, Warsaw Autumn, Nordic Music days, Donauechingen, Darmstadt Ferienkurse, Mixtur Festival, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Vertixe Vigo Festival, Festival d’Aujourd’hui à Demain, Muestra Internacional de Música Electroacústica Mexico City and others.
His education includes a bachelor and a master degree in Composition with prof. Luca Francesconi, prof. Rolf Martinsson, Staffan Storm and Kent Olofsson at Malmö Academy of Music as well as studies with Karlheinz Stockhausen and workshops with Per Nørgård, Bent Sørensen and musicologist Richard Toop among others. Aside of composition he has also studied Mathematical Philosophy at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität in München. Selected scores are published by babelscores.
Henrik is a board member of FST (Swedish Society of Composers), board member of Levande Musik, board member of Saltöstiftelsen (The Royal Swedish Academy of Music) and voting member of STIM (Swedish Performing Rights Society).
GRANTS & AWARDS
2024 STIM (Swedish Performing Rights Society) grant 2023 Järnåker Prize for the piece collide (Royal Swedish Acadamy). Swedens biggest award for chamber music. 2022 Längamanska stiftelsen grant for new scenic work Fatumeh 2022 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse grant for new scenic work Fatumeh 2022 Swedish Arts Grants Committee grant for new scenic work Fatumeh 2022 Swedish Arts Council grant for new work for firebird trumpet (to Anders Nyqvist) 2022 STIM (Swedish Performing Rights Society) grant 2021 Swedish Arts Grants Committee Working grant 2020 Swedish Arts Grants Committee Working grant 2020 1st prize in Swedish Chamber Games with the duo Totenkopf 2020 STIM (Swedish Performing Rights Society) grant 2020 VGR (West Swedish Region) residency at home grant. 2019 FST (The society of Swedish Composers) composer working grant 2019 VGR (West Swedish Region) Working grant 2019 Swedish Arts Grants Committee international residency grant with Ensemble Kwartludium 2018 Swedish Arts Grants Committee Working grant 2018 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse 2017 STIM (Swedish Performing Rights Society) grant 2016 FST (The society of Swedish Composers) composer working grant 2016 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse 2015 FST (The society of Swedish Composers) composer working grant 2015 Swedish Performing Arts Agency (Musikverket) Grant for improvisation trio in Barcelona February 2016 2014 Swedish Arts Grants Committee Working grant 2014 Swedish Arts International Project Grant for collaboration work with Thomas Marcusson (Sydney) 2013 FST (The society of Swedish Composers) composer working grant 2012 FST (The society of Swedish Composers) composer working grant 2011 Swedish Arts Grants Committee Working grant 2011 2010 The Royal Swedish Academy of Music Big International Grant 2009 STIM (Swedish Performing Rights Society) grant 2009 Stora Pianiststipendiet / Piano & Composition 2009 2008 The Royal Swedish Academy of Music National grant 2007 Lund University grant for research (Wallenberg fund) 2007 The Royal Swedish Academy of Music National Grant 2006 Lund University grant 2006 Yin (for orchestra) awarded “best new work” by Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra 2006 Lund University grant for research (Wallenberg fund) 2005 Anna Whitlocks memorial fund 2004 Annik Leanders composition grant 2003 Community of Tanumshede culture grant