About
Magnus Holmander´s passion for contemporary music and experimental curiosity, both as a musician and performer, has resulted in close collaborations with many Swedish composers notably Rolf Martinsson and Anders Hillborg. Apart from their chamber music Magnus has also performed both of their clarinet concertos which has led to several soloist performances in halls such as the Royal Festival Hall in London, Auditorium in Milano, the Concert Hall of Stockholm and the Grieg Hall in Bergen among others.
Magnus is also working a lot with the new generation of Swedish composers and have premiered pieces of composers like Andrea Tarrodi, Jacob Mülhrad, Benjamin Stearn, Molly Kien and Klara Stirner. Recently the promising composer Ylva Fred wrote a piece for clarinet and piano where Magnus is using his skills as a magician to make the clarinet levitate.
2013-2017 Magnus participated as a clarinetist, dancer and magician in Martin Fröst’s productions Dollhouse and Genesis wich was performed on numerous occasions in concert halls around northern Europe.
In May 2017 Magnus participated together with the accordion player Irina Seroytuk in the biggest competition in Sweden for chamber music “Ung&Lovande” (“Young and Promising”). Playing arrangements of their own they won the competition with the following motivation: ”With vibrant artistry and natural stage presence, superb interplay and technical brilliance, the musicians invite the listener in to a unique soundscape”.
Since then Magnus and Irina have frequently been touring around in Sweden.
For season 2019/2020 Magnus is one out of six musicians to be selected “Rising Star artist” by the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO). The award includes performances in several of the major concert halls in Europe such as Musikverein in Vienna, Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and L’auditori in Barcelona among others.
Magnus did his bachelor and master studies at the Royal Collage of Music in Stockholm studying for Hermann Stefánsson and Emil Jonason.