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The Swedish mezzo-soprano/contralto and choral conductor, Maria Forsström, studied Classical Singing at Luleå University of Technology. She graduated as a church musician and took the diploma class in choral conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm under Anders Eby. Studies followed in Early Music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London (Class of 1999) and studies in orchestral conducting at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg. She studies classical singing under Sten Sjöstedt, Anna Larsson, Dorothy Irving and Jonathan Morris.
Maria Forsström Forsström performs as a freelance alto mezzo-soprano in oratorio, symphonic music and chamber music. She has performed with, among others, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, La Chambre Philharmonique, Warsaw Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra NOSPR, Wroclaw Symphony Orchestra NFM, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki National Opera Orchestra, and Musica Aeterna, Perm, Russia, performing on opera stages in Europe, Russia and Japan.
Maria Forsström is also a recurring rehearser for the French Radio Choir in Paris and develops the sound of prominent choirs in Sweden. She holds masterclasses, seminars and teaches choral development. Member of various chamber music groups. Over the Easter weekend she sang the alto part in J.S. Bach's Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 at the Engelbrektskyrkan in Stockholm, and has been a recurring panelist in the Musikrevyn in P2 since the fall of 2024.
Maria Forsström, though being Swedish by age-old ancestry, is an Anglophile with an Italian heart, holding a deep love for the German Romantic poets and Russian melody. She holds a strong interest for neurobiology, related to the perception and learning processes within languages and music. She has recently become the happy owner of a complete hammer piano by Pehr Lindholm from 1784 that will be restored to playable condition. |
