Martin Sturfält
Swedish classical pianist, born on 2 July 1979 in Katrineholm. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm and at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. His main teachers were Esther Bodin-Karpe, Stefan Bojsten, Paul Roberts and Ronan O'Hora. Since the age of 11, Martin has been active as a concert pianist, and his performances have taken him around Scandinavia, the rest of Europe, the USA and Asia. As a soloist, he has collaborated with prominent conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Sir Mark Elder, Andrew Manze, Thomas Dausgaard, Vasily Sinaisky and Alexander Vedernikov with orchestras such as The Hallé Orchestra in Manchester and the New London Sinfonia in England as well as with all Swedish symphony orchestras, i.a. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has given solo and chamber music concerts at e.g. Nybrokajen 11 and Konserthuset in Stockholm, Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Purcell Room in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Martin's first competitive success was in 1999 when he received first prize in the Swedish Yamaha competition. In the following years he won first prizes in i.a. the English Yamaha competition in 2002, the Nordic "Blüthner competition" in Malmö in 2002, the John Ogdon Prize in London in 2004 and the Terence Judd Award in Manchester in 2005.
