Anders Nilsson (composer)

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Anders Nilsson, born July 6th 1954 in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Swedish composer. He made his début as composer with the first part of the trilogy Trois Pièces pour grand orchestre in Copenhagen (1981). He has composed orchestral music, including two symphonies, several concertos, and chamber music as well as two operas: the first opera Klassresan to his own libretto received its première in 2003 and the second, Zarah (libretto by Claes Fellbom), was premièred in 2007 at the Folkoperan in Stockholm. Zarah was performed 52 times and was seen by more than 25,000 people (82% sold tickets in average).^[1]