Marcus Lundberg (b.1995) is a Swedish composer whose work is concerned with qualities of impermanence and fragility. He mainly writes for acoustic instruments, exploring fragmentary structures and subtleties of sound through sparse soundscapes. Lundberg's music has been performed throughout Europe, Asia and the US at festivals such as Darmstädter Ferienkurse (DE), Prague Quiet Music Festival (CZ), UNK New Music Festival (US) and Kalvfestivalen (SE) by ensembles such as Musica Vitae, Curious Chamber Players, 40f, Norrbotten NEO, Prague Quiet Music Collective and ensemble hybrid.
His education includes a master’s degree in composition at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg with such teachers as Malin Bång and Esaias Järnegard, as well as various studies at Ingesund School of Music. Lundberg is the recipient of several grants from such institutions as the Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Adlerbertska Foundations, the Swedish Royal Academy of Music, the Swedish Society of Composers and the Swedish Performing Rights Society, and in 2023 he was appointed Scenkonst Sörmland’s ’Young Swedish Composer’. In addition to his activities as a composer Lundberg works as a concert organizer with Levande Musik in Gothenburg.
