Micaela Hoppe
b. 1965
Micaela Hoppe was born in 1965 in Jakobsberg, northwest of Stockholm. She taught herself composition, and has been writing music since she was young. Since 1997, Hoppe has lived in Västra Ämtervik (Värmland).
Career highlights include:
- 2008 chosen Composer of the Year in Bergslagen's Chamber Symphony Orchestra.
- 2014 the exhibition "Frankel & Hoppe", where Micaela Hoppe and the filmmaker Evelyn Frankel's collaborations were shown.
- 2016, the Italian string orchestra I Solisti Veneti together with clarinetist Lorenzo Guzzoni under the direction of Claudio Scimone premiered "Blue mountains shimmer in backlight" (swe "Blå berg skimrar i motljus"). The piece was chosen out of 140 other pieces by female composers from 26 countries.
- 2016 The art video installation "Land of the Unknown" was premiered at Värmlands Museum.
- 2016 Scholarship from Bengt Axelsson's cultural fund, managed by the association Värmlandslitteratur.
- 2016 - 2019 Micaela Hoppe composed together with the norwegian composer Lars Audun Hadland "Divina Commedia", a piece based on Dante Alighieri's work of the same name.
Information taken from composer’s website.
