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Dec 08, 1937 Brännkyrka, Sweden Died on 08 Jun 2006 (aged 68)
Swedish composer
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About Tore Uppström
- Tore Ingvar Uppström (8 December 1937 in Stockholm – 8 June 2006) was a Swedish pianist, composer and author. Uppström studied at Royal College of Music, Stockholm, from 1959 to 1963 and at the Vienna Academy of Music from 1963 to 1964.
- He toured in Sweden and abroad, performed about 300 concerts and participated in radio broadcasts around a hundred times.
- He worked as a music teacher, was chairman of Svenska tonkonstnärsförbundet ("Swedish association of musical artists"), a union for Swedish freelance musicians, and consultant for Föreningen Musikcentrum (which presents itself in English as "The Music Centre – independent organisation for the promotion of music"), another organization for freelance musicians. In 1973 he published the book Pianister i Sverige (Pianists in Sweden, with a summary in English), an overview based on a series of lectures in Swedish radio on the history of piano music in Sweden from the end of the 18th to the middle of the 20th century.
- Another book, Spelrummet Sverige.
- En ordbok om 1900-talets artister, trender och motbilder.
- Om Svenska tonkonstnärsförbundet i tiden ("Playground Sweden.
- A Dictionary of 20th century artists, trends and anti-images.
- About Svenska tonkonstnärsförbundet in its time") was published in 1997.
- Uppström also published a number of articles for musical periodicals. His contributions as a composer are limited to a handful of piano pieces and some smaller works for different instrumental ensembles.
- He also made a critical edition of Dag Wirén's 2nd symphony (2000), published by The Swedish Art Music Society.
