Carin Bartosch Edström (b. 1965, Malmö) is a Swedish composer and soprano with a strong focus on vocal and dramatic music. Raised in the USA and Italy, she has also worked as an Italian language coach and translator of opera librettos, specializing in early music. In 1987, she founded Lund Student Opera, directing productions such as Stravinsky’s Mavra and Hindemith’s Hin und zurück.
After serving as orchestra director for Musica Vitae (1990–1992), Bartosch Edström turned to composition, studying at the Malmö and Stockholm Academies of Music under Rolf Martinsson, Hans Gefors, Lars Ekström, Lars-Erik Rosell, and Sven-David Sandström. She graduated in 1999.
She is a founding member of the women composers’ association Opus 96 and co-founded the Skanör/Falsterbo Chamber Music Festival with Mats Rondin and Marianne Jacobs.
Her compositional output centers on vocal music and opera, including the chamber opera Trassel and the children’s opera Huvudsaken, alongside a range of instrumental works. As a soprano, she frequently performs her own music, integrating vocal, textual, and dramatic interpretation into a unified artistic expression.
Tony Lundman