Kristofer Svensson is a kacapi musician, music theorist, and composer from Sweden. Svensson's compositions have been performed by soloists and groups such as Contemporaneous (US), Quatuor Bozzini (CA), andPlay (US), Mats Persson & Kristine Scholz (SE), the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble (HK), and Maya Bennardo (US/SE). The latter's recording of Svensson's solo violin piece Duk med broderi och bordets kant was chosen as one of the ten best contemporary classical releases of 2022 by Bandcamp Daily’s Peter Margasak, who described Svensson’s piece as "one of the most astonishing pieces of music I’ve heard all year."
Svensson’s solo composition for kacapi, 'Andra Segel', was released in 2020 on the kuyin label, and trio albums with Maya Bennardo and Erik Blennow Calälv have been released in 2022 on the thanatosis label and 2026 on the Another Timbre label. Svensson’s music has been performed at festivals such as MATA (US), Frequency Festival (US), and Edition Festival for Other Music (SE).
Svensson studied the kacapi with Ade Suparman and Dody Satya Ekagustiman in Bandung, West Java and composition with Mamoru Fujieda in Fukuoka. 

Contact: linuskristofersvensson { at } gmail { . } com.