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Malva Quartet

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A collection of string quartet works by contemporary Swedish female composers!The Malva Quartet was formed in 2008 by students at the Academy of Music and Drama at the University of Gothenburg. After graduating, they studied abroad at the Hans Eisler School of Music in Berlin, where they continued their studies in chamber music under Professor Friedemann Weigle (a member of the Artemis Quartet). *A Body Made of Wood*, featuring works by five female composers active today, is an album created as a snapshot of the Malva Quartets decade-long creative journey.*The Mystery* by Karin Lnqvist, one of the leading contemporary Swedish female composers, and *My Desert, My Rose* by New York-based, Serbian-born composer Aleksandra Vrebalov were both written for the Kronos Quartets project 50 for the Future. Wooden Torso by Uppsala-born Teboh Monaco-Tra was commissioned by the Malva Quartet. Winding, Song