Torbjörn Hultmark was born in Sweden in 1957 and came to live in the UK in 1985. He studied at the Gothenburg Conservatoire of Music and at the National Centre for Orchestral Studies, Goldsmith’s College, London. Torbjorn is a founder member of the Brass quintet Chaconne Brass whose repertoire spans from Praetorius to Steve Reich, from Gershwin to Miles Davis, from Acoustic to Electro-acoustic and from Brass to Beyond…
Alongside his engagements with Chaconne Brass, Torbjörn regularly works with orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta and the London Mozart Players, West End shows and session work. In Feburay 2006, Torbjorn played with the group Headspace who use computor software in performance, this particular event in Gateshead was recorded for a documentary on BBC 1. In 2008 Torbjorn joined La Banda Europa, a cross-over ensemble, performing folk, jazz and classical repertoire, with musicians from all over europe.
As a soloist he has worked with ‘Sinfonia 21′ (in May 2000 a work for Trumpet and Tape performed at St John’s Smith Square and recorded by the BBC), the Northern Sinfonia, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, the Southern Sinfonia and with the BBC Philharmonic (soloist in Peter Weigold’s He is Armoured Without, at the 2007 Albert Hall Proms).
Torbjörn is a teacher at the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music and at St Paul’s School, London. He has published a trumpet tutor book. He is also an experienced composer whose compositions have been performed in many countries, including Scandinavia, UK (including for the BBC), Australia and New Zealand and have been broadcast by BBC Radio 3.
