Instrumentation: ch[S.S.A.A]
Susanna Lindmark is a composer, conductor, and educator with a master’s degree from the Piteå Academy of Music. A key figure in northern Sweden’s choral scene, she is known for her distinctive musical language—rich, rhythmically driven, and infused with influences from folk music and yoik. Her work aims to move both singers and audiences, exploring new expressive possibilities in choral music. Her compositions have received international acclaim and awards.
Lindmark is the founder and artistic leader of Arctic Light, a vocal ensemble for young women in Norrbotten, where stage presence, improvisation, and creative collaboration are central. A trained singing teacher, she has taught at institutions such as Nacka Music Classes in Stockholm and is deeply committed to empowering individual creativity and competence in leadership and education.
She is also the initiator and project manager of Körcentrum Nord, a regional choral center within Norrbottensmusiken. In recognition of her contributions, she has received numerous awards, including Piteå Municipality’s Culture Prize (2012), Children and Youth Choir Leader of the Year (2017), and in 2023, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music’s Medal for the Promotion of the Art of Music.
Lindmark's music has been featured in Gehrmans’ #svenskkörmusik series, with the piece Tshitta saltunza, commissioned by a Swiss ensemble and recorded by Erik Westberg’s Vocal Ensemble. Her widely performed Song of Hope was premiered in its SATB version by 19 youth choirs at the 2023 European Youth Choir Festival in Basel.