About this artist
Swedish composer, accordionist, pianist, and vocalist, born March 2, 1961 in Stockholm.
She has studied composition for, among others, Maurice Karkoff, Hans Gefors, Rolf Martinsson, Kent Olofsson and Javier Alvarez and graduated in composition at the Malmö Academy of Music in 2000. After studying at Skurup Folk High School in jazz improvisation and classical piano, she was conductor and musical variety artist in Varieté Vauduvill 1984–93.
Catharina Backman has mainly composed musical-dramatic works and often works with scenic and musical-dramatic expressions in her music. She plays accordion in her own group Katzen Kapell and is one half of the artist duo Gretli & Heidi. Backman was elected to the Swedish Composers' Association in 2001.