Instrumentation: cch, hp
Setting of a poem by Hilda Lütken.
Stina Hellberg Agback is a composer and harpist based in Stockholm and Uppsala. She writes music for choirs, harp and chamber ensembles, and her many years as an improvising harpist are a constant source of inspiration.
Her works include Sånger till tröst (2025) for choir, strings and harp, premiered by Doxa Vocalis; En Aften (2022) for choir and harp, premiered by Lunds Domkyrkas Gosskör; and 50+50- (2023) for viola, flute and harp, premiered by Trio Älvkvarn.
As a performer she leads her own groups, among them the Stina Hellberg Agback Trio, Shinken Shobu and Namna, and plays in duos with Jonas Isaksson, Eva Lindal and Thommy Wahlström. Her latest albums are The Standard is The Standard (Naxos Prophone, 2025) and Sou Makuri with Shinken Shobu (2025). Her recordings have been reviewed in Downbeat, Orkesterjournalen and Lira.
She has also played with Mariam the Believer, Mattias Risberg, the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra and the Stockholm Wind Orchestra, and her harp can be heard on recordings by Matti Bye, Mattias Olsson and I.B. Sundström.
Stina studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Berklee College of Music in Boston and Trinity College of Music in London.
