Magnus Granberg is a composer and performer operating at an intersection between improvisation and contemporary chamber music. He is based in Stockholm, Sweden. Born in Umeå in 1974, he studied saxophone and improvised music in Gothenburg and New York in his late teens and early to mid twenties. Self-taught as a composer, he formed his own ensemble Skogen in 2005 aiming to synthesize experiences, methods and materials from various strands of improvised and composed musics into a new modus operandi.

Apart from his ongoing work with Skogen he is also increasingly writing music on commission for different ensembles and projects. Recent work includes pieces for Tya Ensemble, Ordinary Affects, Ensemble Grizzana and Insub Meta Orchestra, which have been performed at festivals and various venues in Europe, Japan and the USA. Granberg’s work has so far mainly been published by the renowned British record label Another Timbre with occasional releases on record labels such as Ftarri and Insub.