"Broman proved equally impressive, balancing lyricism with meticulous technical precision...the cadenza was remarkable, Broman traversing its virtuosic extremes with apparent ease...the thrill of a memorable performance"
("The Strad"; Brahms violin concerto at Barbican Hall, London)

　Malin Broman, born in 1975, started to play the violin at the age of five. In Autumn 1992 Malin was offered a place at the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music, where in 1995-97 she completed her Post graduate degree. Malin was also a Post graduate student at Gothenburg Conservatory of Music (1995-97).In November 1997, she performed her graduation final recitals at both institutions.

　In Autumn 1997, she began her Advanced Instrumental Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with a scholarship to study with David Takeno.

　In 1994, Malin represented Sweden in the Eurovision Broadcasting Union Competition in Warsaw, Poland, where she won the third prize. The final was broadcasted on television in most European countries. In the same year, she also won the first prize and the audience prize at the Washington International Competition for Strings-Washington DC and in June 1996, she came in the second at the Carl Nielsen International Violin competition in Odense, Denmark.

　Malin has appeared as a soloist with the orchestras in Gothenburg (1995 and 1998), Helsingborg (1993 and 1998), Tivoli (1996 and 1998), Sjaelland, Odense, Gaevle and Umeaa, among others, and has worked with conductors such as, Neeme Jaervi, Heinrich Schiff and Paul Daniels.She also made her debut with the Swedish Radio Orchestra in November 1998.This concert was broadcasted live on Swedish Radio.

　Together with Simon Crawford-Phillips and Jesper Svedberg, Malin plays in the"Kungsbacka Piano Trio", which won the prestigious Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition in Australia in 1999.During the season of 2001, the trio is scheduled to appear at the Wigmore Hall four times, tour Sweden, give concerts in Scotland, Belgium, England and Germany, and record for BBC Radio 3 and Naxos. For more information, www.pianotrio.com

　Since September 1999, Malin teaches at the Gothenburg Conservatory of Music. This evening, Malin uses Stradivarius 1709 "Ex-Crafoord"on loan from the Jarnaker-Foundation of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

　

This violin was made in 1709 by Antonio Stradivari. Before this instrument was acquired by the then concert master of The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Stockholm Mr. Gert Crafoord in 1954, it belonged to a Manchester collector, and had been for some time at the disposal of the concertmaster of the St. Martin in the Fields orchestra in London, Mr. Allan Loveday.The Royal Swedish Academy of Music purchased this instrument through its String Instrument Fund in 1990.