Music has always been an integral part of my life. I got my first commission for the Swedish Public Service Broadcasting Company (SVT) at only 15 years old.
Many are the productions I have composed for since then, including productions for the Swedish National Theatre Dramaten, Stockholm City Theatre, Strindbergs Intima Teater, BBC, Zentropa, among others.
Theatre
The Death of Tintagiles
Music composed for the Maurice Maeterlinck play Death of Tintagiles, directed by Wilhelm Carlsson for the Swedish National Theatre in 2021.
”Alfons Karabudas sorgset thrillerartade musikspår skapar en spelplats, en borg full av skönhet och fasa där den gamla drottningen som knappt ingen har sett regerar över liv och död.” Expressen
”mästerverk som tar andan ur åskådaren.” DN
“En poetisk hyllning till teaterkonsten.” SvD
(Paul Claudel)
(August Strindberg)
August Strindberg)
”scenografi och kostym bildar en skön förening med Karabudas suggestiva kantelemusik-mystik och turkiska träblåssound. Mellanspelen blir magi.” Expressen
Film & Television
A selection from the music composed for Film and Television
Dance films and performances
VEINS
VEINS is a dance film exploring what lies beneath the surface — beneath the skin. It speaks of strength, vulnerability, and inner conflict. In essence: life in motion. Movement and music flow like creative undercurrents through a confined yet at times seemingly infinite space. A meeting of body, sound and space in a world where the visible and the unseen exist side by side.
The dance film VEINS is first presented at international dance film festivals before being made available online.
The Eye of the Norm
Who is given access to the rooms of power? What rules are applicable in the boardroom? The Eye Of The Norm puts light on the lack of variety and diversity in the room of power, but is more than a politically correct message in the form of a short film. It also challenges the norms of art and dance as such. The purpose of the dance film is, in addition to providing a strong artistic and emotional experience, to work towards development and change in regards to participation of people with different abilities in the arts.
Winner of the Screen Dance Festival 2017
Ki-O-Ku
Dansens hus
Koreografi: Satoshi Kudo
Musiken, specialkomponerad av Alfons Karabuda, bildar en hotfull fond. /SvD
Radio theatre
Dickie Harding
”Eftersom Dickie dessutom är handikappad blir naturligtvis hans personliga upprättelse desto mer imponerande. Just detta tycks Alfons Karabuda särskilt tagit fasta på i sin musik. Mäktigt, brett och starkt brer den ut sig i något som klangmässigt ger associationer till både thriller och symfoni.” Pia Huss teater@dn.se
Förhör 63-11
Häxorna
Hans och Greta
Hungerbarnet
- ”Till Alfons Karabudas längtande blå pianomusik rullar regissören Eva Stenman Rotstein upp en berättelse som är riktigt mäktig i all sin enkelhet.” DN
Burkpojken
Hemliga möten
- ”Alfons Karabudas nyskrivna renässansmusik målar upp breda fresker av livet i ett svunnet Florens.” DN
Herren Gud och hans avbilder
Den röda mössan
Skämmerskans dotter