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Celia Swart (14 augustus 1994, Vlissingen, the Netherlands) is a dutch composer of the contemporary classical music and modern jazz saxophonist.

Early years
Celia Swart Started her musical path at the age of 6 by playing the recorder and continued two years later with the clarinet. Since the age of 9 she is playing the saxophone, and has since been surrounded by pop, jazz and classical music. Around the age of 14 she took piano lessons and found her love for composing. At the age of 16 she took lessons with dutch jazz saxophonist Tineke Postma in Amsterdam. In her high school years, Celia has played in pop/jazz bands, a bigband and a harmony orchestra.

Conservatories
In 2012 she has studied at the conservatory in Groningen for Composition, Music and Studio productions with Klaas ten Holt. A year later she did audition for the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where she is graduated in 2018 and now holds a bachelor degree in Composition. Among her teachers were Guus Janssen, Martijn Padding, Peter Adriaansz, Diderik Wagenaar and John Ruocco. During her studies in Den Haag she has written compositions for the Residentie Orchestra, Ricciotti Ensemble, Kluster5 Her music has a lot of narrative and film influences, and has been used for short movies and documentaries. She also makes her own animation films with her drawings and compositions.

Prices and nominations
Honorable mention for compositions at Prinses Christina Jazz Concours 2014. Nominated for Tera de Marez Oyens award 2018.

About her nominated composition: 'Boven Hoge Gebouwen ' (2017)
Since she lives in The Hague she is fascinated by the architecture of the city. She walks down the street and looks up, she sees the clouds above the buildings float. She can look at it for hours; the stationary rhythm of the buildings and the flowing movement of the clouds and trees give her a peaceful feeling. With this piece she wanted the feeling of serenity of the stationary buildings and the moving clouds express into music. The chords are monumental in rhythm, like the buildings, but still warm by the color of the chord. Loose melodies, such as the clouds float, sound along these chords. She wrote this piece especially for Kluster5 during my study composition the Royal Conservatory. Orchestration: violin, soprano and baritone saxophone, guitar, piano and percussion.

Solo's, duo's and trio's

 * Incubo (2013)
 * Growing up (2014)
 * For When You Were Still There (2014)
 * Time Paused (2018) Vibraphone

Ensembles

 * Lost in Tokyo (2018)
 * In my web (2018)

Orchestra's

 * Whallie (2016) for Ricciotti Ensemble (6')
 * Jungle Deforestation (2018) for Residentie Orkest (1')

Soundscapes

 * En Toen (2015) for trumpet, cello and electronics
 * Underwater (2018) for saxophones and electronics (written for Syrène Saxophone Quartet)

Film and Theatre

 * Promenade (2017) (13')
 * Music for Documentory 'Zoenoffer'