Swedish Composer Maria Lithell Flyg Dies at 61 After Period of Illness

Maria Lithell Flyg has written several chamber music works, choral pieces and music dramas, often inspired by nature and the climate crisis.

She has also composed works for the Royal Swedish Opera and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2023, she set Harry Martinson's poem "June Night" to music in a commissioned work for the Radio Choir's anniversary.

As recently as the end of September, her newly written opera "They Sow Wind and Shall Reap Storm" premiered at Piteå Chamber Opera.

Maria Lithell Flyg is 61.