Ulf Långbacka (born 1957) is a Finland-Swedish conductor and composer. Långbacka trained at the

Sibelius Academy The Sibelius Academy ( fi, Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia, sv, Sibelius-Akademin vid Konstuniversitetet) is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It als ...

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

. He received his diploma in choral conducting in 1987. He has been director of the chamber choir Cantabile and since 1991 has been lecturer in musicology at

Åbo Akademi University Åbo Akademi University ( sv, Åbo Akademi , ) is the only exclusively Swedish language multi-faculty university in Finland (or anywhere outside Sweden). It is located mainly in Turku (Åbo is the Swedish name of the city) but has also activiti ...

and conductor of the

Brahe Djäknar (), also referred to as simply , abbreviated BD, is a Finland-Swedish academic male voice choir in Turku, Finland. Overview The choir was founded in 1937 and was directed by John Rosas until 1955. Rosas was succeeded by Gottfrid Gräsbeck, ...

and Florakören choirs. Between 1993 and 1996, Ulf Långbacka was conductor with the Finnish Swedish Choir Federation. He has composed choral works and chamber music, including the cantata ''The Inner Light'', written for Åbo Akademi's 80th anniversary in 1998. He has won prizes in several competitions for his choral compositions, among them second prize in the Turku Conservatory Nordic composition contest in 2007.Presentation by Brahe Djäknar
/ref> Ulf Långbacka has also worked as a teacher of choral conducting at the Sibelius Academy. In 2011 his opera ''Henrik och Häxhammaren'' (Henrik and the Hammer of Witches) had its premiere at

Turku Castle Turku Castle ( fi, Turun linna, sv, Åbo slott) is a medieval building in the city of Turku in Finland. Together with Turku Cathedral, the castle is one of the oldest buildings still in use and the largest surviving medieval building in Finland. ...

as part of Turku's year as joint European Capital of Culture.Turku 2011: Henrik och Häxhammaren - en folkopera
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Langbacka, Ulf Finnish composers Finnish male composers 1957 births Living people Swedish-speaking Finns Academic staff of Åbo Akademi University