Ida Moberg

Ida Georgina Moberg (13 February 1859 – 2 August 1947) was a Finnish composer and conductor who particularly focused on choirs and orchestras. She was also heavily influenced by anthroposophy and theosophy, and was active in those circles in Finland.

Early life and education Ida Georgina Moberg was born on 13 February 1859 in Helsinki. Her father was an instrument maker. She attended the Svenska fruntimmersskolan i Helsingfors, an alternative Swedish-language girls' school from 1870 to 1877. Composer and teacher Anna Blomqvist worked at the school, and became a lifelong mentor of Moberg. She also studied with pianist Alie Lindberg and singer Marie Collan. Moberg then studied composition from 1901 to 1905 under Felix Draeseke at Dresden Conservatory, before finishing her musical education at the Dalcroze Institute in Berlin, which she attended from 1911 to 1912. !! Instrumentation

Sunrise, suite for orchestra 1909 Orchestra