BIOGRAPHY
Born into a musical family, Valborg Aulin studied piano with her grandmother from a young age. She gained recognition during her youth from the director of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Albert Rubensen, and at age seventeen began composition studies under his direction.¹ In 1880, Aulin gave her piano debut in Söderköping, Sweden. Shortly afterward, Aulin went on tour with her brother, Tor, an accomplished violinist.²

After completing her work at the Academy, Aulin was awarded the Mendelssohn grant which made it possible to study in Paris, where her primary instructors were Jules Massenet, Ernest Guiraud and Benjamin Godard.³ Aulin became a highly sought-after pianist and piano instructor. Upon returning to Sweden in 1903, she became a prominent member of Nya Idun, a Swedish women’s society. 

Aulin’s compositions portray “harmonic refinement and a powerful temperament.”⁴ She wrote for voice, chamber groups, solo piano, and orchestra.