Emil Ingmar
Music from the Swedish forests, cities and countryside.

Music about longing for home, but also about leaving it behind.

Swedish pianist and composer Emil Ingmar has stayed with producing intuitive, heartfelt, dynamic instrumental music since critically acclaimed debut album Karlavagnen.

It is generally said that music evokes memories, but I like to work the other way around.

For me, the full spectrum of emotions are intertwined with the places I’ve dreamt about, spent a lot of time in or simply bicycled through a million times. I suppose I’m quite nostalgic in that way.

Born in Karlstad, Sweden, the interest for music showed from early days.

I remember lying next to the old floor standing speakers, listening to Swedish 90's pop. I was fascinated to see and feel the vibrations from the bass coming out from the speaker. This physical connection with music perhaps is why I gravitated toward the piano early on. I have always loved the vibrant feel especially from the lower parts of the piano.

After piano studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, life took another turn.

I never felt rooted in the big city, so I moved to Uppsala and started studying psychology at the university. At the same time I started freelancing as a musician. In a way I lived two parallell lives, it was a bit chaotic. I wrote my master's thesis in music psychology, and this was the first time the different paths converged.

The same year I sat in at a musical show where drummer Calle Rasmusson and bassist Fredrik Jonsson also worked. I took a chance and asked if they wanted to record some songs I had worked on for several years. Luckily, they said yes. This was in 2019 and the start of a very joyful and learnful collaboration. Calle Rasmusson and I have since worked on almost all of my releases. It has been such a great pleasure, and I feel very grateful for having such great people to work with.