Jacob Mühlrad

Jacob Mühlrad, celebrated Swedish art music
composer, born 1991, has rapidly emerged as one of the most recognizable composers in Europe.

Mühlrad’s latest release Time received a 5-five-star BBC Music Magazine review. He is described as “one the world’s best, most imaginative, orchestral composers”.

Mühlrad has collaborated with soloists, such as Martin Fröst and Johannes Rostamo, as well as experimented together with pop collaborators, like the Swedish House Mafia and Silvana Imam.

Mühlrad has written extensively for chamber ensembles and orchestras. Through choral music, he has been able to achieve a unique expression
of the mystical aspect of Jewish tradition.

Anim Zemirot represented a breakthrough for Mühlrad and is now a standard in the repertoire of many outstanding European choirs. His piece, Angelus Novus, is being presented around the world by Martin Fröst.

Kaddish holds a deeply personal connection to the composer, it tells the story of his grandfather’s survival of The Holocaust. This selection of Mühlrad’s award-winning choir music, performed by the Swedish Radio Choir and conducted by Ragnar Bohlin and Fredrik Malmberg, was released on the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label.

In 2019, Jacob Mühlrad began a multi-year collaboration with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. This included the commission of two large orchestral works; REMS, the first one, was conducted by Pablo Heras Casado and presented during two sold-out premieres in September 2021.