Jacob Mühlrad
Jacob Benjamin Mühlrad | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991 (age 32–33) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Education | Royal College of Music |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Website | Jacob Mühlrads website |
Jacob Benjamin Mühlrad (born April 9, 1991) is a Swedish composer. He has been named one of the most promising composers [1] in the world and has had his works played at Carnegie Hall in New York and National Portrait Gallery in London. Mühlrad is the youngest composer to have gotten a piece performed at The Royal Swedish Opera.[2]
Biography
Mühlrad started with music when he was 15 years old and found an old broken synth and started to improvise with it.[3] As a result of severe dyslexia he initially had big difficulties learning how to read and write sheet music. He has studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and has a master's degree from the Royal College of Music in London. [4]
In 2016 Mühlrad made his Carnegie Hall debut with his work ”Pan”, inspired by the god in greek mythology with the same name.[5] Mühlrad has produced work for Berwaldhallen, the Swedish Radio Choir, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
As the grandchild of a Holocaust surviver he was awarded a scholarship from Micael Bindefeld's Foundation in memory of the Holocaust ($33 000) on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2017. The scholarship was intended to fund the production for a choir piece with the Radio Choir and Eva Dahlgren based on his grandfathers experiences.[6]
Mühlrad is also a co-composer on rapper Silvana Imam's Swedish Grammy nominated album ”Naturkraft” (2016).[7]
In 2018, it was announced that Mühlrad was producing a piece that was joint-ordered by some of the world’s most prominent choirs: the Radio Choir in Cologne, Capella San Francisco, Tapiola Choir in Helsinki and the Swedish Radio Choir.[8]
References
- ^ http://www.c-qp.com/jacob-muhlrad
- ^ https://www.svt.se/kultur/musik/kungliga-operans-yngsta-kompositor
- ^ http://www.c-qp.com/jacob-muhlrad
- ^ https://www.gehrmans.se/en/composers/muhlrad-jacob
- ^ https://www.thejc.com/news/world/musical-prodigy-writes-elegy-to-late-survivor-grandfather-1.432330
- ^ https://www.svd.se/fran-silvana-imam-till-carnegie-hall
- ^ https://www.svd.se/fran-silvana-imam-till-carnegie-hall
- ^ https://www.di.se/nyheter/musikaliskt-underbarn-prisas-av-anders-wall/
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