Jacob Mühlrad

Jacob Benjamin Mühlrad (born 9 April 1991) is a Swedish composer who has worked with prominent choirs and orchestras across the world. He has also collaborated with pop music acts and produced film music. Mühlrad's modern classical works have been performed at the Carnegie Hall in New York City, Victoria Hall in Singapore, the Orpheum in Vancouver, the Norwegian Opera, and the National Portrait Gallery in London. His piece Anim Zemirot (composed in 2013 and released by Deutsche Grammophon in 2021) is today a staple in the repertoire of European choirs. In 2015, Mühlrad as a 24-year-old became the youngest composer to have a piece performed at the Royal Swedish Opera. He has since been labeled a "rising star" by The Economist and garnered a top rating by BBC Music Magazine for his debut album Time. Mühlrad has partnered with musicians such as Pablo Heras-Casado, Olga Neuwirth, Martin Fröst, and Peter Dijkstra, and ensembles including the Royal Stockholm Philharmonics, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln and Vancouver Chamber Choir, on the classical side. As a pop composer, he has done various collaborations with the Swedish House Mafia, including the One Symphony, a symphonic version of the electronic music super group's hit song. Mühlrad is from a Jewish family and three of his grandparents were survivors of the Holocaust. He is inspired by Jewish cultural elements in his musical work, as well as by various other cultures across all parts of the world. In his native Sweden, Mühlrad has emerged as a fashion icon, earning the title 'Sweden's best-dressed man' by Elle in 2019.