ABOUT
INGVILD LANGGÅRD is composer, singer, artist and performer, making music for stage, ensemble, film, and in several musical projects, educated at the National Academy of the Arts, Oslo.
Langgård´s music for stage has been shown at Nationaltheatret, Det Norske Teatret, Chicago Contemporary Art Museum, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati among others. Her artistic works and live performances are shown in museums, galleries and venues such as The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Kunstnerforbundet, Lydgalleriet, the ØYA Festival, Moldejazz, Oslo Jazzfestival, the Munch Museum and Henie Onstad Art Centre.
Langgård has released two albums under the name PHAEDRA on the Norwegian avant garde label Rune Grammofon. She is also making music in the duo RUNNERSHIGH with composer and producer Øyvind Røsrud, releasing the debut album Runnershigh in 2022, as well as composing the music for the feature film FULL DEKNING with director Arild Andresen (Storm Films 2022).
In collaboration with scenographer Signe Becker, she has produced and composed two concert performances; NEW SKIN, premiering at the Ultima Festival for Contemporary Music (2017), and SKELETON WOMAN, premiering at Oslo International Theater Festival at Black Box Teater (2020) and currently touring. SKELETON WOMAN was nominated for Heddaprisen 2022, in two categories, best sound design and best costumes.
In collaboration with choreographer Magnus Myhr she initiated, composed and performed in the pop music & contemporary dance piece BANGER by Myhr/Langgård, premiering at Black Box Theater January 2024.
Recent projects include composing music and performing live with the theatre piece UTISETA at Det Norske Teatret (2022-2023), SVINGENDE SKYGGER at Trøndelag Teater (2023), BEN at Östgöta Teater (2024) and GRISGRENDTE STRØK at Haugar Kunstmuseum with director Lisa Lie. Composing music for the Jon Fosse piece EG ER VINDEN at Rogaland Teater (2024) and PEER GYNT at Teateret Vårt (2025) with director Victoria Meirik, and composing music for the contemporary dance and vocal music piece EAVESDROPPER with choreographer Tormod Tora Skår Midtboe, which premiered at Ultimafestivalen / Black Box Teater (2024).
In collaboration with artist Ingri Haraldsen she did the duo exhibition ÅRRINGER at Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, opening February 2024, a work that included 13 newly composed vocal tracks based on the Norwegian folk song tradition.
In 2025 Langgård finished a one year study in film music composition at the Faculty of Film, TV and Games at the University of Inland, Norway, where she wrote orchestral music for Kringkastingsorkesteret and Kilden Symfoniorkester. She also wrote music for two student documentary films, “Jeg vil prinsesse Kristin speider være”, directed by Hannah Nordaker, nominated for best student film at Dokfilm 2025 and Amandus Blikkfang 2025 and selected for Nordic Docs 2025, and “Hvor er du bestefar?”, directed by Angelica Ahlsén, selected for Nordic Docs 2025.
Langgård has been awarded several grants for her work, such as the Norwegian State´s Working Grant and Ingri Lindback Langaards Fund.