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. The duo RUNNERSHIGH with composer and producer Øyvind Røsrud, released their debut album Runnershigh in 2022, and composed 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). SKELETON WOMAN was nominated for Heddaprisen 2022, in two categories, best sound design and best costumes.
Langgård also collaborates frequently with choreographer and dancer Magnus Myhr, such as the pop music & contemporary dance piece BANGER by Myhr/Langgård, premiering at Black Box Theater January 2024.
She is composer and performer in the relational and social performative work GRISGRENDTE STRØK with director Lisa Lie, a work in several chapters and for different locatons, starting out at Haugar Kunstmuseum 2025, continuing the coming years.
Langgård has composed music for several theatre pieces. Recent work include ANNA BRYTER at Det Andre Teateret (2025) with director Mats Eldøen; PEER GYNT at Teateret Vårt (2025) and EG ER VINDEN at Rogaland teater (2024) with director Victoria Meirik; BEN at Östgöta Teater (2024) and SVINGENDE SKYGGER at Trøndelag Teater (2023) with director Lisa Lie; ANIMAL FARM at Rogaland teater (2024) and ROSMERSHOLM at Kilden teater (2022) with director Mari Kjeldstadli.
Other recent projects are the contemporary dance and vocal music piece EAVESDROPPER with choreographer Tormod Tora Skår Midtboe, which premiered at Ultimafestivalen (2024), and the duo exhibition ÅRRINGER at Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst (2024), in collaboration with visual artist Ingri Haraldsen, a work that included vocal music inspired by 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. Langgård composed the music for the documentary film JEG VIL PRINSESSE KRISTIN SPEIDER VÆRE, directed by Hannah Nordaker, which was nominated for best student film at Dokfilm 2025, and received honorable mention at Nordic Docs 2025 and Amandus Blikkfang 2025. She also wrote the music for the dcumentary film HVOR ER DU BESTEFAR?, directed by Angelica Ahlsén, which was 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.