MARIA PALMQVIST
singer - composer
"Music is my haven. The one place where I can fully exist.
I never found a place where I could feel wholeheartedly comfortable, where I could truly belong. Until one day I realized that my perception of my artistic work is that of a universe. It is almost a place of its own. Although abstract and intangible in the sense that it neither can be touched nor seen by others, to me, it holds the most real, natural and palpable existence. It is a universal version of me as a person that encompasses my thoughts, feelings, colours, shapes, words and all senses intertwined. Singing is the voice of my heart and listening to that voice has kept me alive. Singing is my channel of expression."
Maria Palmqvist is a singer based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
In her music lays the core of her being and the whole of her heart. In all her artistic work flows a river of sincerity, vulnerability and inner power that creates a world of its own. The music draws inspiration from improvisatory allusions of jazz, pure harmonies of classical music and structural elements of pop music.
Her wish is for her music to offer a safe place for the listener to swing back and forth between different emotions, thoughts and sensations. The melancholic yet hopeful music covers themes of anxiety, self-doubt, the wish to be loved, and questions of existence. Corner stones of what constitutes a life.
Maria has devoted many years to music studies and holds a Bachelor degree and a Masters degree in improvisation from the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg. She easily moves between genres and expressions.
Photo: Viktor Reuter
Collaborations & soloist assignments
Maria has collaborated with
Bohuslän Big Band in their
Up & Coming project, where she arranged and sang her compositions
Waves of Gold and River.
She has also performed her own compositions and arrangements with Gothenburg Wind Orchestra.
The composition En Dag, was a duet specially written for Swedish grammy-winner Lena Willemark, which they performed together in october 2020.
Photo from video by: Donovan von Martens, Magnus Bergström
Soloist in Midsummer-concert on Swedish television, SVT, in 2019.
Performed together with
Stefan Wingefors on piano and double-bass and Mattias Bylund on piano.
Photo: Johan Carlén
Maria is also available for private engagements and
frequently sings at weddings and funerals.
For information about private
performances, please write
me an e-mail at:
karinmariapalmqvist@gmail.com
I will get back to you as soon as possible!
