Pianist Martin Malmgren has made himself known as a versatile performer, equally at home on stage as a soloist, and chamber musician and lied pianist. With an unusually wide repertoire ranging from early baroque up until the music of our times, he takes delight in surprising his audiences by performing unjustly neglected works and composers, in addition to the standard repertoire. Always aiming at finding meaningful connections between different composers, his concert programs typically show a thoughtful approach which builds bridges between different musical styles and periods. He is a founding member of the Agora Music Collective.

As a sought-after soloist, he has appeared with such orchestras as Sinfonia Lahti, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Belgrade Symphony, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Torun Philharmonic Orchestra, Oulu Sinfonia, Jyväskylä Sinfonia and others, in collaboration with conductors such as Petri Sakari, Ari Rasilainen, Dalia Stasevska, Sasha Mäkilä, Eva Ollikainen, Ville Matvejeff and Erkki Lasonpalo. The interest in lesser-heard works has led to multiple performances of unjustly neglected works with orchestra such as Prokofiev’s 5th piano concerto, Hindemith’s Kammermusik (‘Klavierkonzert’) op 36 nr 1, Schumann’s Konzertstück op 92, Rachmaninoff’s 1st piano concerto, as well as the Finnish premiere of the late Elliott Carter’s “Dialogues 2”.

In recent years, Martin has taken particular interest in the music of the forgotten Finnish-born composer Moses Pergament, which has resulted in numerous concerts focused on his music as well as CD recordings. Released by Toccata Classics in October 2024, the CD “Moses Pergament, Volume One: A Musical Miscellany” is filled entirely with works that had been unrecorded to date - Pergament’s piano concerto (1951-52), all known works for piano including previously-unpublished music, chamber music and “Fantasia differente” for cello and string nonet. Upcoming releases in this series include one CD of vocal works with soprano Tuuli Lindeberg and the complete works for violin and piano together with Sebastian Silén.

In addition to his soloist career, Martin takes great interest in lied and chamber music, and enjoys close collaborations with many well-known singers and instrumentalists. Martin has often collaborated with contemporary music ensembles, and has premiered and commissioned much music over the years.

Martin holds a Bachelor of Music from Edsberg Manor/Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, where he studied piano with Mats Widlund and chamber music with Mats Zetterqvist. He continued his studies at the Sibelius Academy, with Ilmo Ranta as his main piano teacher. Other important influences have included Konstantin Bogino, Henri Barda, Jerome Lowenthal and Liisa Pohjola.