Education
Ljungkvist was raised in Lidköping, and studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm (1989-1993).
composer saxophonist jazz musician
Ljungkvist was raised in Lidköping, and studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm (1989-1993).
As jazz student he played with jazz bands in Stockholm, like Fredrik Noren Band, Lina Nyberg Group and Per "Texas" Johansson band. In 1993 he formed his own Quartet with whom he released two albums. In 2000 he composed a 30 minutes long piece for the Pipeline project, a collaboration between 16 Swedish and American musicians on initiative by the Svenska Rikskonserter.
The piece was performed in Chicago and Sweden.
2004: "Jazz kannan" as the musician of the year from the Swedish Jazz Society (Jazz i Sverige).
(1. Badaling 2. Folkhemmet 3. Oslo 4. Kun Lun 5. Ray Battl...)