Career
He has worked with symphony orchestras in Sweden, as well as in Norway, Denmark, England, Canada, Lithuania and Turkey. Ek has in recent years been musical director of the ceremony. In recent years he has also devoted his time to film music
He has orchestrated and recorded music for films such as Let the Right One In directed by Tomas Alfredson, Troubled Water (Erik Poppe), A Manitoba Comes Home (Thomas Vinterberg), Effi Briest (Hermine Huntgeburth), At Point Blank (Peter Lindmark), and Tannöd (Bettina Oberli).
Since 2013 he is on tour with Dan Berglund and Magnus Öström of the Editing Esbjörn Svensson Trio, performing their songs with orchestral arrangements.