A pianist of widespread international acclaim, Per Rundberg has emerged as one of Scandinavia‘s foremost pianists and is regularly playing in all European countries, the USA and Asia. He performed in the Philharmonie, Berlin, Konzerthaus and Musikverein, Vienna, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Carnegie Hall, New York, Tonhalle, Zurich, Elbphilharmonie and Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Festspielhaus Salzburg, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Konserthuset and Berwaldhallen, Stockholm and Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. As a soloist he performed with various orchestras like the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Opera Orchestra, Stockholm, Camerata Salzburg, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, RTV Symphony Orchestra, Slovenia, Münchner Kammerorchester, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Moravská Filharmonie, Czech Republic, Ostrobothnian Camber Orchestra, Finland with conductors such as Teodor Currentzis, Gary Berkson, Sir Roger Norrington, Rossen Milanov, Jorma Panula, Johannes Kalitzke, Niklas Willén, Glenn Mossop and Jin Wang.
Per Rundberg was together with Martin Grubinger chosen by the Konzerthaus Vienna for a Rising Stars-Tour in 2008 where they played in some of the most prestigious halls in the world. He was regularly invited to well-known festivals like the Salzburg Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn, Heidelberger Frühling, Pfingstfestspiele Baden-Baden, Festival du Pasqua, Rome and Festival Isla Cristina, Spain. Among his chamber music partners are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Martin Grubinger, Irena Grafenauer, Thomas Hampson, Mate Bekavac, Joanna Kamenarska, Clemens Hagen, Alfons Kontarsky, Boris Kucharsky, Alina Pogostkina, Julian Rachlin, Valentin Radutiu, Siân Philipps, Benjamin Schmid, Jörg Widmann and many others.
He has performed the entire piano works by Mozart in Salzburg and Vienna. Per Rundberg has recorded numerous CD-s and DVD-s for various labels like Accent Music, Deutsche Grammophon, Harmonia Mundi, Hänssler Classics, KcClassics, Oehms Classics and Thorofon. He has recorded 20 Opera Phantasies by Thalberg and has worked with his „L‘art du chante appliqué au piano“ for many years.
He is also regularly performing music for piano duo with his sister Anna Buchenhorst. Numerous first performances and a close collaboration with some of the most well known composers of today like Klaus Ager, George Crumb, Franco Donatoni, Giya Kancheli, György Kurtág, Beat Furrer and Arvo Pärt.
Born in Skellefteå, Sweden, he studied there and in Stockholm with Björn Ejdemo, Staffan Scheja and Gunnar Hallhagen until he won place at „The Yehudi Menuhin School“ at the age of 15 where he studied with Seta Tanyel and also had lessons with Louis Kentner and Vlado Perlemuter. Later he continued his studies at the „Mozarteum“ in Salzburg with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling resulting in a Diploma with honours, at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, in Paris and Budapest as well as with Murray Perahia.