Per Ekedahl has a background as music teacher, professional choir singer and choir conductor. He studied Musicology at Uppsala University and has a MA in music pedagogy from Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He has worked with different musical and cultural projects for young people, and been a programmer and manager of numerous concert productions for many years, adding up to more than 25 years experience of managing and programming concerts for young audiences. He has been involved in Jeunesses Musicales Sweden activities as from 2000. Since 2002 Per Ekedahl has been a member of the board of Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI), and since 2008 until 2014 the JMI president. Since 2014 appointed Honorary President of JMI. Per is since 2011 living and working in Brazil, based in Florianópolis, Sanda Catarina.