Irma Neumüller was born in 2001 in Stockholm and began her musical journey in the classical world when she started playing the cello at the age of four.
After twelve years as a cellist and ten years at the respected music school Lilla Akademien, she opened her eyes to jazz and its singing tradition. Irma studied jazz vocals at Södra Latin’s high school in Stockholm and two years at the nationally renowned Skurup pre-college before moving to Berlin where she currently studies at the Jazz Institute Berlin.

In recent years, Irma Neumüller has been successful on stages all over both Sweden and Germany. She was appointed "Young Swedish Soloist 2023" by the Swedish performing arts organization "Scenkonst Sörmland”, has received several scholarships, including the Karl Hofer Jazz Scholarship 2024 (12,000 euros), and is regularly praised by jazz critics. Her debut album "Introducing Irma Neumüller” was released on February 23, 2024 under the well-known and renowned Swedish label Naxos/Prophone. In the same year, Irma also received the Sandviken Big Band scholarship, and was invited to perform at the Radioeins Parkfest in Berlin. Since 2025 is she a scholarship holder of YEHUDI MENUHIN Live Music Now-Berlin e.V., and was accepted into the into the in Germany highly respected Bundesjazzorchester (BuJazzO). She was also awarded first place at the ”Gesobau Jazz & Soul Award 2025”

Prizes & Scholarships:

Gesobau Jazz&Soul Award 2025 (1st place)

YEHUDI MENUHIN Live Music Now-Berlin e.V. 2025

Sandviken Big Band's scholarship 2024

Karl Hofer Jazz Stipendium 2024

Young Swedish soloist 2023, Scenkonst Sörmland

Education:

2022 -  | Jazz-Institut Berlin, bachelor in jazz voice (DE)

2020 - 2022 | Skurup's pre-college, jazz voice (SE)

2017 - 2020 | Södra Latin High School, pop/jazz voice (SE)

2007 - 2017 | Lilla Akademien, classical cello (SE)