Pianist Bengt Forsberg is among the most highly regarded Swedish musicians today. Originally educated as an organist, he later changed to the piano and has been known as both soloist and recitalist with a with a repertoire that is exceptionally wide and includes lesserknown and unjustly neglected composers. Among the composers he has recorded and played are Charles Alkan, Kaikhosru Sorabji, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Koechlin, Léon Boëllmann, Nikolai Medtner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

Much of his renown is focused on his work in the field of chamber music, where his regular partners include Andreas Brantelid, Nils-Erik Sparf and Ellen Nisbeth. His longstanding collaboration with the mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter has been particularly successful, which the many highly acclaimed recordings bears witness of.