IN ROME, ITALY AND SUBSEQUENTLY MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES AT AN EARLY AGE. HE INHERITED HIS PRODIGIOUS MUSICAL TALENT FROM HIS MOTHER, A SWEDISH OPERA SINGER, & HIS FATHER, AN ITALIAN-VENEZUELAN MUSIC CONDUCTOR, MUSIC PROFESSOR AND FOREIGN FILM COMPOSER. THUS IMMERSED IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, INGVAR DEVELOPED A LOVE FOR MUSIC OF MANY STYLES AND PEOPLE INCLUDING GIUSEPPE DE STEFANO, MARIO LANZA, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI, PLACIDO DOMINGO, JOSE CARRERAS, ANDREA BOCELLI, JERRY VALE, ELVIS PRESLEY, FRANK SINATRA, TONY BENNETT, TOM JONES, ENGELBERT HUMPERDINK, JULIO IGLESIAS, ELTON JOHN, BILLY JOEL, ROD STEWART, BARBARA STREISAND, CELINE DION, JULIE ANDREWS AND BERNADETTE PETERS. 
TENOR INGVAR ESTRADA HAS BUILT A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN BOTH THE CLASSICAL AND POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT FIELDS. HE HAS PERFORMED FOR: THE MAYOR OF LAS VEGAS, OSCAR GOODMAN, SIEGFRIED & ROY THE LAS VEGAS GOVERNOR, THE LAS VEGAS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF ROMANIA, DONALD TRUMP'S "MAR-A-LAGO, THE FLORIDA PHILHARMONIC, LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC, BOCA RATON POPS SYMPHONY- -OPENED UP FOR NEIL SEDAKA, BARBARA MCNAIR, COPELAND DAVIS, ETC.. 
HE IS GREATLY IN DEMAND BY CORPORATE EVENTS HOSTED BY SUCH PRESTIGIOUS NAMES AS JUDITH LIEBER, BP CORPORATION, SPORTS AUTHORITY CORPORATION, SUN LIFE CORPORATION AND THE MCDONALD'S CORPORATION USA, ETC.. INGVAR IS ALSO CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE AND GIFTED PERFORMERS ABLE TO SING IN A VARIETY OF LANGUAGES, INCLUDING ITALIAN, SPANISH, GERMAN & FRENCH. HE ALSO REGULARLY PERFORMS IN AN EXTRAORDINARY RANGE OF STYLES WHICH INCLUDES CLASSICAL, NEAPOLITAN, JAZZ, BIG BAND, BLUES, POP/ROCK, INSPIRATIONAL, PATRIOTIC, CLASSIC STANDARDS, BALLADS, FESTIVE & BROADWAY WITH A FLAIR, FINESSE & FINELY CRAFTED ARTISTRY THAT PUTS THIS VIRTUOSO VOCALIST FIRMLY IN HIS OWN CLASS. HIS SMOOTH, RICH TENOR VOICE ENRAPTURES AS IT EFFORTLESSLY SAILS TO SPECTACULAR HEIGHTS. INTRODUCING THE "WORLD CLASS TENOR VOICE" OF INGVAR ESTRADA. SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. "WORLD CLASS TENOR VOICE" QUOTE BY: MASTER VOICE PROFESSOR, JANE RANDOLPH 
A PRINT & LIFESTYLE MODEL PRIOR TO REALIZING AND FINDING HIS PASSION AND DREAM OF BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL SINGER. INGVAR WAS CAST IN NUMEROUS ADS FOR CLIENTS SUCH AS TIFFANY & COMPANY, SAKS 5TH AVENUE, BLOOMINGDALE'S, BONWITT TELLER, PALM BEACH LIFE, PALM BEACH ILLUSTRATED, GLOBE MAGAZINE, WEEKLY WORLD NEWS, FLORIDA STAGE & SCREEN NEWS, BOCA RATON MAGAZINE, ETC.. 
IN ADDITION, INGVAR HAS ALSO SUPPORTED & GENEROUSLY PERFORMED FOR NUMEROUS FUND RAISERS & BENEFITS TO HELP UNFORTUNATE CHILDREN, PEOPLE & ANIMALS IN NEED SUCH AS- THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE, LAMPLIGHTERS, PALM BEACH BOY'S & GIRL'S CLUB, ORPHANS OF ROMANIA, U.S. VETERANS, MARINE CORPS-LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION, SAM SCHMIDT PARALYSIS FOUNDATION, ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, SAVE A PET INC. HEAVEN CAN WAIT ANIMAL SOCIETY, ETC.
- INGVAR IS ALSO A PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED & EXPERIENCED THEATRE, FILM & TELEVISION ACTOR.
A PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED STAGE & SCREEN ACTOR WITH MANY CREDITS AND EXPERIENCES IN FILM, TELEVISION, COMMERCIALS, THEATRE, INDUSTRIAL FILMS AND VOICE OVERS. HIS DIVERSE ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE NUMEROUS COMMERCIALS SUCH AS- AUDI, ADIDAS, APPLE COMPUTER & MOTOROLA, ETC.INGVAR'S TELEVISION AND FILM CREDITS, RECURRING ROLES & APPEARANCES INCLUDE: MIAMI VICE, SCAM, BL STRYKER, OUTSIDE PROVIDENCE, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY, MARRIED TO THE MOB AND OUT OF SIGHT, ETC
AFTER RECEIVING A SCHOLARSHIP TO PALM BEACH COLLEGE AS A MUSIC AND THEATRE MAJOR- INGVAR STUDIED ACTING UNDER THE GREAT ARTISTRY AND MASTER PROFESSORS- WATSON B. DUNCAN III AND FRANK LEAHY. IF IT WASN'T FOR WATSON B. DUNCAN III - BURT REYNOLDS NEVER WOULD HAVE PURSUED A PROFESSIONAL ACTING CAREER AS MR. DUNCAN WAS THE FORCE THAT GREATLY INSPIRED MR. REYNOLDS TO BECOME HOLLYWOOD'S PREMIER AND TOP GROSSING STAR AND LEGEND! THE IRONIC STORY IS THAT MR. REYNOLDS AND INGVAR FOR YEARS CROSSED PATHS AT PALM BEACH COLLEGE AND CONSULTED MR. DUNCAN CONSISTENTLY REGARDING ACTING ROLES- MR. REYNOLD'S FOR HIS MOVIES- INGVAR- FOR CASTINGS, THEATRE, COMMERCIALS, FILM, ETC. UNTIL MR. DUNCAN'S UNFORTUNATE PASSING. FILM ACTOR, MONTE MARKHAM AND JUDGE REINHOLD STUDIED WITH DUNCAN AND LEAHY AS WELL. IT WAS A MAJOR HONOR AND A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE FOR INGVAR TO HAVE STUDIED MUSICAL THEATRE/ACTING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SUCH AMAZING, GIFTED & LEGENDARY PROFESSORS! INGVAR'S BEGINNINGS STARTED IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND MIAMI, FL. WITH EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES ON THE THEATRE STAGE AND SCREEN. INGVAR ALSO STUDIED WITH MIAMI'S TOP FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCER, LORI WYMAN. FURTHER INTERESTS INCLUDE: HOLLYWOOD FILM, TELEVISION, FILM SOUNDTRACK, ROMANTIC COMEDIES, DRAMA, ACTION & ADVENTURE, MUSICALS, BROADWAY, ETC... 
AND EXPERIENCED MASTER OF CEREMONIES, CORPORATE SPOKESMAN AND ANTHEM SINGER. "TREMENDOUS FEEDBACK" MARINE CORPS-LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION ERIK A. TORYKIAN, VICE PRESIDENT
- INGVAR IS A SKILLED EXHIBITION, BALLROOM DANCER.
EXHIBITION BALLROOM DANCER AFTER STUDYING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE FORMER UNITED STATES BALLROOM CHAMPION/ROB MCGREGOR. ADDITIONALLY, INGVAR HAS HAD NUMEROUS PRINCIPLE ROLES BALLROOM DANCING AND CHOREOGRAPHING IN NATIONAL COMMERCIALS AND PRINT ADS FOR SUCH CLIENTS AS SEARS, APPLE COMPUTER AND FILM- "A TRACE OF RED" ETC..
- this site is dedicated to ingvar's living Mother and Incredible Father whom recently passed away on Saturday, July 17, 2010.
ROME HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO SOME OF THE GREATEST TALENTS THE WORLD HAS SEEN. THIS CITY HAS PRODUCED GREAT WRITERS, ARTISTS, PERFORMERS & SINGERS AND IT WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF A MAN WHOSE VOICE WILL ONE DAY BE ADDED TO THE LEGIONS OF GREAT ARTISTS THAT HAVE CALLED THE ETERNAL CITY THEIR BIRTHPLACE! HOWEVER, INGVAR'S RICHEST ASSETS COME FROM HIS PARENTS. HIS ITALIAN-VENEZUELAN FATHER, "MAESTRO ESTRADA" CONDUCTOR, FOREIGN/FILM COMPOSER AND PROFESSOR, EARNED HIS MASTERS IN MUSIC AT THE MANHATTEN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AND EARNED HIS DOCTORATE AT THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN CONDUCTING AND ALSO STUDIED CONDUCTING AT THE ST. CECIGLIA CONSERVATORY IN ROME. INGVAR'S FATHER WAS NOMINATED AT THE FLORIDA, MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL FOR BEST FOREIGN FILM SCORE AWARD FOR HIS MUSIC FOR THE MOVIE "THE SEVENTH PARALLEL." INGVAR'S SWEDISH-AMERICAN MOTHER, IS A GIFTED COLORATURA SOPRANO WHO RETIRED TO RAISE HER FAMILY AND GRADUATED WITH A MASTERS FROM THE MANHATTAN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. IT IS NO WONDER THAT INGVAR'S VOICE IS ONE THAT ONLY OCCURS ONCE IN EVERY DECADE OR TWO!
