Magnús Ragnarsson is chorus master at the Icelandic opera, conductor for the Philharmonic choir of Iceland and the organist at Langholtskirkja in Reykjavík where he conducts Kór Langholtskirkju. He also teaches choral conducting at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and the National School of Church Music. He has conducted children's as well as chamber operas and ballets, worked with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Icelandic Opera and the Lutosławski Philharmonic Orchestra in Wrocław, Poland. In 2014, he was nominated for the Icelandic music awards for his performance of Ein Deutsches Requiem by Brahms with the Philharmonic choir, and most recently for a recording of Icelandic folk songs. With his choirs, he has won awards in Florilège Vocal de Tours, the Béla Barok International Choir Competition and Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.