Hans-Ola Ericsson

Hans -Ola Ericsson ( born July 19, 1958 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish organist and composer.

Life

Ericsson studied in Stockholm, Freiburg, in the USA and Venice with Klaus Huber, Edith Picht - Axenfeld, Zsigmond Szathmáry, Brian Ferneyhough, Luigi Nono, and with Olivier Messiaen. He was appointed professor at the Academy of Music in Piteå and Luleå University of Technology in the 1989. In the summer of 1990 he was a lecturer at the Darmstadt summer courses and received the prestigious Kranichsteiner Music Prize. As a visiting professor, he also teaches at the University of the Arts Bremen. He was known primarily as an interpreter for the organ music of Olivier Messiaen, whose complete works he recorded on CD early 90s, and by his commitment to contemporary organ music. In 2011 he was appointed professor at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montreal.

2000 Hans -Ola Ericsson became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in Stockholm. Since 2001 he has been Principal Guest Organist and Artistic Adviser for the Lahti Organ Festival in Finland.

Works

  • Magnificat, Op 6, 1974
  • Via dolorosa, Op 12, for Organ ( 2 players ), 1974
  • Dies Irae for soloists ( TTBarBKontraB ) and 12stimmigen Choir, 1975
  • Organ Symphony i tre satser op 13, 1975/76
  • Tides, vision, ensam op 16, for solo soprano and piano
  • Songs of the Dead, Op 18, for organ, 1977
  • No Man's Land op.23 for organ and tape, 1977/78
  • " ... And all that remains is silence ... " for choir, 1984
  • Melody to the Memory of a Lost Friend, for organ and tape, 1985
  • The Four Beasts ' Amen, for organ and electronics 1999/2000
  • Canzon del Principe, for organ and Electronics, 2002
  • Incidental music to the drama New Lübeck Totentanz, 2009
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