Hans-Ola Ericsson

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

Life

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

In 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 solos (TTBarBKontraB) and 12-part choir, 1975
• Organ Symphony i tre satser op.13, 1975/76
• Tiden, vision, ensam op 16, for solo soprano and piano
• Gesänge der Toten 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 for the drama New Lübeck Dance of Death , 2009

Web links

• Works by and about Hans-Ola Ericsson in the catalog of the German National Library