- Hans Davidsson
Hans Davidsson (1958- ) is a Swedish
organist and teacher well known all over the world. He was one of the driving forces behind establishing the organ research centerGOArt in Göteborg, Sweden. He currently lives in Rochester NY where he teaches organ at theEastman School of Music and serves as Project Director of theEastman Rochester Organ Initiative .Life
Davidsson studied organ at Göteborg University with
Hans Fagius and Rune Wåhlberg. He later spent three years at theSweelinck Conservatory , Amsterdam, studying withJacques van Oortmerssen . He began teaching organ atGöteborg University in 1986 and was appointed professor in 1988. In 1991 he became the first doctor of music performance in Sweden, successfully defending his dissertation on the organ music ofMatthias Weckmann . From 1995 until 2000 he was the director of the Göteborg Organ Art Center,GOArt , leading research in organ building and performance practice. In 2001 he was appointed professor of organ at the Eastman School of Music.In January 2004 he was awarded
H. M. The King's Medal for "significant accomplishments in musicology and music, primarily in the fields of organ research and organ education" [sv icon [http://www.royalcourt.se/5.19ae493103f9816b7080002202.html Medals awarded 28 January 2004] , Swedish Royal Court] .elected Recordings
* "Eastman Italian Baroque Organ" (2006), with
David Higgs and William Porter.
* "French Symphonic Masterpieces" (2002)
* "The Complete Organ Works of Matthias Weckman", recorded twice, in 1991 on the organ in the Ludgerikirche, Norden and in 2004 on theNorth German baroque organ in Örgryte Nya Kyrka ,Gothenburg , Sweden.He is in the process of recording the complete organ works of
Dieterich Buxtehude on the Loft Recordings label. The 2 first sets in the series have been released under the name "Dieterich Buxtehude and the Mean-Tone Organ" [ [http://www.gothic-catalog.com/product_p/lrcd-1090-91.htm Dieterich Buxtehude and the Mean-Tone Organ] , Loft Recordings] and "Dieterich Buxtehude: the Bach perspective". [ [http://www.gothic-catalog.com/Buxtehude_organ_works_Bach_Perspective_Davidsson_p/lrcd-1092-93.htm Dieterich Buxtehude: the Bach perspective] , Loft Recordings]References
External links
* [http://www.esm.rochester.edu/faculty/?id=59 Eastman faculty page]
* [http://www.gothic-catalog.com/category_s/457.htm Artist page at Gothic records]
* [http://www.goart.gu.se/ GOArt]
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