Hans-Ola Ericsson studied music in Stockholm and Freiburg and later in the USA and in Venice. He is active as concert organist, as composer and as pedagogue. In 1988 Hans-Ola Ericsson was appointed professor at the School of Music in Piteå/Luleå University of Technology and is since 2011 also Professor and University organist at Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Hans-Ola Ericsson has given concerts throughout Europe as well as in Japan, Korea, Canada and the USA. He has made numerous recordings including a highly acclaimed complete recording of Messiaen´s organ music. Hans-Ola Ericsson has been engaged in extensive work together with, among others, John Cage, György Ligeti, Bengt Hambraeus and Olivier Messiaen on the interpretation of their works for organ. In 1996 Hans-Ola Ericsson was appointed permanent guest professor at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany. In the spring of 2000, he was named a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. In the last years, several works by Ericsson have been premiered: a church opera, several pieces for organ and electronics, a chamber orchestra piece, and works for choir.
