Hans Davidsson

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Hans Davidsson is a Swedish organist and teacher well known all over the world. He was one of the driving forces behind establishing the organ research center GOArt in Göteborg, Sweden. He currently lives in Rochester NY where he teaches organ at the Eastman School of Music.

[edit] Life

Davidsson began teaching organ at Göteborg 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 of Matthias 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 the King's medal [1] for "significant accomplishments in musicology and music, primarily in the fields of organ research and organ education".

[edit] Selected Recordings

Eastman Italian Baroque Organ (2006), with David Higgs and William Porter.
French Symphonic Masterpieces (2002)
The Complete Organ Works of Matthias Weckman

Davidsson is in the process of recording the complete organ works of Dieterich Buxtehude. All of these recordings, including the upcoming Buxtehude release are on the Loft Recordings label ()