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Hans Davidsson
12+ albums
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Hans Davidsson (born 1958) is a Swedish organist and teacher. 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 and serves as Project Director of the Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative. Life Davidsson studied organ at University of Gothenburg with Hans Fagius and Rune Wåhlberg. He later spent three years at the Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam, studying with Jacques van Oortmerssen. He 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 H. M. The King's Medal for "significant accomplishments in musicology and music, primarily in the fields of organ research and organ education". In 2009 the University of the Arts Bremen has granted professorships to Hans Davidsson. Selected 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,
top songs
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Salve decus suecorum Rex Gustave Adolphe
132Te lucis ante terminum: No. 1. Versus [im Basso]
103Newe liebliche Paduanen und Galliarden: Galliard
94Aller Freyen Trommetern zu Ehren
95Narvabaletten (The Narva Ballet): Marche pour les Suedois (The Swedes' War March at Narva), "Narvamarschen"
96Toccata in E minor
87Newe liebliche Paduanen und Galliarden: Paduan
88Vincenzo Albrici fader var: Fader War
89Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt
710Organ Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 65 No. 1, MWV W 56: III. Andante recitativo
7albums
The Complete Organ Works of Matthias Weckman
Gustavus Rex & Christina Regina – Musiken kring Gustav II Adolf och drottning Kristina / - Music for Gustavus Adolphus and Queen Christina (1611-54)
Musik på Tre Kronor – Musik ur Dübensamlingen / Music at the Royal Palace, Three Crowns – Music from the Düben collection
Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works, Vol. 3
Gelobet seist Du
The Morlanda Organ
Böhm: The Complete Organ Works
Musik på Tre Kronor - Music at the Royal Palace
Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works, Vol. 2
Mendelssohn: 6 Organ Sonatas, Op. 65
Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works, Vol. 1
French Symphonic Masterpieces