‘World’s greatest choirmaster’ Eric Ericson has passed away
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The legendary choral conductor professor Eric Ericson has passed away at the age of 94.
The importance of Eric Ericson in modern choral life can almost not be measured. For choral directors from all over the world he symbolized the professional choral conductor and he made choral singing, especially a cappella singing, an art equal to other forms of art.
He formed his Kammarkören in 1945 (in 1988 renamed
Eric Ericson’s Chamber choir) and it became the model for an a cappella
chamber choir not only in Sweden, but also throughout the world. In 1951
he became the leader of the Swedish Radio Choir and the same year
responsible for the choral conducting at Musikhögskolan, The Royal
College of Music. “Eric” from then on was the great maestro for all
coming generations of Swedish choral conductors.
In the 70-ties his international influence became
greater, especially through the legendary recordings “Europäische
Chormusik”. He toured with his choirs – including the famous male choir
OD, “Orphei Drängar” – in all parts of the world. His activities also
included numerous courses and workshops. He was the guest conductor of
many international top choirs.
But Eric Ericson not only had an importance on the
elite level. He had a great interest in choral art as an amateur
activity and always emphasized the choral community as an “ecological”
system where the top level should inspire the amateur choirs and the
broad choral singing constituted the precondition for the activities of
the elite choirs.
Eric Ericson will be greatly missed by conductors and singers around the world.
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