HansDavidsson

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.

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. From 2013 Hans will work for the DKDM in Copenhagen.