Hans-Ola Ericsson is a Swedish organist, composer and visual artist, born in Stockholm in 1958. He studied church music in Stockholm and organ and composition in Freiburg, with private tuition from Luigi Nono and Olivier Messiaen. He is best known internationally for his complete recording of Messiaen's organ works, made in close collaboration with the composer, and has held professorships in Piteå, Copenhagen, Bremen, Amsterdam and Montreal. Since returning to Sweden in December 2020 after a decade at McGill University, he divides his time between concert work, international guest professorships and composition.
Ericsson held a masterclass and organ recital at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (UMFC) in Warsaw on May 8-10, 2025.
From 2021 to 2024, Ericsson was a guest professor at Hochschule für Katholische Kirchenmusik & Musikpädagogik in Regensburg, Germany.
From 2019 to 2023, Ericsson was an honorary professor at the South Jutland Music Conservatory (SDMK) in Esbjerg.
Ericsson returned to Sweden in December 2020 after ten years as a professor at McGill University's Schulich School of Music in Montreal.
In 2020, Ericsson was appointed as an honorary member (FRCCO, Honoris causa) of the Royal Canadian College of Organists.
