26/10/1918, Borás, Sweden - 16/02/2013 - Stockholm, Sweden
Swedish choral conductor and pedagogue. He was, for the great majority of choir conductors and choir singers throughout the world, the unsurpassed master in the field of choir conducting. After finishing his studies he was appointed in 1949 as Cantor of Jakobskirch in Stockholm. Eric Ericson was the conductor of three excellent chamber choirs. He formed the Stockholm Chamber Choir in 1945 (renamed in 1988 to be called the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir). This group has remained his main instrument for developing the art of a capella singing ever since. In 1951 the Swedish Radio Choir was formed on his initiative, and the post as its principal conductor and artistic leader was held by him until 1982. During the years 1951-1991 he was also principal conductor and artistic leader of the noted male choir Orphei Drängar, based in Uppsala Sweden. In 1952 Eric Ericson became a teacher and in 1968 professor at the Stockholm Musikhögskolan (Royal University College of Music in Stockholm).