Hans Ek

Through his ability to make music relevant in our time, whatever its origin or genre, Hans Ek has carved out a unique niche in Scandinavian musical life. This has produced several rich collaborations with Laleh, Veronica Maggio, Ane Brun, Renée Fleming, Michael Nyman, the Metropole Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Copenhagen Phil and many more. He has also been artistic director for the Polar Music Prize ceremony for ten years. In recent years, Hans Ek’s own productions have been heard frequently both in Sweden and abroad. Examples of this are Bowie in Berlin, E.S.T. Symphony, Chelsea Hotel, Kosmische Musik, Made by Björk, Studio 54-Disco Inferno and Dance Music Symphony. Hans Ek is regularly engaged as an arranger by orchestras in Sweden and abroad. In February 2020, the New York Philharmonic and Renée Fleming performed his arrangements of music by Björk. Together with the artist Jenny Wilson, he has also composed music for the recording Trauma, released in the spring of 2019.