Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Prelude & fugue in E flat (BWV 552)

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
- Rhapsody in Blue

Sebastian Johansson, organ

Sebastian Johansson (b. 1997) born in Jönköping, Sweden, began his musical career early. After high school, he was admitted to the Academy of Music in Malmö, where he studied organ with Hans Hellsten and Carl Adam Landström and completed a bachelor’s degree in organ and church music. He also completed a master's degree in organ at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, where he studied with Johannes Landgren, Mikael Wahlin and Stefan Therstam.

Since 2023 he is the organist and Director of Music at St. Mary’s church in Sigtuna, near Stockholm, where he has the main responsibility for extensive music and concert activities, including a weekly organ recital series. He also leads the St. Mary's Motet Choir which annually performs major choral works.

In addition to his work at St. Mary’s, he performs regularly as an organ soloist in Sweden and abroad and has given recitals in several European countries. Since the spring of 2023, he has been the vice president of Stockholm's International Organ Festival - OrganSpace.

Entry included with general admission.