Fredrik Sixten

Sven Fredrik Johannes Sixten (born 21 October 1962) is a Swedish composer, cathedral organist and conductor. Sixten was born in Skövde, Sweden. He earned his Bachelor of Arts (1986) at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. He studied composition with Professor Sven-David Sandström and is now recognized as one of Sweden’s best-known composers of church music. He is published at all major publishing houses in Sweden. He was the conductor of Gothenburg’s boys choir between 1997 and 2001. Today he is the cathedral organist of Härnösand’s Cathedral. His music is represented on several CD recordings and as a conductor one of his five CDs went gold. His music has been performed on Swedish Radio, e.g. his En svensk Markuspassion for two choirs, chamber orchestra and soloists (2004). The Jazz mass was performed 1999 on Swedish television. Music Sixten writes first and foremost church music, particularly liturgical music for choir and organ in a variety of combinations. In addition he has also written a number of chamber music compositions. His music is the product of an eclectic and comprehensive knowledge of musical history, with Johann Sebastian Bach and 20th-century French composers as