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Gary Graden (US/SE)

Born in the USA, he studied at Clark University, the Hart School of Music, the Aspen Summer Music Festival, and with E. Ericson at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. He is specialized in the performance of contemporary music and he is developing and exploring improvisational vocal and instrumental music.
He is choral director at St. Jacob´s Church in Stockholm, an important center for sacred music in Sweden. He is in demand as conductor, teacher and adjudicator throughout the world. He has conducted several international choirs including the SWR Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart, Orpheus Vokalensemble, Ochsenhausen, Jauna Muzika, Vilnius, Pro Coro Canada, the Formosa Singers, Taipei, the Singapore Ensemble Singers, the World Youth Choir and the ACDA Collegiate Honors choir among others.
His work as conductor and singer is documented on many CD and radio recordings. He is the recipient of the Johannes Norrby medal for his contribution to Swedish choral music and was elected Sweden´s choral conductor of the year in 2005. In 2009 he won the Guidoneum Award from the Fondazione Guido D´Arezzo in Italy.

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