He is a concert organist, choral director and composer
born in Bournemouth, England.He started his musical career as a
chorister at King's College, Cambridge,
where he also studied organ and would later become an organ scholar.He held the position of sub-organist,
and later organist, as well as ChristChurch, Oxford.He began his international concert
career in 1987 and has since composed several works for the organ. His recordings are numerous and they
include the complete organ concertos of Handel and also the complete works
of Bach, and his Edison Classique Award winning Les Corps Glorieux by Messaien and Organ
Sonatas by Hindemith.
Hokan Hardenberger and Simon Preston recordings
Adagio in G
minor (Tomaso
Giovanni Albinoni)
Philips 434 074-2 (CD:
Trumpet and Organ Spectacular)