Fredrik Sixten, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Fredrik Sixten

Swedish musician

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1962

Place of Birth: Skövde, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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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.