{{Short description|Swedish organist}} '''Hampus Lindwall''' (born 1976 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish organist, composer, and improviser known for his work in contemporary, experimental, and electronic music, often in relation to the organ. Since 2005, he has been titular organist at the Church of Saint-Esprit in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Damiani |first=Matteo |date=May 29, 2025 |title=Hampus Lindwall Discusses Brace for Impact and Digital Organ Work |url=https://retrofuturista.com/hampus-lindwall-discusses-brace-for-impact-and-digital-organ-work/ |website=Retro Futurista}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=À propos de Hampus Lindwall |url=https://www.schott-music.com/fr/person/hampus-lindwall |website=Schott Music}}</ref>
== Life and work == Lindwall grew up in Stockholm in a musical family and began his musical career in the 1990s as a guitarist in rock, metal, and jazz bands.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Damiani |first=Matteo |title=Transmission 212: Interview with Hampus Lindwall |date=29 May 2025 |url=https://retrofuturista.com/hampus-lindwall-discusses-brace-for-impact-and-digital-organ-work/ }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=1 July 2024 |title=KAAP artists - Hampus Lindwall |url=https://www.kaap.be/artiesten/hampus-lindwall |website=KAAP}}</ref> He later turned to keyboard instruments and the organ. He studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where his teachers included Torvald Torén and Anders Bondeman. From 2002, he continued his studies in France at the Conservatoire de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Lyon, where he studied with Eric Lebrun, Pierre Pincemaille, and Loïc Mallié.<ref name=":1" /> He also studied privately with Rolande Falcinelli.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 April 2026 |title=Hampus Lindwall - about |url=https://hampuslindwall.com/about |access-date=4 May 2026 |website=Hampus Lindwall}}</ref>
He has performed at institutions and festivals including the Philharmonie de Paris and the Festival d’Automne in Paris, where he has premiered works by composers such as Raphaël Cendo and Édith Canat de Chizy, and collaborated with artists including Stephen O’Malley.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Points d'orgue |url=https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/en/activity/concert/19561-points-dorgue |website=Philharmonie de Paris |date=24 March 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stefan Maier / Ragnhild May / Stephen O'Malley / Hampus Lindwall |url=https://www.festival-automne.com/fr/edition-2025/stefan-maier-ragnhild-may-stephen-omalley-hampus-lindwall-stefan-maier-ragnhild-may-stephen-omalley-hampus-lindwall |website=Festival d’Automne à Paris}}</ref>
He has premiered works by contemporary composers including Noriko Baba in recordings made at Radio France.<ref>…</ref>
== Recordings == He has released recordings on labels including Ligia Digital, Clean Feed Records, Firework Editions, Matière-Mémoire, SUPERPANG, and Blank Forms.<ref name=":1" />
His 2021 album ''Lost and Found'', released on the label Matière-Mémoire, was described by Boomkat as featuring “virtuosic acid solos” performed on a Roland TB-303.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 June 2023 |title=Hampus Lindwall Lost & Found |url=https://boomkat.com/products/lost-found-8d0d5840-79bf-4cd6-9487-a4cd14f094a9 |website=Boomkat}}</ref>
His 2025 album ''Brace for Impact'' was reviewed in ''The Wire'', where Lucy Thraves described its organ writing as “dense, virtuosic, angular and involved” and noted its emphasis on compositional system-building<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thraves |first=Lucy |date=July 2025 |title=Ellen Arkbro / Hampus Lindwall / Lippard Arkbro Lindwall reviews |journal=The Wire |issue=479}}</ref> and in The Quietus, which highlighted its exploration of the organ’s “textures and resonances” and its use of syncopated, off-kilter rhythms and dissonance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ague |first=Vanessa |date=23 June 2025 |title=Quietus reviews, Hampus Lindwall - Brace for Impact |url=https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/hampus-lindwall-brace-for-impact-review/ }}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindwall, Hampus}} Category:Swedish organists Category:Swedish composers Category:Musicians from Stockholm Category:Royal College of Music, Stockholm, alumni Category:1976 births Category:Living people