{{Short description|Swedish musician}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=May 2024}} {{Expand Swedish|topic=bio|date=January 2024}} }} thumb|Ek in 2018 '''Hans Ek''' (born 1964 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a conductor and arranger working in the meeting between classical music, jazz, pop and folk music.
He has worked with symphony orchestras in Sweden, as well as in Norway, Denmark, Britain, Canada, Lithuania and Turkey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=289471&iv=BIOGRAPHY|title=Hans Ek – SFDB|date=31 January 1964 }}</ref>
Ek has been musical director of the Polar Music Prize ceremony in recent years.
In recent years he has also devoted his time to film music. He has orchestrated and recorded music for films such as ''Let the Right One In'' directed by Tomas Alfredson, ''Troubled Water'' (Erik Poppe), ''A Man Comes Home'' (Thomas Vinterberg), ''Effi Briest'' (Hermine Huntgeburth), ''At Point Blank'' (Peter Lindmark), and ''{{Interlanguage link multi|The Murder Farm|de|3=Tannöd (Film)|lt=The Murder Farm}}'' (Bettina Oberli).{{cn|date=January 2024}}
Since 2013 he has been touring with Dan Berglund and Magnus Öström of the Esbjörn Svensson Trio, performing their songs with orchestral arrangements.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.est-symphony.com/past-events.html|title = Past Events – E.S.T. Symphony}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.hansek.se Hans Ek – official website]
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