Gunnar Hallhagen

Swedish pianist and piano teacher, originally Benjaminsson, born February 9, 1916 in Borås, died February 21, 1997 in Stockholm. He studied at the Royal Musikkonservatoriet in Stockholm from 1935-40 under Olof Wibergh and was a teacher at the Royal Academy of Music, as the same school was then called, from 1953-89. He was the chairman of the Swedish Piano Teachers Association 1965-68. Among Gunnar Hallhagen's students are many notable Swedish musicians, including pianists Kerstin Åberg, Ingrid Lindgren, Love Derwinger, Anders Kilström, Roland Pöntinen, Staffan Scheja, Daniel Propper, Fredrik Ullén and Mats Widlund.