Description
ATMA Classique presents Before and After, the new album by Swedish organist Johannes Skoog, winner of First Prize and the Gerard-Coulombe Bach Prize at the 2024 International Organ Competition of Canada. Recorded on the magnificent Letourneau organ at the Francis Winspear Centre for Music in Edmonton, the album brings together works by Bach, Mehldau, Alain, Unander-Scharin, Howells, Nyman, and Durufle, all centered on a single theme: how composers draw upon the legacy of their predecessors to transform and extend it. This release marks the sixth collaboration between ATMA Classique and the Canadian International Organ Competition (CIOC), continuing a partnership dedicated to showcasing the competition's prize-winning organists. Considered one of Sweden's most promising young organists, Johannes Skoog has enjoyed a remarkable rise to international prominence. Following his success at the International Organ Competition of Canada in 2024, he was appointed organist to the Royal Court of Sweden, a position he has held since April 2025.
