Jan Eyron

Swedish pianist and conductor, born 4 Juni 1934 in Stockholm and died 5 June 2012 in Stockholm.

He studied for Greta Erikson and Olof Wibergh at the Stockholm Academy of Music. He made his debut in 1957 as an accompanist at a romance concert with Kerstin Meyer and Elisabeth Söderström, as a soloist in 1960 and as a conductor at Drottningholmsteatern in 1967.

Eyron is best known as a chamber musician and accompanist. He toured all over the world and recorded records with, among others, Nicolai Gedda, Ingvar Wixell, Birgit Nilsson, Elisabeth Söderström and Kerstin Meyer.

He was elected as member no. 897 of the Royal Academy of Music in 1995.

He was married to Margot Rödin from 1958 to 1966.

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