Harald Herresthal#
| Membership Number: | 2504 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | MUSICOLOGY & ART HISTORY |
| Elected: | 2008 |
| Main Country of Residence: | NORWAY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1978 Full professor, churchmusic, Norwegian Academy of music, Oslo
- 1973 Assistant professor, music history, Norwegian Academy of music, Oslo
- 1968 Lecturer, music history, Music Conservatory of Oslo; Organist at Grefsen church, Oslo
- 1968 cand.philol. in musicology, University of Oslo
- 1966 Høyere kantor - og organisteksamen (5 years study as churchmusician), Music Conservatory of Oslo
- In addition President (Rektor) of Norwegian Academy of music, Oslo (1980-83) and organist at Majorstuen church since 1974
Fields of Scholarship
- Church music
- Organ
- Liturgy
- Music history
Honours and Awards
- Paul Harris- Fellow of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International (1998)
- The Kings Order of merit in gold (2003), Oslo, Norway
- The Lindeman-prize (2003), Oslo, Norway
- Dr.h.c., Universität der Künste (2003), Berlin, Germany
