Erik Lindgren, born on December 15, 1954, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is an American composer and pianist. He attended Northfield Mount Hermon School from 1969 to 1972 and received his Bachelor’s degree in Music from Tufts University in 1976. During 1974–1975, he spent his junior year abroad in London studying at the Guildhall School of Music, and he later earned a Master’s degree in music composition and piano performance from the University of Iowa in 1977. In 1978, he established Sounds Interesting Productions, a recording studio and music production company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, later relocating it to Middleborough in 1998. He received a commission from the Georgia Symphony Orchestra to compose "Extreme Spirituals" in 2012. He has also worked at the Plymouth Center for the Arts since 2018.
