Erik Gedeon (born December 7, 1963 in Bern, Switzerland) is a Swedish-Swiss author, director and composer working at German and Swedish theatres. life The son of Swedish-Swiss parents studied piano and composition in Bern (Switzerland) and Liège/Liège (Belgium). In 1993 he began working as a stage musician at the Schauspielhaus Hannover under the director at the time, Ulrich Khuon. This resulted in numerous incidental music for the Hanover theater (such as Angels in America, What you want, preparations for immortality or Nathan the Wise). He wrote the two programs No Other Way to the Magic Flute and The Simultaneity of Silence for the vocal group Jacqueline Kroll. In 1995 he wrote and staged for the Schloßtheater Celle Nothing knocks me out - but you, a play about the life and music of Cole Porter, and in 1996 the musical Seife. Since 1997 he has also produced his own works in Hanover: Götterfunken, Ein Mann zuviel, SCHNULZ!, Sentimental Journey, Wilfried Happel's FressOrgie and the musical program Forever Young.