Pianist Erling Ragner Eriksen is a professor at the University of Stavanger, Faculty of Performing Arts. From 2009-2013 he was also a professor at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo.
He has given concerts in several European cities as well as in USA, Canada, Japan and China, in halls like Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Wigmore Hall, London, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Palacio Real de El Pardo, Madrid and The Norwegian Opera & Ballet, Oslo.
Eriksen is in great demand as an accompanist for singers, and has performed with Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Ann-Beth Solvang, Bodil Arnesen, Eir Inderhaug, Randi Stene, Barry Banks, Dietrich Henschel, Espen Langvik, Njål Sparbo, Ernst Häfliger, Ingrid Bjone a.o.
In 2007 his complete recording of the Johann Sebastian Bach Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (UiS) was highly acclaimed by critics.