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List Of Organists
The following is a list of notable organists from the past and present who perform organ repertoire, organ literature. Living organists Australia * David Drury (musician), David Drury (born 1961) * Douglas Lawrence (born 1943) * Graeme Morton (musician), Graeme Morton * Christopher Wrench (born 1958) Austria * Martin Haselböck (born 1954) * Brett Leighton (born 1955) * Matthias Maierhofer (born 1979) * Peter Planyavsky (born 1947) Belgium * Jan Van Landeghem (born 1954) * Ignace Michiels (born 1963) * Luc Ponet (born 1959) Bulgaria * Alexandra Fol (born 1981) * Neva Krysteva (born 1946) Canada * Denis Bédard (born 1950) * Desmond Gaspar (born 1970) * Paul Halley (born 1952) * Rachel Mahon (born 1989) * John Tuttle (organist), John Tuttle (born 1946) Croatia * Ivan Božičević (born 1961) * Pavao Mašić (born 1980) Czech Republic * Pavel Kohout (organist), Pavel Kohout (born 1976) Denmark * Frederik Magle (born 1977) France * Michel Bouvard (organist), Michel Bouvar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.Popular Music. (2015). ''Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia'' As a kind of popular art, it stands in contrast to art music. Art music was historically disseminated through the performances of written music, although since the beginning of the recording industry, it is also disseminated through sound recording, recordings. Traditional music forms such as early blues songs or hymns were passed along orally, or to smaller, local audiences. The original application of the term is to music of the 1880s Tin Pan Alley period in the United States. Although popular music sometimes is known as "pop music", the two terms are not interchangeable. Popular music is a generic term for a wide variety of genres of music that appeal to the tastes of a large segment of the populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Gaspar
Desmond Gaspar is a Canadian organist, pianist, conductor, composer and songwriter who works as a freelance concert artist and ballet pianist who won the Associateship and Fellowship diplomas of the Royal Canadian College of Organists in consecutive years while under 30 years of age, thus being one of a very small number of Canadians under that age to achieve that distinction at the time. Gaspar studied under Earle Moss (piano), Molly Sclater (theory), Roman Toi (composition) and Heather Spry (organ and church music) from the University of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, during which time he received numerous performance and competition awards. His eclectic career in liturgical music, dance accompaniment, choir-directing and other disciplines has taken him to various venues in Canada, the United States and Europe. A Fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Organists (winning the Associateship and Fellowship Diplomas in consecutive years as well as the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Latry
Olivier Jean-Claude Latry (; born 22 February 1962) is a French organist, improviser, teacher and composer who has served as one of the four titular organists of Notre-Dame de Paris since 1985 and is a professor of organ in the Conservatoire de Paris. Family and education Latry was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France, the youngest of three sons of Robert Latry and Andrée Thomas. His early interest in the organ came from listening to recordings of Pierre Cochereau, organist of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1955 to 1984. His first experience on a church organ was in 1974, when he played at the wedding of a family friend. During the homily, his arms supposedly fell onto the organ console, causing a dissonant sound. Having begun his musical studies in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Latry later enrolled in an organ class at the conservatory in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés near Paris with the blind organist Gaston Litaize, whom he had heard in concert, and took composition classes with Jean-C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naji Hakim
Naji Subhy Paul Irénée Hakim (Arabic: ''ناجي صبحي حكيم'' 'Naji Sobhi Hakim'' born 31 October 1955) is a Franco-Lebanese organist, composer, and improviser. He studied the organ under Jean Langlais at the Conservatoire de Paris, and succeeded Olivier Messiaen as titular organist at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris, holding this position from 1993 to 2008. Before this, he was titular organist at the Sacré-Cœur basilica in the same city from 1985 to 1993, succeeding Daniel Roth. Hakim's numerous improvisations and compositions for organ, orchestra, and other instruments have received renown. His works have been published by Schott Music, UMP, Combre, Éditions Alphonse Leduc, ABRSM, Fitzsimons, Éditions Gérard Billaudot, and American Carillon. Biography Youth: 1955–1972 Naji Subhy Paul Irénée Hakim was born into a Catholic family on 31 October 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon; to a businessman father, Subhy (died 2022), and his wife Katy Hakim. His Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jérôme Faucheur
Jérôme Faucheur (born in 1953) is a French organist, improviser and Professor of Organ in the schools of Bondues, Comines and Hazebrouck as well as in the Institute of Sacred Music in Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F .... He is titular of the organs in Bondues and Wambrechies. Biography Jérôme Faucheur was born in 1953 in Lille, France. He won the gold medal for organ and improvisation in 1974 at the Conservatory of Lille, the first Prize in the ''Tournois du Royaume de la Musique'', and holds the ‘Diplome Superieur d'Orgue’ from the Sacred Music Institute of Rouen. He is former student of Rolande Falcinelli. He played almost 400 organ recitals in the America, Europe and Australia. External links *http://samuel.lille.free.fr/profjfaucheur.htm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thierry Escaich
Thierry Joseph-Louis Escaich (born 8 May 1965) is a French organist and composer. Life Born in Nogent-sur-Marne, Escaich studied organ, improvisation and composition at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), where he won eight First Prizes and where he has taught improvisation and composition since 1992. Together with Vincent Warnier, he was appointed organist of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont church in Paris in 1996 (succeeding Maurice Duruflé). He tours internationally as a performing artist and composer. His passion for the cinema has led him to improvise on the piano and the organ; he composed music for Frank Borzage's silent film '' Seventh Heaven'', commissioned by the Louvre in 1999. He has written more than a hundred works, awarded with the Prix des Lycéens (2002), the Grand Prix de la Musique symphonique from the SACEM in 2004, and on three occasions, in 2003, 2006 and 2011, the French Victoires de la Musique Composer of the Year award. Although he composes for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin
Sophie-Véronique Colette Claude Cauchefer-Choplin (née Cauchefer, born 28 December 1959) is a French organist who has served as co-titular organist of the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris since 2023.Official website of Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin (in French). Retrieved 15 February 2022.Royal College of Music Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin. Accessed on 13 December 2021.Yale University, Institute of Sacred Music Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Bouvard (organist)
Michel Bouvard (born 16 January 1958 in Lyon) is a French classical organist. He is the grandson of composer Jean Henri Antoine Bouvard and studied organ under André Isoir and Suzanne Chaisemartin. Since 1996, he has been titular organist of the great organ of the Basilica of Saint-Sernin in Toulouse and is also one of three cotitular organists at the Palace of Versailles. He served as the professor of organ at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1995 to 2021, alongside Olivier Latry. Discography * François Couperin: ''Messe des couvents avec plain-chant baroque alterné'' : Sony classical - Organ of Cintegabelle : Sony classical - Organ of Saint-Maximin * Johann Sebastian Bach: '' Clavier-Übung III'' : Sony classical - BMG - Orgue Grenzing du CNSM of Lyon * French authors of the 16th and 17th centuries : Works by Eustache du Caurroy, Charles Racquet, Louis Couperin... : Various pieces : Chamade - organ of Mesnil-Amelot * Louis Vierne: ''Messe solennelle pour 2 orgues et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederik Magle
Frederik Reesen Magle (; born 17 April 1977) is a Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist. He writes contemporary classical music as well as fusion of classical music and other genres. His compositions include orchestral works, cantatas, chamber music, and solo works (mainly for organ), including several compositions commissioned by the Danish royal family. Magle has gained a reputation as an organ virtuoso, and as a composer and performing artist who does not refrain from venturing into more experimental projects – often with improvisation – bordering jazz, electronica, and other non-classical genres. His best-known works include his concerto for organ and orchestra ''The Infinite Second'', his brass quintet piece ''Lys på din vej'' (Light on your path), composed for the christening of Prince Nikolai, ''The Hope'' for brass band and choir, his symphonic suite ''Cantabile'', a collection of improvisations for organ titled '' Like a Flame'', and his fanfare for tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Kohout (organist)
Pavel Kohout (born 1976 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech organist. He is a graduate of the Prague Conservatory and the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under the tutelage of Prof. Jaroslav Tůma. In 1999–2000 he continued his studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the Netherlands under renowned specialist Prof. Jacques van Oortmerssen. Prizes *Winner of both the prestigious First Prize and the J. S. Bach Prize at one of the world's largest international organ competition Musashino – Tokyo 2000, Pavel Kohout is regarded today as one of the most brilliant representatives of the new generation of European organists. Pavel Kohout graduated from the Prague Conservatory and the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under the guidance of Jaroslav Tůma. From 1999 he continued his studies in historical organ technique at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the Netherlands with renowned specialist Prof. Jacques van Oo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavao Mašić
Pavao Mašić (born 1980 in Šibenik) is a Croatian harpsichordist and organist. Biography Education Pavao Mašić graduated at the Academy of Music in Zagreb in several studies: the harpsichord in the class of Višnja Mažuran, the organ in the class of Mario Penzar, and the studies of music theory. He obtained his organ master diploma (''diplome de soliste'') at Haute Ecole de Musique in Lausanne in the class of Kei Koito, where he studied with special emphasis the interpretation of Renaissance and Baroque repertoire on historical instruments. He also obtained MA degree of harpsichord and related keyboard instruments in the class of Dr. Robert Hill and Michael Behringer (''basso continuo'') at the Hochschule für Musik (''Institut für Historische Aufführungspraxis'') in Freiburg im Breisgau. He continues to work with some of the most prominent world harpsichordists such as Pierre Hantaï and Skip Sempé under whose artistic guidance he dedicates himself to studying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Božičević
Ivan Božičević (born 27 May 1961 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a Croatian composer, pianist, organist and jazz musician. Biography Božičević was born in Belgrade. After initial piano studies, he joined the composition class of A. Obradović at the Belgrade Faculty of Music. He graduated in 1984, earning a master's degree in 1989. Until 2001 he occupied a teaching post for Harmony, Counterpoint and Analysis there and at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. In December 2001 he moved to Split, Croatia, where he started working as a free-lance artist. As of 2018, Ivan leads the newly formed composition class at the Split Academy of Arts. From 1984 to 1988 he studied organ at the Hochschule für Musik in Frankfurt with the renowned professor Edgar Krapp. His work encompasses a broad repertoire, with special emphasis on baroque and modern music. Specializes early organ music in Salamanca (with Guy Bovet and Montserrat Torrent). Gives many successful concerts in Croatia, Germany, Hungary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
