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List of organists

The following is a list of notable organists from the past and present who perform organ literature.

Living organists

Australia

  • David Drury (born 1961)
  • Douglas Lawrence (born 1943)
  • Graeme Morton
  • Christopher Wrench (born 1958)

Austria

  • Martin Haselböck (born 1954)
  • Brett Leighton (born 1955)
  • Matthias Maierhofer (born 1979)
  • Peter Planyavsky (born 1947)

Belgium

  • Ignace Michiels (born 1963)
  • Luc Ponet (born 1959)

Bulgaria

Canada

  • Denis Bédard (born 1950)
  • Desmond Gaspar (born 1970)
  • Paul Halley (born 1952)
  • John Tuttle (born 1946)

Croatia

  • Ivan Božičević (born 1961)
  • Pavao Mašić (born 1980)

Czech Republic

  • Pavel Kohout (born 1976)

Denmark

Finland

  • Kalevi Kiviniemi (born 1958)

France

  • Michel Bouvard (born 1958)
  • Marie-Anne Couperin (born 1677)
  • Thierry Escaich (born 1965)
  • Jérôme Faucheur (born 1953)
  • Naji Hakim (born 1955)
  • Olivier Latry (born 1962)
  • Jean-Pierre Leguay (born 1939)
  • Michael Matthes (born before 1985)
  • Daniel Roth (born 1942)
  • René Saorgin (born 1928)
  • Nariné Simonian (born 1966)
  • Marina Tchebourkina (born 1965)
  • Louis Thiry (born 1935)
  • Johann Vexo (born 1978)
  • Thierry Mechler (born 1962)

Germany

  • Daniel Beckmann (born 1980)
  • Andreas Boltz (born 1964)
  • Winfried Bönig (born 1959)
  • Gabriel Dessauer (born 1955)
  • Matthias Eisenberg (born 1956)
  • Stefan Engels (born 1967)
  • Clemens Ganz (born 1935)
  • Zsolt Gárdonyi (born 1946)
  • Felix Hell (born 1985)
  • Hans Uwe Hielscher (born 1945)
  • Rudolf Kelber (born 1948)
  • Helmut Kickton (born 1956)
  • Otto Maria Krämer (born 1964)
  • Edgar Krapp (born 1947)
  • Ludger Lohmann (born 1954)
  • Petra Morath-Pusinelli (born 1967)
  • Mathias Rehfeldt (born 1986)
  • Wolfgang Rübsam (born 1946)
  • Wolfgang Seifen (born 1956)
  • Ludger Stühlmeyer (born 1961)
  • Zsigmond Szathmáry (born 1939)
  • Elke Voelker (born 1968)
  • Harald Vogel (born 1941)
  • Martin Welzel (born 1972)

Hungary

  • Laszlo Fassang (born 1973)
  • Bálint Karosi (born 1979)
  • Balázs Szabó (born 1985)

Italy

Ireland

Latvia

  • Aivars Kalējs (born 1951)
  • Iveta Apkalna (born 1976)
  • Jevgenija Lisicina (born 1942)

Monaco (Principality)

Netherlands

  • Ton Koopman (born 1944)
  • Liuwe Tamminga (born 1953)
  • Ben van Oosten (born 1955)
  • Jan Verschuren (born 1962)
  • Arjan Breukhoven (born 1962)
  • Christine Kamp (born 1966)

New Zealand

  • Douglas Mews (born 1956)

Norway

Philippines

  • Armando Salarza (born 1966)

Poland

  • Krzysztof Czerwiński (born 1980)

Russia

  • Marina Tchebourkina (born 1965)

Singapore

South Africa

Spain

  • Montserrat Torrent i Serra (born 1926)

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

United States

Past organists

Austria

Belgium

Canada

  • Gerald Bales (1919–2002)
  • H. Hugh Bancroft (1904–1988)
  • Gérard Caron (1916–1986)
  • Douglas Clarke (1893–1962)
  • Antoine Dessane (1826–1873)
  • Christopher Jackson (1948-2015)
  • Ernest MacMillan (1893–1973)
  • Theodore Frederic Molt (1795–1856)
  • Charles Peaker (1899–1978)
  • Healey Willan (1880–1968)

Czech republic (Bohemia)

  • František Xaver Brixi (1732–1771)
  • Bohuslav Matej Cernohorsky (1684–1742)
  • Josef Seger (1716–1782)
  • Petr Eben (1929–2007)

Denmark

France

Germany

Hungary

Italy

Netherlands

Nigeria

Spain

Sweden

  • Harald Fryklöf (1882-1918)
  • Ferdinand Zellbell the Younger (1719-1780)

Switzerland

  • Alfred Baum (1904–1993)
  • Fridolin Sicher (1490–1546)

United Kingdom

United States

Notes

  1. ^ a b Born in Essex, England. Immigrated to US in 1930.
  2. ^ Born in Leipzig, Germany. Immigrated to US in 1941.

See also

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