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This is a list of famous and notable organists. An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. ...
See also Category:Organists Active concert and church organists
Austria - Rupert Gottfried Frieberger (born 1951)
- Matthias Giesen
- Hans Haselböck (born 1928)
- Martin Haselböck (born 1954)
- Monika Henking
- Dominicus F. Hofer
- Ferdinand Klinda
- Bruno Oberhammer
- Peter Planyavsky (born 1947)
- Michael Radulescu
- Herbert Tachezi (born 1930)
- Heribert Metzger
- Elisabeth Ullmann
- Reinhard Jaud
- Brett Leighton (born 1955)
Brett Leighton is a musician with some notability in Europe. ...
Bulgaria Neva Krysteva (Bulgarian: ), born on August 2, 1946 in Sofia, Bulgaria, is the most notable Bulgarian organist and also professor of music, pedagogue and composer. ...
Barbados Sean Jackson (born February 25, 1973 in Bridgetown, Barbados) is an organist and pianist. ...
Belgium - Paul Barras (born 1925)
- Bastiaens Luk (born 1957)
- Bernard Carlier (born 1958)
- Cindy Castillo (born 1981)
- Edward de Geest (born 1950)
- Xavier Deprez
- Stanislas Deriemaeker (born 1932)
- Stéphane Detournay (born 1962)
- Marcel Druart
- Luc Dupuis
- Jean Ferrard (born 1944)
- Bernard Foccroulle (born 1953)
- Anne Froidebise
- Kamiel d'Hooghe (born 1929)
- Léon Kerremans (born 1957)
- Jean-Philippe Merckaert (born 1980)
- Benoît Mernier (born 1964)
- Hans-Georg Reinertz (born 1952)
- Serge Schoonbroodt (born 1971)
- Jozef Sluys (born 1936)
- Joris Verdin (born 1952)
- Herman Verschraegen
- Étienne Walhain (born 1980)
- Ray Colignon (born c. 1910)
- Andre Brasseur (born c. 1945)
- Thierry Smets (born 1956)
- Susan Carol Woodson
Canada - H. Hugh Bancroft - (awarded Lambeth degree)
- Denis Bédard
- Raymond Daveluy
- Bernard Lagacé
- Rachel Laurin
- Hélène Panneton
- William Porter
- Antoine Reboulot
Rachel Laurin, Canadian organist and composer (Saint-Benoit, 1961) Rachel Laurin leads a brilliant dual career as organist and composer. ...
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Croatia - Ivan Božičević
- Edward Kancelar
- Anđelko Klobučar
- Anđelko Igrec
- Mario Penzar
Ivan BožiÄeviÄ, composer, pianist, organist and jazz musician. ...
Denmark - Bine Katrine Bryndorf
- Flemming Dreisig
- Birgitte Ebert
- Grethe Krogh
- Knud Vad
France - Marie-Claire Alain (born 1926)
- René Alix
- Odile Bailleux
- Anne-Marie Barat
- Frédéric Blanc (born 1967)
- Jean-Patrice Brosse
- Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin (born 1959)
- Suzanne Chaisemartin (born 1923)
- Francis Chapelet
- Michel Chapuis (born 1930)
- Maurice Clerc (born 1946)
- Jean Costa (born 1924)
- Yves Cuenot
- Georges Devallée (born 1937)
- Emmanuel Le Divellec (born 1966)
- Jean Galard
- Jean Guillou (born 1930)
- Naji Hakim (born 1955)
- François-Henri Houbart (born 1952)
- André Isoir (born 1935)
- Susan Landale
- Olivier Latry (born 1962)
- Eric Lebrun (born 1967)
- Philippe Lefèbvre (born 1949)
- Gabriel Marghieri (born 1964)
- Bruno Mathieu (born 1958)
- Thierry Mechler
- Frank Mento (born 1950)
- Maurice Moerlin
- Odile Pierre (born 1932)
- Pierre Pincemaille (born 1956)
- Louis Robilliard (born 1939)
- Robert Rogier (born 1946)
- Daniel Roth (born 1942)
- René Saorgin (born 1928)
- Marc Schäfer
- Claude Schnitzler
- Domenico Severin (born 1967)
- Raphaël Tambyeff (born 1936)
- Louis Thiry
- Olivier Vernet (born 1964)
- Pierre Vidal (born 1947)
- Carine Clément
Marie-Claire Alain is an organist best known for her prolific recording career. ...
Jean Victor Arthur Guillou (born April 18, 1930 in Angers) is a French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue. ...
Naji Subhy Paul Irénée Hakim, born in 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon, is an organist, composer, and improviser of international stature. ...
André Isoir (born July 20, 1935) is a French classical musician known primarily as an organist. ...
Olivier Latry is the titulaire des grande orgues at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. ...
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Born in Cannes, René Saorgin began his musical studies at the Nice Conservatoire and then went to Paris to study composition with Maurice Duruflé and Noël Gallon at the Paris Conservatoire. ...
Ernst Fischer (July 3, 1899, Komotau, Bohemia - July 31, 1972, Deutschfeistritz), also known under the pseudonyms: Peter Wieden, Pierre Vidal, and Der Miesmacher, was a Bohemia-born Austrian journalist, writer and politician. ...
Germany - Sieglinde Ahrens (born 1936)
- Christoph Albrecht (born 1930)
- Wolfgang Baumgratz (born 1948)
- Dr. Otto J. Bertele (born 1967)
- Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (born 1934)
- Stefan Johannes Bleicher (born 1962)
- Ullrich Böhme
- Winfried Bönig (born 1959)
- Christoph Bossert (born 1957)
- Ingo Bredenbach (born 1959)
- Bernhard Buttmann (born 1959)
- Egidius Doll (born 1946)
- Markus Eichenlaub (born 1970)
- Eberhard Fölster
- Felix Friedrich
- Clemens Ganz
- Zsolt Gárdonyi (born 1946)
- Johannes Geffert
- Gerhard Gnann (born 1962)
- Christoph Grohmann (born 1955)
- Willibald Guggenmos
- Bernhard Haas (born 1964)
- Felix Hell (born 1985)
- Hans Uwe Hielscher
- Christoph Bossert (born 1957)
- Kay Johannsen
- Ernst-Ulrich von Kameke (born 1926)
- Hans-Dieter Karras (born 1959)
- Günther Kaunzinger (born 1938)
- Silvius von Kessel (born 1965)
- Otto Maria Krämer
- Edgar Krapp (born 1947)
- Karl-Bernhardin Kropf
- Eberhard Lauer
- Torsten Laux (born 1965)
- Jon Laukvik
- Franz Lehrndorfer
- Ludger Lohmann (born 1954)
- Martin Lücker (born 1953)
- Viktor Lukas
- Ludger Mai
- Hans-Dieter Möller (born 1939)
- Hans Musch (born 1935)
- Almut Rößler (born 1932)
- Gunther Rost (born 1974)
- Andreas Rothkopf (born 1955)
- Wolfgang Rübsam (born 1946)
- Burghard Schloemann (born 1935)
- Stefan Schmidt (born 1966)
- Gisbert Schneider (born 1934)
- Michael Schneider
- Klemens Schnorr (born 1949)
- Christoph Schoener (born 1953)
- Albert Schönberger (born 1949)
- Michael Schönheit
- Hansjürgen Scholze (born 1944)
- Wolfgang Seifen (born 1956)
- Ernst-Erich Stender (born 1944)
- Josef Still (born 1959)
- Wolfgang Stockmeier (born 1931)
- Zsigmond Szathmáry (born 1939)
- Johannes Unger
- Harald Vogel
- Ansgar Wallenhorst
- Gerhard Weinberger
- Martin Welzel (born 1972)
- Heinz Wunderlich (born 1919)
- Gerd Zacher (born 1929)
- Wolfgang Zerer (born 1961)
Felix Hell is a world renowned organist born on September 14, 1985 in Frankenthal/Pfalz, Germany. ...
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Otto Maria Krämer (born 1964) is a German organist and churchmusician. ...
Ludger Lohmann (born 1954 in Herne) is a highly acknowledged organist, winner of several international organ competitions, namely competition of the ARD (Association of German Broadcasting Corporations) in Munich 1979 and Grand Prix de Chartres in 1982. ...
Wolfgang Friedrich Rübsam (born October 16, 1946, in GieÃen, Germany) is a German-American organist, pianist and pedagogue. ...
Stefan Schmidt (born November 7, 1975) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Silkeborg IF in the Danish Superliga. ...
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Zsigmond Szathmáry (born 28 April 1939 in HódmezaÅvásárhely, near Szegen) is a Hungarian organist, pianist, composer, and conductor. ...
Harald Vogel (* 1941) is a German organist and one of the leading experts on renaissance and baroque keyboard music. ...
Gerd Zacher (b. ...
Hungary - Gábor Lehotka
- János Sebestyén (born 1931)
// János Joe Ignacias Sebestyén, Hungarian organist, harpsichordist and pianist, was born in Budapest on March 2, 1931. ...
Italy - Amedeo Aroma (born 1936)
- Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)
- Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)
- Leonardo Ciampa (born 1971)
- Franz Comploi (born 1954)
- Graziella Concas (born 1970)
- Ettore Maria Del Romano (born 1960)
- Maria Grazia Filippi Facchini
- Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886–1962)
- Fernando Germani (1906–1998)
- Lorenzo Ghielmi (born 1953)
- Gianluca Libertucci (born 1970)
- Calistri Luigi (1921–1991)
- Maurizio Machella (born 1960)
- Wladimir Matesic (born 1968)
- Giancarlo Parodi (born 1938)
- Wijnand van de Pol (born 1938)
- Arturo Sacchetti (born 1941)
- Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini (born 1929)
Marco Enrico Bossi (25 April 1861, Salò, Brescia â 20 February 1925, at sea) was an Italian organist and composer. ...
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Leonardo Ciampa (born January 17, 1971 in Orient Heights (East Boston)) is a composer, organist, pianist, and author. ...
Graziella Concas (7 January 1970) is an Italian pianist and composer. ...
Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (5 August 1886 â 6 April 1962) was an Italian composer, conductor and organist. ...
Arturo Sacchetti. ...
Latvia - Iveta Apkalna (born 1976)
Lithuania Monaco (Principality) Marc GIACONE is a composer, organist and improviser from Monaco. ...
Netherlands Bob van Asperen, harpsichordist, organist, conductor, clavichordist and early music-specialist, was born in Amsterdam on 8 October 1947. ...
Klaas Bolt (March 6, 1927âApril 11, 1990) was a Dutch organist and improviser. ...
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Gustav Leonhardt (born May 30, 1928) is a Dutch harpsichordist, organist and conductor. ...
Ben Van Oosten (born 1955 in the Hague, Netherlands) is an Organist, Professor and Author. ...
New Zealand Nicholas Grigsby (b 1974) is a prominent New Zealand Concert Organist, Harpsichordist, Writer & Broadcaster. ...
Norway - Kåre Nordstoga
- Halgeir Schiager (born 1955)
KÃ¥re Nordstoga (1954) is a Norwegian organist. ...
Poland Krzysztof Czerwinski (born January 13, 1980) is a Polish born conductor, organist and voice teacher. ...
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Russia Singapore Dr. Evelyn Lim is the founding dean of the Singapore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. ...
South Africa - Grant Brasler
- Prof. Shirley Gie
- Dr Barry Smith
- Prof. Daleen Kruger
- Prof. Wim Viljoen
- Prof. Albert Troskie
- Christopher Cockburn
Sweden - Hans Davidsson
- Hans-Ola Ericsson (born 1958)
- Hans Fagius
- Dorothea Wilkesmann (born 1952)
- Gunnar Idenstam
- Håkan Martinsson
Hans Davidsson is a Swedish organist and teacher well known all over the world. ...
Hans-Ola Ericsson (born 1958) is a composer and organist who specializes in contemporary organ literature. ...
Switzerland - Guy Bovet (born 1942)
- Douglas Bruce
- Josef Bucher
- Daniel Chorzempa (born 1944)
- Joachim Krause (born 1957)
- Rudolf Lutz (born 1951)
- Lionel Rogg (born 1936)
- Jean-Claude Zehnder
Guy Bovet (22 May 1942, Thun --) is a Swiss organist and composer. ...
Douglas Edward Bruce (born August 26, 1949) is a conservative activist, member of the El Paso County, Colorado county commission, and author of Colorados Taxpayer Bill of Rights. ...
Daniel Walter Chorzempa (born December 7, 1944) is an American organist. ...
Lionel Rogg (b. ...
United Kingdom Jennifer Bate (b. ...
David J. Briggs (born 1962) is an English organist and composer. ...
Kevin Bowyer (born 1961 in Southend-on-Sea) is an English organist, known for his prolific recording career and his interest in playing unusual, modern and difficult compositions. ...
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Andrew Cantrill is a British-born organist and choral director. ...
Clive Driskill-Smith (b. ...
Recognised as one of the brightest and most active young English recitalists who plays with immaculate finish and buoyancy (Classic CD), Stephen Farr is widely regarded as one of the finest organists of his generation, with a virtuoso technique and an impressive stylistic grasp of a wide-ranging repertoire. ...
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Alfred Robert Gaul (30 April 1837 â 13 September 1913) was an English composer and conductor. ...
David Goode (born 1971) is a British organist. ...
Sir William Henry Harris (March 28, 1883 - September 6, 1973) was an English organist and composer. ...
Christopher Herrick (born 23 May 1942) is an English organist. ...
Peter Hurford is a British organist, born St Cecilias day (November 22) 1930 in Minehead, Somerset. ...
Marques Houston 4th of August 1981, Los Angeles, California, USA Trivia His cousin, Jarell Houston (known as J Boog), is a member of the group B2K. Sometimes Credited As M. Houston 1. ...
Martin Neary is an English organist and celebrated choral conductor. ...
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Martin Peerson (or Pearson) (born between 1571 and 1573, probably in March, Cambridgeshire; died 1650 or 1651 in London and buried 16 January 1651 in St Faiths Chapel under St Pauls Cathedral) was an English composer, organist and virginalist. ...
Simon Preston (b. ...
David Sanger (b. ...
John Gavin Scott LVO (born June 18, 1956) is an English-born organist and choirmaster. ...
John Scott Whiteley is an English organist. ...
Ian Tracey is Organist and Master of the Choristers at Liverpool Cathedral, Organist to the City of Liverpool, at St. ...
Thomas Trotter is a British organist. ...
Gillian Constance Weir, DBE (b. ...
United States George C. Baker (born 1951 in Dallas, Texas) is an American organist, composer, pedagogue, and dermatologist. ...
James Biery (b. ...
The Kansas born organist and composer Diane Bish is an internationally known artist. ...
James David Christie is an acclaimed American organist with an extensive performance career throughout the U.S. and Europe. ...
Ken Cowan is one of the most sought after organists in North America. ...
Carlo Curley (b. ...
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Gerre Hancock (born 1934 in Lubbock, Texas) is an American organist, improviser, and composer. ...
Barbara Harbach is a renowned composer , harpsichordist, organist, and teacher. ...
David Higgs is an American organist and is considered to be one of the leading performers and teachers of today. ...
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James and the console of the organ of Seattles Paramount Theater, 2007. ...
Anton Szandor LaVey (11 April 1930 - 29 October 1997), born Howard Stanton Levey, was the founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan, author of The Satanic Bible, and creator of the religion known as as LaVeyan Satanism. ...
Eddie Layton Eddie Layton (1927 - December 26, 2004) played the organ at Yankee Stadium for 38 seasons, earning him membership in the New York Sports Hall of Fame. ...
Joan Lippincott is a highly acclaimed American concert organist and former head of the organ department at Westminster Choir College. ...
Douglas Major Douglas Major (born 1953 near Scranton, Pennsylvania) is a prominent American composer of sacred music and concert organist. ...
Alan Morrison is a notable American organist, both for his performance career and his teaching. ...
Matthew Noonan is an American born concert organist. ...
Karl Paukert (pronounced Karl Poukert)was born in the {Czech Republic and graduated from the Prague Conservatory, and the Royal Conservatory in Ghent, Belgium. ...
Josh Perschbacher is a notable American organist for his work creating symphonic re-orchestrations for the pipe organ. ...
Wolfgang Friedrich Rübsam (born October 16, 1946, in GieÃen, Germany) is a German-American organist, pianist and pedagogue. ...
John Gavin Scott LVO (born June 18, 1956) is an English-born organist and choirmaster. ...
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Australian conductor Geoffrey Simon is resident in London and has appeared there with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra and English Chamber Orchestra. ...
Frederick Swann Frederick Swann (born 1934) is a prominent American concert organist and President of the American Guild of Organists (AGO). ...
Carole Ruth Terry (born in 1948) is an American organist, harpsichordist, and pedagogue. ...
Stephen Tharp is an American concert organist, who was born in the Chicago area. ...
Kent Tritle is one of the leading choral conductors and organists in New York City today. ...
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Guy Richard Peregrine Whatley (born 9 April, 1975) is a leading American organist and harpsichordist. ...
Todd Wilson is a notable American organist. ...
Past famous organists France Pierre Eugène Charles Cochereau (July 9, 1924âMarch 5, 1984), was a French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue. ...
Jeanne Marie-Madeleine Demessieux (February 13, 1921âNovember 11, 1968), was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue. ...
Marcel Dupré Marcel Dupré (May 3, 1886âMay 30, 1971), was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue. ...
Maurice Duruflé (January 11, 1902 â June 16, 1986) was a French composer, organist, and pedagogue. ...
Rolande Falcinelli (February 18, 1920âJune 11, 2006, was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue. ...
André Edouard Antoine Marie Fleury (* July 25, 1903 in Neuilly-sur-Seine; â August 6, 1995 in Le Vésinay) was a French composer, pianist, organist, and pedagogue. ...
César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck (December 10, 1822 â November 8, 1890), a composer, organist and music teacher of Belgian origin who lived in France, was one of the great figures in classical music in the second half of the 19th century. ...
Alexandre Guilmant (Boulogne-sur-Mer 1837 - Meudon 1911) was an French organist and composer. ...
Jean Langlais (15 February 1907 â May 8, 1991) was a French composer of modern classical music, organist, and improviser. ...
Gaston Litaize (August 11, 1909 - August 5, 1991) was a French organist and composer. ...
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Charles Camille Saint-Saëns () (9 October 1835 â 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor, and pianist, known especially for his orchestral works The Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre, Samson et Dalila, and Symphony No. ...
Charles Tournemire (Bordeaux, January 22, 1870 â Arcachon, November 3, 1939), was a French composer and organist, most famous for his improvisations. ...
Louis Victor Jules Vierne, (October 8, 1870âJune 2, 1937) was a French organist and composer. ...
Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor (February 21, 1844 â March 12, 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher. ...
Germany - Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer
- Karl Straube (1873–1956)
- Karl Richter (1926–1981)
- Käte van Tricht (1909–1996)
- Helmut Walcha (1907–1991)
Montgomery Rufus Karl/Carl Siegfried Straube (January 6, 1873, Berlin - April 27, 1950, Leipzig) was a German church musician ), organist, choral conductor. ...
Karl Richter (October 15, 1926 â February 15, 1981) was a German conductor, organist, and harpsichordist. ...
Käte van Tricht (October 22, 1909âJuly 13, 1996), was a German organist, pianist, harpsichordist, and pedagogue. ...
Helmut Walcha (October 27, 1907 in Leipzig, Germany â August 11, 1991 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany) was a blind German organist who specialized in the works of the Dutch and German baroque masters and is known for his recordings of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach. ...
Italy United Kingdom Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow was born in Huddersfield on August 22, 1874 and died in York on May 1, 1946. ...
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Edward George Power Biggs (March 29, 1906 - March 10, 1977), more familiarly known as E. Power Biggs, was a prominent concert organist and recording artist of the twentieth century. ...
Ralph Downes (1904 - 1993) was an English organist, organ designer, teacher and music director, formerly of the Royal College of Music. ...
Basil Harwood (11 April 1859â3 April 1949) was an English organist and composer. ...
Dr. James Kendrick Pyne (1852 - September 3, 1938) was an English organist and composer. ...
Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball (18th June 1896 - 18th January 1987) was an English organist and composer. ...
Samuel Sebastian Wesley (14 August 1810 â 19 April 1876) was an English organist and composer. ...
Samuel Wesley (24 February 1766 â 11 October 1837) was an English organist and composer in the late Georgian period. ...
Netherlands United States Edward George Power Biggs (March 29, 1906 - March 10, 1977), more familiarly known as E. Power Biggs, was a prominent concert organist and recording artist of the twentieth century. ...
Virgil Fox Virgil Keel Fox (May 3, 1912âOctober 25, 1980) was a renowned organist, known especially for his flamboyant Heavy Organ concerts of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach for audiences more familiar with rock n roll music, staged complete with light shows. ...
Michael Murray is an organist from the United States. ...
Thomas Tertius Noble was a choral composer in the Anglican church music tradition. ...
Alexander Schreiner was one of the most noted organists of the Salt Lake Tabernacle. ...
Spain Joan Auli (born Felanitx, Mallorca, 19 Dec 1796; died Felanitx, 10 Jan 1869) was a Spanish organist and composer. ...
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