List of organists
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This is a list of famous and notable organists.
See also Category:Organists
[edit] Active concert and church organists
[edit] Austria
- Rupert Gottfried Frieberger (* 1951)
- Matthias Giesen
- Hans Haselböck (* 1928)
- Martin Haselböck (* 1954)
- Monika Henking
- Dominicus F. Hofer
- Ferdinand Klinda
- Bruno Oberhammer
- Peter Planyavsky (* 1947)
- Michael Radulescu
- Herbert Tachezi (* 1930)
- Heribert Metzger
- Elisabeth Ullmann
- Reinhard Jaud
[edit] Bulgaria
- Velin Iliev
- Neva Krysteva
[edit] Barbados
[edit] Belgium
- Paul Barras (* 1925)
- Bastiaens Luk (*1957)
- Bernard Carlier (* 1958)
- Cindy Castillo (* 1981)
- Edward de Geest (* 1950)
- Xavier Deprez
- Stanislas Deriemaeker (* 1932)
- Stéphane Detournay (* 1962)
- Marcel Druart
- Luc Dupuis
- Jean Ferrard (* 1944)
- Bernard Foccroulle (* 1953)
- Anne Froidebise
- Kamiel d'Hooghe (*1929)
- Léon Kerremans (* 1957)
- Jean-Philippe Merckaert (* 1980)
- Benoît Mernier (* 1964)
- Hans-Georg Reinertz (*1952)
- Serge Schoonbroodt (* 1971)
- Jozef Sluys (* 1936)
- Joris Verdin (* 1952)
- Herman Verschraegen
- Étienne Walhain (* 1980)
- Ray Colignon (* 1910?)
- Andre Brasseur (* 1945?)
- Thierry Smets (* 1956)
- Susan Carol Woodson
[edit] Canada
- Denis Bédard
- Raymond Daveluy
- Bernard Lagacé
- Rachel Laurin
- Hélène Panneton
- William Porter
- Antoine Reboulot
[edit] Croatia
- Edward Kancelar
[edit] Denmark
- Bine Katrine Bryndorf
- Flemming Dreisig
- Birgitte Ebert
- Grethe Krogh
- Knud Vad
[edit] France
- Marie-Claire Alain (* 1926)
- René Alix
- Odile Bailleux
- Anne-Marie Barat
- Frédéric Blanc (* 1967)
- Jean-Patrice Brosse
- Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin (* 1959)
- Suzanne Chaisemartin (* 1923)
- Francis Chapelet
- Michel Chapuis (* 1930)
- Maurice Clerc (* 1946)
- Jean Costa (* 1924)
- Yves Cuenot
- Georges Devallée (* 1937)
- Emmanuel Le Divellec (* 1966)
- Jean Galard
- Jean Guillou (* 1930)
- Naji Hakim (* 1955)
- François-Henri Houbart (* 1952)
- André Isoir (* 1935)
- Susan Landale
- Olivier Latry (* 1962)
- Eric Lebrun (* 1967)
- Philippe Lefèbvre (* 1949)
- Bruno Mathieu (* 1958)
- Thierry Mechler
- Frank Mento (* 1950)
- Maurice Moerlin
- Odile Pierre (* 1932)
- Pierre Pincemaille (* 1956)
- Louis Robilliard (* 1939)
- Robert Rogier (*1946)
- Daniel Roth (* 1942)
- René Saorgin (* 1928)
- Marc Schäfer
- Claude Schnitzler
- Domenico Severin (* 1967)
- Raphaël Tambyeff (* 1936)
- Louis Thiry
- Olivier Vernet (* 1964)
- Pierre Vidal (* 1947)
[edit] Germany
- Sieglinde Ahrens (* 1936)
- Christoph Albrecht (* 1930)
- Wolfgang Baumgratz (* 1948)
- Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (* 1934)
- Stefan Johannes Bleicher (* 1962)
- Ullrich Böhme
- Winfried Bönig (* 1959)
- Christoph Bossert (* 1957)
- Ingo Bredenbach (* 1959)
- Bernhard Buttmann (* 1959)
- Egidius Doll (* 1946)
- Markus Eichenlaub (* 1970)
- Eberhard Fölster
- Felix Friedrich
- Clemens Ganz
- Zsolt Gárdonyi (* 1946)
- Johannes Geffert
- Gerhard Gnann (* 1962)
- Christoph Grohmann (* 1955)
- Willibald Guggenmos
- Bernhard Haas (* 1964)
- Felix Hell (* 1985)
- Hans Uwe Hielscher
- Christoph Bossert (* 1957)
- Kay Johannsen
- Ernst-Ulrich von Kameke (* 1926)
- Hans-Dieter Karras (* 1959)
- Günther Kaunzinger (* 1938)
- Silvius von Kessel (* 1965)
- Otto Maria Krämer
- Edgar Krapp (* 1947)
- Karl-Bernhardin Kropf
- Eberhard Lauer
- Torsten Laux (* 1965)
- Jon Laukvik
- Franz Lehrndorfer
- Ludger Lohmann (* 1954)
- Martin Lücker (* 1953)
- Viktor Lukas
- Ludger Mai
- Hans-Dieter Möller (* 1939)
- Hans Musch (* 1935)
- Almut Rößler (* 1932)
- Gunther Rost (* 1974)
- Andreas Rothkopf (* 1955)
- Wolfgang Rübsam (* 1946)
- Burghard Schloemann (* 1935)
- Stefan Schmidt (* 1966)
- Gisbert Schneider (* 1934)
- Michael Schneider
- Klemens Schnorr (* 1949)
- Christoph Schoener (* 1953)
- Albert Schönberger (* 1949)
- Michael Schönheit
- Hansjürgen Scholze (* 1944)
- Wolfgang Seifen (* 1956)
- Ernst-Erich Stender (* 1944)
- Josef Still (* 1959)
- Wolfgang Stockmeier (* 1931)
- Zsigmond Szathmáry (* 1939)
- Johannes Unger
- Harald Vogel
- Ansgar Wallenhorst
- Gerhard Weinberger
- Martin Welzel (* 1972)
- Heinz Wunderlich (* 1919)
- Gerd Zacher (* 1929)
- Wolfgang Zerer (* 1961)
[edit] Hungary
- Gábor Lehotka
- János Sebestyén (*1931)
[edit] Italy
- Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925)
- Maria Grazia Filippi Facchini
- Fernando Germani (1906 - 1998)
- Calistri Luigi (1921 - 1991)
- Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini (* 1929)
- Amedeo Aroma (*1936)
- Wijnand van de Pol (*1938)
- Giancarlo Parodi (*1938)
- Lorenzo Ghielmi (*1953)
- Franz Comploi (* 1954)
- Maurizio Machella (*1960)
- Roberto Carnevale (*1966)
- Gianluca Libertucci (*1970)
- Graziella Concas (*1970)
- Leonardo Ciampa (*1971)
[edit] Lithuania
- Iveta Apkalna (°1976)
- Jurate Bundzaite
[edit] Monaco (Principality)
- Marc Giacone (°1954)
[edit] Netherlands
- Bob van Asperen (* 1947)
- Klaas Bolt (1927–1990)
- Jan Hage
- Jan Jongepier
- Piet Kee (* 1927)
- Ton Koopman (* 1944)
- Ewald Kooiman (* 1938)
- Gustav Leonhardt (* 1928)
- Klaas Jan Mulder
- Ben van Oosten (* 1955)
[edit] New Zealand
- Nicholas Grigsby (* 1974)
- Martin Setchell (*1949)
[edit] Norway
- Kåre Nordstoga
- Halgeir Schiager (* 1955)
[edit] Poland
- Krzysztof Czerwinski
- Jan Jargon
- Jozef Serafin
- Rostislaw Wygranienko (* 1978)
- Jacek Wisniewski
[edit] Russia
- Aleksandr Fiseisky
[edit] South Africa
- Grant Brasler
- Prof. Shirley Gie
- Dr Barry Smith
- Prof. Daleen Kruger
- Prof. Wim Viljoen
- Prof. Albert Troskie
[edit] Sweden
- Hans Davidsson
- Hans-Ola Ericsson (* 1958)
- Hans Fagius
- Dorothea Wilkesmann (* 1952)
[edit] Switzerland
- Guy Bovet (* 1942)
- Douglas Bruce
- Josef Bucher
- Daniel Chorzempa (*1944)
- Joachim Krause (* 1957)
- Rudolf Lutz (* 1951)
- Lionel Rogg (* 1936)
- Jean-Claude Zehnder
[edit] United Kingdom
- Jennifer Bate
- David Briggs (musician)
- Kevin Bowyer
- Clive Driskill-Smith
- Stephen Farr
- David Goode
- Christopher Herrick
- Peter Hurford
- Nicolas Kynaston (* 1941)
- Wayne Marshall
- Jane Parker-Smith
- Simon Preston
- David Sanger
- John Scott-Whiteley
- Ian Tracey
- Thomas Trotter
- Gillian Weir
[edit] United States
- George C. Baker (* 1951)
- Aram Basmadjian
- Diane Belcher
- James Biery
- Jonathan Biggers
- Diane Bish
- Douglas E. Bush
- Chris Carpenter
- Chelsea Chen
- Clay Christiansen (* 1949)
- Robert Cundick
- James David Christie
- Paul Cienniwa
- R. Don Cook
- Ken Cowan
- Carlo Curley
- D. Michael Fuller (1985-)
- Gerre Hancock
- Judith Hancock
- Barbara Harbach
- David Higgs
- Paul Jacobs
- Eddie Layton
- John Longhurst
- Joan Lippincott
- Douglas Major
- Marilyn Mason
- Alan Morrison
- Thomas Murray
- Josh Perschbacher
- Christa Rakich
- Cherry Rhodes
- Wolfgang Rübsam (* 1946)
- John Scott (* 1956)
- Mark Steinbach
- Erik Suter
- Frederick Swann
- Peter Sykes
- Carole Terry (* 1948)
- Stephen Tharp
- Kent Tritle
- John Weaver
- Guy Whatley (* 1975)
- J. David Williams
- Todd Wilson
- Bob Mitchell (organist)
- Vince Morton
- Lyn Larsen (organist)
[edit] Past famous organists
[edit] France
- Pierre Cochereau (1924-1984)
- Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968)
- Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
- Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
- Marie-Madeleine Duruflé-Chevalier (1921-1999)
- Rolande Falcinelli (1920-2006)
- André Fleury (1903-1995)
- César Franck (1822-1890), from Belgium
- Jean Langlais
- Gaston Litaize
- Olivier Messiaen
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Louis Vierne
- Charles-Marie Widor
[edit] Germany
- Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer
- Karl Straube (1873-1956)
- Karl Richter (1926-1981)
- Käte van Tricht (1909-1996)
- Helmut Walcha (1907-1991)
[edit] Italy
- Fernando Germani
[edit] United Kingdom
- Edward C Bairstow
- E. Power Biggs (1906-1977), born and trained in UK, immigrated to US in 1930
- Ralph Downes
- Sir George Thalben-Ball
[edit] Netherlands
- Feike Asma
[edit] United States
- E. Power Biggs (1906-1977), born in Britain, immigrated to US in 1930
- Charles Courboin
- Virgil Fox (1912-1980)
- Michael Murray
- Alexander Schreiner
