Louis Thiry
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Born | Fléville-devant-Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France | 15 February 1935
Died | 27 June 2019 Mont-Saint-Aignan, Normandy, France | (aged 84)
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Organizations | Rouen Conservatoire |
Louis Henry Nicolas Thiry (15 February 1935
Biography
Born in
He was titular organist of the 1732 Lefebvre organ at the chapel of the Charles Nicole Hospital, part of the University Hospital in Rouen.[5] He was professor of organ in Metz where one of his students was Bernard-Marie Koltès, and held the same position at the Rouen Conservatoire where his students included Alain Mabit, Céline Frisch and Benjamin Alard.[4]
He took part in many international festivals, including Lille, the Besançon Festival, the Festival of Paris, Haarlem, Venice and the 1982 Messiaen Festival in Moscow.[5]
Thiry died on 27 June 2019 in Mont-Saint-Aignan.[2]
Recordings
Thiry recorded the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen in 1972 at St. Pierre Cathedral in Geneva for Calliope.[2] The composer Olivier Messiaen wrote about him:
Louis Thiry is an extraordinary organist. An accomplished virtuoso, an all-round musician, with unequalled memory and skill: he may be classed among the heroes of music (he has given several fine performances of my most difficult organ works -in particular my Messe de la Pentecôte). All those who have heard and all those who will hear Louis Thiry can but admire him.[3]
The recording was awarded the Prize of the Président of the Republic, the Shock of
Thiry also recorded works by
References
- ^ Précis analytique des travaux de l'Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen (in French)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Roux, Marie-Aude Roux (30 June 2019). "L'organiste et compositeur Louis Thiry est mort". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ a b c "Louis Thiry / Messiaen / Solo Works for Organ". ladolcevolta.com. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Décès de l'organiste Louis Thiry". France Musique. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Louis Thiry". orgues-chartres.org. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ a b Bragg, Chris (March 2005). "Ma fin est mon commencement." musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Louis Thiry / Bach's Instrumental Works". Bach Cantatas Website. 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
External links
- Louis Thiry (Organ) Bach Cantatas Website 2008
- Louis Thiry's discography
- Louis Thiry discography at Discogs