Prague International Organ Festival
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Prague International Organ Festival is a festival for organ
lovers, held annually in Prague
, presenting a series of concerts by well-known organ virtuosos from all over the world. The inaugural edition was in 1996. The venue where the concerts are held is the stunning baroque St. James Basilica right beside Prague's Old Town square
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Organ (music)
The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
lovers, held annually in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, presenting a series of concerts by well-known organ virtuosos from all over the world. The inaugural edition was in 1996. The venue where the concerts are held is the stunning baroque St. James Basilica right beside Prague's Old Town square
Old Town Square (Prague)
Old Town Square is a historic square in the Old Town quarter of Prague in the Czech Republic at .Located between Wenceslas Square and the Charles Bridge, Prague's Old Town Square is often bursting at the seams with tourists in the summer. Featuring various architectural styles including the...
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Organists
- Czech republic: Aleš BártaAleš BártaAleš Bárta is a Czech Organist.He began his studies at the Brno Conservatory and continued at the Academy of Music in Prague...
, Jaroslav TůmaJaroslav TumaJaroslav Tůma is a Czech Organist.This organist, clavichord, harpsichordist and pianoforte player graduated from the Prague Conservatory and from the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague...
, Jiří Ropek, Petr RajnohaPetr Rajnoha' is a Czech Organist.He is a graduate of the Conservatory in Brno and the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under the tutelage of Prof. Jaroslav Tůma...
, Kamila Klugarová, Václav Uhlíř, Jan Hora - France: Marie - Claire Alain, Susan Landale, Eric Lebrun, Thierry EscaichThierry EscaichThierry Escaich, born 8 May 1965 in Nogent-sur-Marne, is a French organist and composer.-Life:Born in 1965, Thierry Escaich studied organ, improvisation and composition at the Paris Conservatory , where he won 8 “first prizes” and where he has taught improvisation and composition since...
, Daniel RothDaniel Roth (organist)Daniel François Roth , is a French organist, composer, and pedagogue.-Biography:Roth began his musical training at the conservatory in his home town, Mulhouse with Professeur Joseph Victor Meyer...
, Naji HakimNaji HakimNaji Subhy Paul Irénée Hakim is a Lebanese-French organist, composer, and improviser. He studied under Jean Langlais, and succeeded Messiaen as organist at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris.-Biography:... - Germany: Johannes Geffert, Andreas Meisner
- Italy: Luciano Zecca, Alessandro Bianchi
- Poland: Roman Perucki, Waclaw Golonka, Robert Grudzien
- Switzerland: Lionel RoggLionel RoggLionel Rogg is a Swiss organist, composer and teacher of musical theory. Among many other distinctions, he has recorded the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach three times....
, Guy BovetGuy BovetGuy Bovet is a Swiss organist and composer.Bovet studied under Marie Dufour in Lausanne, Pierre Segond in Geneva and Marie-Claire Alain in Paris. From 1979 to 1999 he taught Spanish organ music at the University of Salamanca, and since 1989 he has been Professor of Organ at the Musikhochschule in...
, - USA: Carol Williams, Karel PaukertKarel PaukertKarel Paukert .He graduated from the Prague Conservatory, and the Ghent Conservatory, Belgium. He studied under organists Jan Bedrich Krajs and Gabriel Verschraegen...
, Stephen Tharp - Belgium: Eric Hallein, Kristiaan Seynhaave
- Canada: Philip Crozier
- Slovakia: Imrich Szabó
- Netherlands: Ben van OostenBen van OostenBen van Oosten is an organist, professor and author.Ben van Oosten gave his first organ recital in 1970 at the age of 15. He was accepted at the prestigious Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam and studied the organ with Albert de Klerk and piano with Berthe Davelaar...
- Austria: Gunther Rost, Peter Planyavsky
- Japan: Hiroko Imai
- Great Britain: David Titterington
- Hungary: Zsuzsa Elekes
- Norway: Halgier Schiager
- Sweden: Juan Paradel Solé