The American organist James David Christie has performed extensively throughout the world and especially in Europe. He is Chair and Professor of Organ at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, College Organist at Wellesley College and the Distinguished Artist in Residence at the College of the Holy Cross. He has performed premiers of over 40 works. He serves regularly on the faculty of the McGill University Summer Organ Academy in Montreal, Canada.
Leo van Doeselaar is a versatile musician who is internationally active as an organist, pianist and fortepianist and as a recording artist. Van Doeselaar is Professor of Organ at the Universität der Künste in Berlin, titulary organist of the Pieterskerk in Leiden and organist of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. In 2007 he was awarded the Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Prize in recognition of his contribution to organ culture.
After a classical education Ton Koopman studied organ, harpsichord and musicology in Amsterdam and was awarded the Prix d'Excellence for both instruments. From the beginning of his musical studies he was fascinated by authentic instruments and a performance style based on sound scholarship, and in 1969, at the age of 25, he formed his first Baroque orchestra. In 1979 he founded the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, followed by the Amsterdam Baroque Choir in 1992.
Jos van der Kooy enjoys an international reputation as a recitalist, improviser and church musician. His teachers included Piet Kee. He is the city organist of Haarlem (organs of St. Bavo's and the Philharmonie concert hall), cantor-organist of the Westerkerk (Amsterdam) and organist of the Gotische Zaal of the Raad van State (The Hague). Van der Kooy teaches at the Faculty of Arts of Leiden University and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.
Olivier Latry was appointed co-titulaire at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris at the age of 23, and he has taught organ at the Paris Conservatory since 1995. He has performed in more than 50 countries throughout the world. Latry is regarded as one of the most important French organists of his generation, and an ambassador of four centuries of French organ music. His extensive recorded oeuvre includes the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen.
Jacques van Oortmerssen studied with André Verwoerd (organ) and Elly Salomé (piano), pursued postgraduate studies with Marie-Claire Alain, and was awarded the Prix d’Excellence in 1976. In 1982 he succeeded Gustav Leonhardt as titulary organist of the Walloon church in Amsterdam and he was appointed Professor of Organ at the Amsterdam Conservatory in 1979. Jacques van Oortmerssen is internationally renowned for his versatility and his performance of the music of J.S. Bach. He is a regular guest at universities and conservatories throughout the world. 
Regarded as one of Britain's most outstanding concert organists and teachers, Margaret Phillips studied with the late Ralph Downes and with Marie-Claire Alain. Since 1996 she has been Professor of Organ at the Royal College of Music in London, and she is in demand at home and abroad as a recitalist, teacher, masterclass tutor and jury member. In 1994, Margaret Phillips and her husband founded the English Organ School and Museum in former chapel premises in Milborne Port, Somerset, where they have a small collection of organs by English organ builders from the eighteenth century to the present day.
Peter Planyavski studied organ and church music with Anton Heiller. In 1969 he was appointed organist of St Stephen‘s Cathedral, Vienna, where he was also musical director from 1983-1990. He resigned in 2004, and since 1980 he has been Professor of Organ and Improvisation at the University for Music and Drama in Vienna.
Louis Robilliard is Professeur honoraire at the Conservatoire National de Région de Lyon and titulary organist of the Cavaillé-Coll organ in the church of Saint François de Sales. Internationally recognised as a recitalist and teacher, he has received prestigious prizes for many of his recordings. In addition to classical repertoire, he has specialised in orchestral transcriptions and improvisation. As a consultant he is involved in organ building and restoration. 
Martin Sander studied with Ulrich Bremsteller in Hannover and won major organ competitions. He is Professor of Organ at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel and the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Heidelberg, and is the author of articles on stylistic aspects of organ music. Martin Sander is artistic director of the International Philipp Wolfrum Organ Competition at Heidelberg and the Festival ‘Heidelberger Orgel-Romantik’. 
Roman Summereder completed his studies in Vienna and Brussels. He took up a post as organ teacher at the Musikhochschule in Vienna in 1999 and was appointed to a professorship in 2002. A focal point of his repertoire is the organ music of the 20th and 21st centuries. He has performed many premieres, and his recordings of music by Reger, Schoenberg, Jarnach, David, Krenek, Messiaen, Reda and Ligeti have been highly acclaimed. 
Zsigmond Száthmary studied composition and organ at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest. He was organist of Bremen Cathedral and professor at the State Hochschule for Music in Freiburg. An international performer, Szathmáry directs masterclasses throughout the world, is intensively involved in contemporary music, and has composed for orchestra, solo instruments and chamber ensembles. 
Harald Vogel is recognised as a leading authority on the interpretation of German organ music of the Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque eras. As director of the North German Organ Academy, which he founded in 1972, he teaches historical performance practice on original instruments. Since 1994 he has also held a professorship at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen. 
Christoph Wolff has been Professor of Music at Harvard University since 1976; he is also director of the Bach Archive in Leipzig. His many published writings cover many fields relating to music history of the 15th to the 20th centuries. His most recent publications include The New Bach Reader (New York, 1998), Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician (New York, 2000), and Die Orgeln Johann Sebastian Bachs (Leipzig, 2006). In addition to his activities as a lecturer, Wolff also directs organ masterclasses and is active as a conductor.
Jean-Claude Zehnder was Professor of Organ from 1972-2006 at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. His many activities include recitals and recordings, teaching at organ academies, and writings focusing on performance practice and the stylistic development of Johann Sebastian Bach. Jean-Claude Zehnder's study of the early works of J.S. Bach was published by Schwabe (Basel) in 2009. It establishes for the first time a chronological order of some 120 works composed between 1695-1708. 