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Michael Radulescu (course 1) is worldwide in demand as a lecturer, teacher and jury member at international competitions. From 1968-2008 he was professor of organ at Vienna University, and since 1990 he has conducted the International Bach Academy in Porrentruy (CH). Radulescu now teaches the organ at the Musikhochschule in Lübeck. He is also active as a conductor and as a composer. |
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Lorenzo Ghielmi (course 2) teaches organ at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and is organist of the 1991 Ahrend instrument in the Milanese basilica of S.Simpliciano. He combines his activities as a recitalist with a passion for musicological research. He has published on 16th- and 17th-century organ building and the interpretation of the music of J.S. Bach. Ghielmi is in demand as a lecturer, teacher and jury member at international competitions. |
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Ben van Oosten (course 3) teaches organ at the Rotterdam Conservatory and is organist of the Grote Kerk in The Hague. His many CD recordings of French symphonic repertoire have been awarded various international prizes. He gives masterclasses throughout the world and is in demand on international juries. Van Oosten has written a biography of Charles-Marie Widor. He was appointed Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. |
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Olivier Latry (course 4) was appointed co-titulaire at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de 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. |
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Leo van Doeselaar (course 5a) is a versatile musician who is internationally active as an organist, pianist and fortepianist and as a recording artist. Van Doeselaar teaches organ at the Universität der Künste in Berlin, is 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 services to organ culture. |
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Jean-Baptiste Robin (course 5b) teaches organ at the Conservatoire National de Région in Versailles, and is titulary organist of the Clicquot instrument at Poitiers Cathedral. He studied at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris, where his teachers included Marie-Claire Alain. An international recitalist, Robin has recorded the complete organ works of Mendelssohn, Marchand and Louis Couperin. He is also active as a composer. |
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Wolfgang Zerer (course 6a) studied organ with Michael Radulescu and Ludger Lohmann, harpsichord with Gordon Murray and Ton Koopman, and conducting. He won prizes at Bruges (1982) and Innsbruck (1983). Zerer was appointed professor of organ at Hamburg´s College of Music and Theatre in 1989 and also teaches at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and Groningen Conservatory (NL). He is worldwide in demand as a performer and teacher. |
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Guy Bovet (course 6b) is appreciated in the music world as a many-sided, original artist, active in many fields. He is active as a performer, teacher, music publisher, composer and organ advisor. As a scholar and researcher, he has published over 2000 articles. Bovet has directed interpretation courses on Spanish organ music at Salamanca University for twenty years. He was professor of organ at the Musikhochschule in Basel until his retirement in 2008. |
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Bernard Winsemius (course 7a) studied organ with Anthon van der Horst and Albert de Klerk, and also studied the carillon. He teaches organ at the Rotterdam Conservatory and is a former teacher at the Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort. Winsemius is city carilloneur of Haarlem and Amsterdam, and organist of the historic instruments in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. He has recorded a number of CDs. |
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Jos van der Kooy (course 7b) enjoys an international reputation as a recitalist, improviser and church musician. He teachers included Piet Kee. He is the city organist of Haarlem (organs of St. Bavo's and concert hall Philharmonie), 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. |
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Zsigmond Száthmary (course 8a) 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 all over the world, is intensively involved in contemporary music, and has composed for orchestra, solo instruments and chamber ensembles. |
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Loïc Mallié (course 8b) studied composition, organ and improvisation at the National Academy of Music in Paris with Olivier Messiaen. He was a prizewinner at international improvisation competitions. Since 1980 he has been professor of composition, analysis and improvisation at the National Academy of Music in Lyon and in San Sebastian (E). In 1989, Mallié was appointed organist of Saint Pothin's in Lyon. He is worldwide in demand as a performer and director of masterclasses, and is active as a composer. |
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Christoph Wolff (seminar) 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 a wide range of 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. |
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Peter Williams (Litt. Doct. Cantabrigiensis) held the first Chair in Performance Practice in a British University (Edinburgh), where he was also Director of the Russell Collection of Harpsichords before taking a distinguished chair at Duke University, North Carolina. His books include monographs on The Organ Works of J S Bach (3 volumes), The Organ in Western Culture 750-1250, a biography of Bach (JSB: ein Leben in der Musik), The Chromatic Fourth, and as editor The Organ Yearbook (founded in Amsterdam, 1969, Frits Knuf). |
