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A file photograph from 2004 shows Notre Dame's organ. - Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images Latry had, in his words, lived with the organ “day and night” since joining the cathedral in 1985.
He is a guest at major festivals, as a soloist or with orchestra. He regularly gives concerts and master classes in Europe, the United States, Japan, Russia and Eastern Europe. In 1985, he was appointed titular organist of the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris, together with Yves Devernay, Olivier Latry and Jean-Pierre Leguay.
Olivier Jean-Claude Latry [1] (French pronunciation: [ɔlivje ʒɑ̃ klod latʁi]; born 22 February 1962) is a French organist, improviser, teacher and composer who has served as one of the four titular organists of Notre-Dame de Paris since 1985 and is a professor of organ at the Conservatoire de Paris.
The organ took 15 months to build in Tacoma, Washington, then was disassembled and shipped to Notre Dame, whereupon it took two months to install. The hall has possible reverberation time variations from 2 to 4 seconds. [5] Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Concert Hall: a 96-foot tall space primarily devoted to musical performances with seating for 850.
Louis Victor Jules Vierne (8 October 1870 – 2 June 1937) was a French organist and composer.As the organist of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1900 until his death, he focused on organ music, including six organ symphonies and a Messe solennelle for choir and two organs.
Pierre Eugène Charles Cochereau (9 July 1924 – 6 March 1984) was a French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue.. Cochereau was titular organist of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1955 to his death in 1984 and was responsible for a controversial renovation of the cathedral's organ in the 1960s.
Vexo at Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul II (21 September 2015) Johann Vexo (born 1978) is a French organist. He is the organist for both the choir organ at Notre Dame de Paris (as deputy) and the great organ of Nancy Cathedral (as titular).
Saint-Martin at the console of the Notre-Dame organ. Léonce Marie-Joseph, Comte de Saint-Martin-de-Paylha (31 October 1886 - 10 June 1954), shortened to and more well known by Léonce de Saint-Martin, was a French organist and composer.