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- 4 different careers in a difficult environment

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Conservatoire Paris, Rieger organ

In 1991, the Austrian organ builder Rieger delivered a three-manual concert organ for the Paris Conservatoire, which was revised and extended by the builder himself in 2002. The stoplist today consists of 51 stops and is principally based on models of French symphonic music, supplemented by classical stops to represent the musical repertoire of earlier epochs.

In 1989, the Dutch company Van den Heuvel from Dordrecht built the third largest organ in France (after Notre Dame and Saint-Sulpice) with 101 stops into the monumental organ case from 1854. It is a modern instrument in historical garb. The five manuals are divided into I Positif, II Grand Orgue, III Récit expressif, IV Grand Chœur, V Solo, which can be controlled both from a mechanical console on the organ case and from a mobile electric second console in the church hall. The instrument was designed in no small part by the titular organist Jean Guillou (1930-2018).

Paris, Église Saint-Eustache, Van den Heuvel organ

Cathedral Châlons-en-Champagne, John Abbey organ

The cathedral of Châlons-en-Champagne has a large symphonic main organ by the organ builder John Abbey with 54 stops. Originally built in 1848, the instrument was enlarged in 1898 and was given Monument Historique status in 1979, together with its Neo-Gothic facade emphasising the vertical.

Anna Lapwood – Leeds Town Hall 3 – Credit Tom Arber

Anna Lapwood studied at Oxford University and was the the first woman in the 560-year history of Magdalen College to be awarded the organ scholarship. As Director of Music, she now leads the Chapel Choir and the Choir and the Girls Choir at Pembroke College, Cambridge. She features prominently in many respects in what have hitherto been predominantly male domains. In 2021, Anna Lapwood made her debut as soloist in Saint-Saëns’ ‘Organ Symphony’ and released her first solo album “Images”. In the meantime, she has made numerous solo appearances, hosts television programmes, programmes with young musicians on the BBC, as well as several radio programmes. She is also a strong advocate for music education for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. When her reach was limited during the pandemic, she founded the NHS Chorus-19 which now includes over 1000 NHS staff from all over the UK. Anna is a role model for many young women! #playlikeagirl https://www.annalapwood.co.uk/

Zuzana Ferjenčíková was the first woman to win 1st prize. Prize at the International Organ Improvisation Competition in Haarlem. That was in 2004 and it was not her only competition success. Growing up in Slovakia, she received important impulses as an organist at the music conservatories in Bratislava and Vienna, but above all from Jean Guillou in Zurich and Paris. She performs his work as an interpreter at international festivals, just as she does Franz Liszt and Marcel Dupré. As a composer, she has an impressive œuvre with works for organ, piano and mixed instrumental ensembles. She is the founding president of the Vienna Franz Liszt Society. Since 2021 she teaches organ at Codarts University for Music in Rotterdam.

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