Information and application: www.ORGANpromotion.org    

Grand Jeux à Paris – an Organ Tour in memoriam Vierne, Widor, Léfébure-Wély, Guilmant, Messiaen – press review

The “Paris Organ Trip” in the week after Easter has been taking place now for more than 20 years. This year, 20 – 23 april 2017, it was devoted to Luois Vierne and Charles-Marie Widor (8oth Anniversary of Death), Louis Lefebure-Wely (200th Anniversary of Birth) Alexandre Guilmant (180th Anniversary of Birth) and Olivier Messiaen( 25th Anniversary of Death).
The focus of the course was the churches and organs in Paris where these musicians and composers worked: Institute Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles, St Sulpice, Trinity and Madeleine. Altogether there were 16 organ viewings and course events in 5 days. The high points were two organ courses in Trinity and in Madeleine and the presentations “Guilmant on the Harmonium” and “Lefebure-Wely”.
Equally fascinating were the meetings with Parisian Organists Dominique Levacque, David Cassan, Camielle Déruelle, Gabriel Bestion de Camboulas, Carolyn Shuster-Fournier, Frédéric Blanc, Henri de Rohan-Czermak, Daniel Roth, Kurt Lueders, Didier Matry, Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvrard and Pierre Cambourian.
More than 50 participants responded to the invitation from ORGANpromotion and experienced a grand Paris Organ Programme. They were from 9 different countries: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, USA, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Great Britain. (Leopold Neder Schneider, Munich)

Grand Jeux à Paris – eine Orgelreise im Gedenken am Vierne, Widor, Léfébure-Wély, Guilmant, Messiaen – Pressebericht
Seit über 20 Jahren gibt es die „Orgeltage Paris“ in der Woche nach Ostern. Dieses Jahr, 20. – 23. April 2017, war die Reise Louis Vierne und Charles-Marie Widor (zum 80. Todestag), Louis Léfébure-Wély (zum 200. Geburtstag), Alexandre Guilmant (zum 180. Geburtstag) und Olivier Messiaen (zum 25. Todestag) gewidmet.
Damit lag der Fokus der Reise bei den Kirchen und Instrumenten, wo diese Musiker und Komponisten in Paris gewirkt haben: Institute Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles, Saint Sulpice, Trinité und Madeleine. Insgesamt waren es 16 Orgelbesichtigungen und Programmpunkte in 5 Tagen. Herausragend dabei zwei Orgelkurse in Trinité und in Madeleine und und Vorträge „Guilmant auf den Harmonium“ und „Léfebure-Wély“.
Schön die Begegnungen mit den Pariser Organisten Dominique Levacque, David Cassan, Camielle Déruelle, Gabriel Bestion de Camboulas, Carolyn Shuster-Fournier, Frédéric Blanc, Henri de Rohan-Czermak, Daniel Roth, Kurt Lueders, Didier Matry, Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvrard und Pierre Cambourian.
Über 50 Personen aus 9 Ländern (Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich,
USA, Norwegen, Belgien, Niederlande, Frankreich, Großbritanien) folgten der Einladung von ORGANpromotion und erlebten ein großes Pariser Orgelprogramm. (Leopold Neder Schneider, München)

Information and application: www.ORGANpromotion.org   

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

We have the pleasure of informing you that the 2nd Odoyevsky International Organ Competition will take place in Moscow from 19 to 27 November.
The competition is named after V.F. Odoyevsky (1804-1869), a prominent Russian music critic, writer, philosopher and public figure, one of the founders of Russian musicology and lexicography, and the author of the first original Russian organ compositions; he contributed much to sharpen the interest of the Russian musical circles to organ and to J.S. Bach’s extraordinary personality.

The contest consists of four rounds in which participants will play organs of different styles and epochs in five Moscow halls including the Organ Hall of Gnesins Russian Academy of Music where the historic Henry Jones organ (1871) is installed.

The 2nd Odoyevsky International Organ Competition
19-27 November 2017, Moscow, 4 rounds, 5 instruments
Participant ages-range: 17-33
Application deadline: October 10, 2017
http://gnesin-academy.ru/organ_competition

Along with the traditional organ repertoire, the Competition programme includes 20th century compositions, as well as a number of the most notable organ works of Russian composers.
The competition jury consists of famous international experts in the art of organ playing.
Competition rules, programme requirements and organ specifications are included in the attached documentation file and placed on the website:
http://gnesin-academy.ru/organ_competition

Competition Documentation

Best wishes,
Organizing Committee
of the 2nd Odoyevsky International Organ Competition

English:
Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal open their doors for the International Organ Competition between 24 and 27 August 2017.

The designated instrument for the competition and ensuing concerts is the Sauer Organ in the internationally renowned Großer Saal of the Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal.

Application deadline: 19 May 2017

Please find further information on the website:
www.wuppertaler-musiksommer.de

Deutsch:

Vom 24. bis 27. August 2017 laden die Hochschule für Musik und Tanz

Köln und die Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal zu einem
Internationalen Orgelwettbewerb ein.

Wettbewerbs- und Konzertinstrument ist die Sauer-Orgel im international gerühmten Großen Saal der Historischen Stadthalle Wuppertal.

Bewerbungsschluss: 19. Mai 2017

Nähere Informationen unter:
www.wuppertaler-musiksommer.de