Jean Costa
Jean Costa (born June 5, 1924 in Bastia ; † June 1, 2013 ) was a French organist .
Costa came from a family of organists and, after completing his training in the family, was a student of Edouard Commette in Lyon from 1943 . In 1945 he went to Paris to study with Maurice Duruflé and Marcel Dupré at the Conservatoire de Paris , which he graduated in 1949 with a first prize in organ playing and improvisation.
In 1952 he became the organist of the great Cavaillé-Coll organ in the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church in Paris. He held this post until 1997. From 1953 to 1970 he was professor of organ at the Conservatory of Nantes , from 1972 to 1992 he taught at the Conservatory of Aix-en-Provence . His students included Pierre Lecaudey , Gilles Harlé and Chantal de Zeeuw .
Costa has performed at numerous organ festivals in France and throughout Europe, the USSR and the USA, where he made a name for himself primarily as an improviser. In addition to the old German masters ( Johann Sebastian Bach , Dietrich Buxtehude , Nicolaus Bruhns , Georg Muffat , Johann Pachelbel ), his repertoire includes the romantic organ works by César Franck , Charles-Marie Widor , Robert Schumann , Johannes Brahms and Franz Liszt .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Message on orguesdeparis.fr , accessed on October 6, 2015.
- ↑ obituary in orgelnieuws.nl (Dutch), accessed on October 6, 2015.
- ↑ CD overview on france-orgue.fr , accessed on October 6, 2015.
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SURNAME | Costa, Jean |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French organist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1924 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bastia |
DATE OF DEATH | 1st June 2013 |