Joachim Havard de la Montagne
Joachim Havard de la Montagne (born November 30, 1927 in Geneva , † October 1, 2003 in Paris ) was a French composer, organist and musicologist.
Havard de la Montagne was the son of French parents who had settled in the Geneva area, where the father worked for an international organization. After the war he moved to Paris and attended what was then the César-Franck Academy of Music. From 1948 until his retirement in 1996, Joachim Havard was an organist, composer, musicologist and conductor in the service of church music. He was organist of the Paris churches of Ste-Marie des Batignolles , Sainte-Odile and the liberal “Synagogue Copernic”. Joachim Havard was organist at La Madelaine , where he was assisted by his wife, who was also an organist and harpsichordist. At the beginning of the 1970s he founded the choir and the "Ensemble Instrumental de la Madeleine", with which he gave more than 200 concerts, some with monumental ensembles of more than 350 performers.
His extensive compositional work is strongly influenced by Gregorian chant and the composers Gabriel Fauré , Maurice Duruflé and Louis Vierne .
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| SURNAME | Havard de la Montagne, Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 2003 |
| Place of death | Paris |