Louis Thiry

Louis Thiry (born February 15, 1935 in Fléville-devant-Nancy ; † June 27, 2019 ) was a French composer , organist and music teacher . He was a teacher at the Conservatoire National de Région de Rouen .

Career

In addition to teaching, he gave concerts, radio broadcasts and music recordings, and participated in numerous festivals around the world. His repertoire ranged from the 13th to the 20th century. He also dealt with medieval music. Through Johann Sebastian Bach's work he was repeatedly stimulated to study. He took up the art of the fugue and the well -tempered piano . Louis Thiry had a penchant for composers of the 20th century, especially Jean-Pierre Legay , Alain Mabit and Olivier Messiaen . In addition to his work as a soloist, Louis Thiry also played in ensembles and often worked with various singers and instrumentalists, in particular Henri Ledroit and Patrick Bismuth . He had the license to play the historic Lefebvre organs (18th century) in the Chapelle du Center Hospitalier Universitaire "Charles Nicolle" in Rouen.

Recordings (selection)

• Olivier Messiaen
  • The Organ Works (3CDs), 2008
  • La Nativité du Seigneur (The Birth of the Lord), 1972, (CD) 2004
  • L 'Ascension (The Ascension of Christ) (CD) 2001
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • The Art of Fugue , BWV 1080 (CD) 1993
  • The well-tempered piano (complete recording), (CD) 1995
• Guillaume de Machaut
  • Transcriptions for Organ , (CD) 1993

Web links

• Louis Thiry plays “La Messe de Pentecôte” by Olivier Messiaen on the Sint-Bavokerk's organ in Haarlem (Netherlands)
• Louis Thiry's discography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Décès de l'organiste Louis Thiry France Musique, accessed on July 1, 2019