Pierre Pincemaille

Pierre Pincemaille (2004)

Pierre Marie Pincemaille (born December 8, 1956 in Paris , † January 12, 2018 in Suresnes ) was a French composer , organist and music teacher .

Life

Pierre Pincemaille studied at the Paris Conservatory with Henri Challan , Jean-Claude Raynaud, Marcel Bitsch , Jacques Castérède and Rolande Falcinelli . He graduated with five Premier Prix ( harmony , counterpoint , fugue , organ , improvisation ).

Since 1987 he has been titular organist at the organ of the Saint-Denis basilica near Paris , where the first large organ (1840) by the French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll is located. In June 2018 his student Quentin Guérillot took over the post of titular organist.

Pincemaille was a professor at the Conservatories of Paris (counterpoint), Lyon, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (improvisation) and Saint-Germain-en-Laye (harmony and counterpoint). In addition, he performed worldwide as an organist and made numerous recordings, including the ten organ symphonies by Charles-Marie Widor and the entire organ works by Maurice Duruflé and César Franck .

Pincemaille died of lung cancer on 2018 at the age of 61 in Suresnes hospital .

honors and awards

• 1978: 1st prize at the International Improvisation Competition of Lyon
• 1987: Grand Prize at the Beauvais European Organ Competition
• 1989: 1st prize at the Strasbourg International Improvisation Competition
• 1989: Grand Prize at the Montbrison International Improvisation Competition
• 1990: Great improvisation prize at the Chartres International Competition
• Knight of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
• Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
• Knight of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great

bibliography

• Völker, Elke: The allure of perfect illusion. An interview with the Parisian organist and star improviser Pierre Pincemaille. Organ - Journal für die Orgel 1, No. 1 (1998), pp. 18-21.
• Pincemaille, Pierre: L'improvisateur à Notre-Dame. In: Pierre Cochereau: Témoignages , edited by Yvette Carbou. Bourg-la-Reine: Zurfluh, 1999, pp. 271-339. ISBN 2-87750-087-X .
• Pincemaille, Pierre: L'improvisateur à Notre-Dame. In: Pierre Cochereau: Un art d'illusioniste , edited by Yvette Carbou. Sampzon: Delatour France, 2014, pp. 263–338. ISBN 978-2-7521-0124-2 .

Web links

• Pierre Pincemaille at Discogs (English)
• Homepage

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pierre Pincemaille, une vie à la tribune de Saint-Denis . Le Monde , January 15, 2018, accessed January 17, 2018 (French).
2. ↑ Der Organ Virtuose von St. Denis SWR.de , January 17, 2018, accessed on August 25, 2018.
3. ^ Organist en improvisator Pierre Pincemaille (61) overleden . Orgelniews.nl, January 12, 2018, accessed on January 13, 2018 (Dutch).
4. ↑ Quentin Guérillot, new organiste de la Basilique cathédrale Saint-Denis. Retrieved August 31, 2019 (French). 

predecessor	Office	successor
H. Heurtel	Titular organist of the Saint-Denis basilica from 1987 to 2018	Quentin Guérillot