List of organists
This article is about classical organists. For musicians who perform popular music on the organ, see List of jazz organists and List of Hammond organ players.
The following is a list of notable organists from the past and present who perform organ literature.
Current organists
Australia
- David Drury (born 1961)
- Douglas Lawrence
- Graeme Morton
- Christopher Wrench (born 1958)
Austria
- Martin Haselböck
- Brett Leighton (born 1955)
- Peter Planyavsky (born 1947)
Belgium
- Ignace Michiels (born 1963)
- Luc Ponet (born 1959)
Bulgaria
- Neva Krysteva (born 1946)
- Alexandra Fol (born 1981)
Canada
- Alexandra Fol (born 1981)
- Paul Halley (born 1952)
- John Tuttle
Croatia
- Ivan Božičević (born 1961)
Czech Republic
- Pavel Kohout (born 1976)
Denmark
- Frederik Magle (born 1977)
Finland
- Kalevi Kiviniemi (born 1958)
France
- Michel Bouvard (born 1958)
- Michel Chapuis (born 1930)
- Thierry Escaich (born 1965)
- Jean Guillou (born 1930)
- Naji Hakim (born 1955)
- André Isoir (born 1935)
- Marcel Lanquetuit (1894–1985)
- Olivier Latry (born 1962)
- Jean-Pierre Leguay (born 1939)
- Michael Matthes (born before 1985)
- Daniel Roth (born 1942)
- René Saorgin (born 1928)
- Nariné Simonian (born 1966)
- Marina Tchebourkina (born 1965)
- Louis Thiry (born 1935)
- Johann Vexo (born 1978)
Germany
- Andreas Boltz (born 1964)
- Winfried Bönig (born 1959)
- Gabriel Dessauer (born 1955)
- Matthias Eisenberg (born 1956)
- Stefan Engels
- Clemens Ganz (born 1935)
- Zsolt Gárdonyi (born 1946)
- Felix Hell (born 1985)
- Hans Uwe Hielscher (born 1945)
- Rudolf Kelber (born 1948)
- Otto Maria Krämer (born 1964)
- Edgar Krapp (born 1947)
- Ludger Lohmann (born 1954)
- Wolfgang Rübsam (born 1946)
- Wolfgang Seifen (born 1956)
- Zsigmond Szathmáry (born 1939)
- Elke Voelker (born 1968)
- Harald Vogel (born 1941)
- Gerd Zacher (1929–2014)
Hungary
- Balázs Szabó (born 1985)
- János Sebestyén (1931–2012)
- Laszlo Fassang (born 1973)
Italy
- Graziella Concas (born 1970)
- Arturo Sacchetti (born 1941)
Ireland
- Gerard Gillen
- Ronan Murray (born 1977)
Latvia
- Aivars Kalējs (born 1951)
- Iveta Apkalna (born 1976)
- Jevgenija Lisicina (born 1942)
Monaco (Principality)
- Marc Giacone (born 1954)
Netherlands
- Piet Kee (born 1927)
- Ton Koopman (born 1944)
- Gustav Leonhardt (born 1928)
- Ben van Oosten (born 1955)
- Jan Verschuren (born 1962)
- Arjan Breukhoven (born 1962)
- Christine Kamp (born 1966)
New Zealand
Norway
- Jon Laukvik (born 1952)
- Kåre Nordstoga (born 1954)
Philippines
- Armando Salarza (born 1966)
Poland
- Krzysztof Czerwiński (born 1980)
Russia
- Marina Tchebourkina (born 1965)
Rwanda
- Kizito Mihigo (born 1981)
Singapore
South Africa
- Barry Smith (born 1939)
Spain
- Montserrat Torrent i Serra (born 1926)
Sweden
- Hans Davidsson (born 1958)
- Hans-Ola Ericsson (born 1958)
Switzerland
- Guy Bovet (born 1942)
- Daniel Chorzempa (born 1944)
- Lionel Rogg (born 1936)
United Kingdom
- Charles Andrews (born 1989)
- Sarah Baldock (born 1975)
- Jennifer Bate (born 1944)
- Kerry Beaumont (born 1957)
- Graham Blyth (born 1948)
- David Briggs (born 1962)
- Kevin Bowyer (born 1961)
- Martin Baker (born 1967)
- John Butt (born 1961)
- Andrew Cantrill
- Stephen Cleobury
- Clive Driskill-Smith (born 1978)
- Henry Fairs (born 1976)
- Stephen Farr
- Jeremy Filsell (born 1964)
- Roger Fisher (c. 1970)
- David Goode (born 1971)
- Christopher Herrick (born 1942)
- Peter Hurford (born 1930)
- James Lancelot (born 1952)
- Sarah MacDonald (born 1968)
- Greg Morris (born 1976)
- Daniel Moult (born 1973)
- Martin Neary (born 1940)
- Peter Nardone (born 1965)
- James O'Donnell (born 1961)
- Simon Preston (born 1938)
- Adrian Lucas (born 1962)
- David Price (born 1969)
- Noel Rawsthorne (born 1929)
- Tim Rishton
- Barry Rose (born 1934)
- Roger Sayer
- John Scott (born 1956)
- John Scott Whiteley (born 1950)
- Gordon Stewart (born 1952)
- Ian Tracey
- D'Arcy Trinkwon (born 1965)
- Thomas Trotter
- Mark Wardell
- Gillian Weir (born 1941)
- Marcus Wibberley (born 1981)
- David Willcocks
- Alan Wilson, (born 1947)
United States
- George C. Baker (born 1951)
- Diane Meredith Belcher (born 1960)
- James Biery (born 1956)
- Diane Bish (born 1941)
- David Boe (born 1936)
- Cameron Carpenter (born 1981)
- Chelsea Chen (born 1983)
- Clay Christiansen (born 1949)
- James David Christie (born 1952)
- Ken Cowan
- Richard Elliott
- Martin Ellis (organist) (born 1968)
- Jeremy Filsell (born 1964)
- Alexander Frey
- Barbara Harbach
- David Higgs
- Christopher Houlihan (born 1987)
- Paul Jacobs (born 1977)
- Dennis James (born 1950)
- Martin Jean
- James Kibbie (born 1949)
- John Longhurst (born 1940)
- Joan Lippincott (born 1935)
- Robert Bardwell
- Haig Mardirosian (born 1947)
- Douglas Major (born 1953)
- Alan Morrison
- Michael Murray
- Thomas Murray (born 1943)
- Anthony Newman (born 1941)
- Karel Paukert (born 1935)
- William Porter (born 1946)
- George Ritchie
- Catherine Rodland
- Wolfgang Rübsam (born 1946)
- John Scott (born 1956)
- Geoffrey Simon (born 1946)
- Frank Speller (born 1938)
- Frederick Swann (born 1931)
- Carole Terry (born 1948)
- Kent Tritle (born 1960)
- Andrew Unsworth (active from 2001)
- Guy Whatley (born 1975)
- Carol Williams
- Todd Wilson
Past organists
Austria
- Susi Jeans (1911–1993)
- Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Belgium
- Jacques-Nicolas (Jaak-Nicolaas) Lemmens (1823-1881)
Canada
- Gerald Bales (1919–2002)
- H. Hugh Bancroft (1904–1988)
- Gérard Caron (1916–1986)
- Ernest MacMillan (1893–1973)
- Healey Willan (1880–1968)
Czech republic (Bohemia)
- František Xaver Brixi (1732–1771)
- Bohuslav Matej Cernohorsky (1684–1742)
- Josef Seger (1716–1782)
- Petr Eben (1929–2007)
Denmark
- Mogens Wöldike (1897–1988)
France
- Jehan Alain (1911–1940)
- Marie-Claire Alain (1926–2013)
- Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
- Augustin Barié (1883–1915)
- Léon Boëllmann (1862–1897)
- Joseph Bonnet (1884–1944)
- Pierre Cochereau (1924–1984)
- Edouard Commette (1883–1967)
- Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
- Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)
- Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
- Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
- Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006)
- André Fleury (1903–1995)
- César Franck (1822–1890), from Belgium
- Eugène Gigout (1844–1925)
- Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)
- Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
- Gaston Litaize (1909–1991)
- Paul de Maleingreau (1887–1956)
- Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
- Henri Mulet (1878–1967)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
- Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965)
- Charles Tournemire (1870–1939)
- Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
- Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
Germany
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
- Joseph Siegmund Bachmann (1754–1825)
- Melchior Hoffmann (1679–1715)
- Gottfried August Homilius (1714–1785)
- Franz Lehrndorfer (1928–2013)
- Theodor Pröpper (1896–1979)
- Karl Straube (1873–1956)
- Karl Richter (1926–1981)
- Käte van Tricht (1909–1996)
- Helmut Walcha (1907–1991)
Hungary
- Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Italy
- Costanzo Antegnati (1549–1624)
- Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
- Michelangelo Rossi (1601–1656)
- Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)
- Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886–1962)
- Fernando Germani (1906–1998)
Netherlands
- Klaas Bolt (1927–1990)
- Ewald Kooiman (1938–2009)
Nigeria
- Fela Sowande (1905–1987)
Spain
- Joan Aulí (1796–1869)
Switzerland
- Alfred Baum (1904–1993)
- Fridolin Sicher (1490–1546)
United Kingdom
- Edward Bairstow (1874–1946)
- E. Power Biggs (1906–1977), born and trained in UK, immigrated to US in 1930
- Ralph Downes (1904–1993)
- Alfred Robert Gaul (1837–1913)
- William Henry Harris (1883–1973)
- Basil Harwood (1859–1949)
- Michael Howard (1922–2002)
- Martin Peerson (c. 1572 – c. 1650)
- Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
- James Kendrick Pyne (1852–1938)
- David Sanger (1947–2010)
- Haldane Campbell Stewart (1868–1942)
- George Thalben-Ball (1896–1987)
- William Litton Viner (1790–1867)
- Samuel Wesley (1766–1837)
- Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876)
- Frederick Wilson Whitehead, (1863–1926)
United States
- Frank W. Asper (1892-1973)
- Herman Berlinski (1910–2010), born in Leipzig, Germany, immigrated to US in 1941
- E. Power Biggs (1906–1977), born in Britain, immigrated to US in 1930
- Seth Bingham (1882–1972)
- Carlo Curley (1952–2012)
- Garth Edmundson (1892–1971)
- Dan Federici (1950–2008)
- Virgil Fox (1912–1980)
- Harvey Bartlett Gaul (1881–1945)
- Gerre Hancock
- Eddie Layton (1925–2004)
- Leonard MacClain (1899–1967)
- Byron Melcher (1929–2012)
- T. Tertius Noble (1867–1953)
- Richard Purvis (1913–1994)
- Alexander Schreiner (1901–1987)
- John Serry, Sr. (1915–2003)
- Leo Sowerby (1895–1968)
- Carl Weinrich (1904–1991)
- Berj Zamkochian (1929–2004)
See also
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