FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL D'ORGUE DE VOUVANT - PAUL GOUSSOT

> Thursday, August 22 / 7:00 pm Paul GOUSSOT Titular organist of the Dom Bedos organ in Bordeaux?s Sainte-Croix Abbey, professor of improvisation at Geneva?s Haute École de Musique and organ professor at the Conservatoire de Rueil-Malmaison Paul Goussot (Bordeaux 1984): Suite improvisé in the style of Gabriel Fauré Prelude - Fileuse - Sicilienne - Clair de lune - Finale Louis Vierne (Poitiers 1870 - Paris 1937): Berceuse, from 24 Pièces en style libre, Op. 31 Gabriel Fauré (Pamiers 1845 - Paris 1924) : Prelude for piano No. 7, Op. 103 Camille Saint-Saëns (Paris 1835 - Algiers 1921): Improvisation for organ no. 7, op. 150, Allegro giocoso Louis Vierne: Adagio & Finale from the 3rd Symphony for organ, op. 28 Richard Wagner (Leipzig 1813 - Venice 1883): Prelude and Death of Isolde, from the opera Tristan and Idolde Transcription for organ by Edwin Henry Lemare Paul Goussot, organist, harpsichordist and improviser, is titular of the Dom Bedos organ at the Abbey of Ste-Croix in Bordeaux. He teaches improvisation at the Haute École de Genève, and organ at the Conservatoire de Rueil-Malmaison. He studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Olivier Baumont, Blandine Rannou, Michel Bouvard, Olivier Latry, Jean-Claude Raynaud, Jean-Baptiste Courtois, Thierry Escaich, Philippe Lefebvre and Jean-François Zygel. He has distinguished himself in several international competitions, winning 1st prize for improvisation at the Luxembourg, St-Albans and Haarlem International Competitions. A regular guest in France and abroad, he has performed at Notre-Dame de Paris, the La Roque-d?Anthéron festival, Toulouse Les Orgues, the Berliner Dom, and also in the USA, where he was "First artist in residence" at Saint-Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. Frequently asked to accompany silent films, Paul Goussot has played at the Musée d?Orsay, the Cinémathèque française and the Maison de la Radio. *************************** Price: 10 ? / Support price: 15 ? Under 16s: free (at concert entrance only) Box office: (opening soon) - Vouvant, Fontenay-le-Comte, La Châtaigneraie and Maillezais tourist offices Tel: 02 51 69 44 99 - Online: billetterie.vendeegrandsud.com - At the church, ½ hour before the concert: payment by card possible Access to the concert via the Théodelin nave Children: recommended for ages 5 and up