Louis Thiry

Louis Thiry (born 1935 in Fléville-devant-Nancy), is a French organist, composer and pedagogue.

Thiry studied at the Nancy Conservatoire, where he received a first prize in organ at the Nancy Conservatory (organ class of Jeanne Demessieux) in 1952, followed by private studies with André Marchal in Paris. In 1958, Thiry graduated with a first prize in organ performance at the Paris Conservatoire (organ class of Rolande Falcinelli).

Louis Thiry has recorded the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen in 1972 at St. Pierre Cathedral in Genève(Grand Prix du Disque de l'Académie Charles Cros), the Well Tempered Clavier (1972 at the Église Réformée d’Auteuil, 1975, and The Art of Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach (1993) at Saint Thomas Church (Strasbourg).

He is titular organist of the famous Lefebvre organ at the Chapel of the "Charles Nicole" Hospital in Rouen, as well as Professor of organ at the Regional Conservatoire in Rouen. In addition, he was honored with the "Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Mérite".

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* [http://orgelconcerten.ncrv.nl/ncrv?nav=gkrpuCsHtGAkBbCeBeJ&popup=flashconcert Louis Thiry playing «La Messe de Pentecôte» by Olivier Messiaen on the Sint-Bavokerk's organ in Haarlem (Nederlands)]