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Thomas Ospital

Organ

Biography

Born in 1990, Thomas Ospital began his musical studies at the Conservatoire Maurice Ravel in Bayonne (France). While in Bayonne, his organ studies were with Esteban Landart. He completed his studies with Landart in 2008 (Mention Très bien à l'unanimité).

From 2008 until 2015, he is a student at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris. He had teachers like Olivier Latry, Michel Bouvard, Thierry Escaich, Philippe Lefebvre, Laszlo Fassang, Isabelle Duha, Pierre Pincemaille et Jean-François Zygel. He got five first prizes in this conservatory in organ, improvisation, harmony, counterpoint and fugue.

In 2012, he served as Young Artist in Residence at the Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis King of France in New Orleans.

First prize winner at the International Competition of Organ in Saragossa (Spain) in 2009, Durufle-Prize and Public Prize at the International Chartres Competition in 2012, Second Prize at the International Xavier Darasse competition in Toulouse. In may 2014, he got the Grand Prix Jean Louis Florentz and the Public Prize at the International organ competition of Angers above the direction of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. In november of the same year, he got the Second Prize, the Public Prize and the Florentz Prize at the International Chartres competition.

He frequently performs in Europe, He had already played in France, Spain, Germany, Holland, Greece, Finland, Switzerland, Russia and United States.

In March 2015, he has been appointed as titular-organist of Saint-Eustache church in Paris. He is also, titular-organist on the new Dominique Thomas’s organ of the Church of St Vincent in Ciboure (France).

The improvisation has a very important place in his activity. Anxious to perpetuate this art in all its forms, he uses to played in recital accompanist to silent films.

Nearest concerts

24
April, 2016
8:00 pm
Grand Hall:
191186, St. Petersburg, Mikhailovskaya st., 2
+7 (812) 240-01-80, +7 (812) 240-01-00
Small Hall:
191011, St. Petersburg, Nevsky av., 30
+7 (812) 240-01-70
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