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b'Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #71!\\n\\nhttp://www.organduo.lt/podcast\\n\\n\\u200bToday\'s guest is world-renown French concert organist, pianist, improviser and composer Thierry Mechler.\\n\\n\\u200bHe was born in 1962. He started piano and organ lessons in his home town of Mulhouse and then went on to Strasbourg where he studied piano with Helene Boschi and organ with Daniel Roth at the \\u201cConservatoire National de R\\xe9gion\\u201d.\\n\\nIn 1981, he won first prize with highest congratulations at the \\u201cConcours International de Paris\\u201d. In 1984, he went to Paris to study with Marie-Claire Alain, where he won, in succession a gold medal and a first prize of excellence with congratulations from the jury.\\n\\nIn 1986, he won a laureate in improvisation and a first prize for virtuosity with congratulations from the jury in the concert class from Marie-Claire Alain in Paris.\\n\\nHe also studied the Art of improvisation with Jacques Taddei, and won the medal of honour at the contest for composition in Mulhouse. In 1991 he was accepted in the S.A.C.E.M. as composer, also in 1991, he received the \\u201cEurop\\xe4ischen F\\xf6rderpreis\\u201d in Dresden, as an award for his international carrier and many recordings.\\n\\nFrom 1986 until 1989 he was organ master at the Conservatoire National\\nof Annecy. He is invited each year to numerous European Organ Festivals.\\nAs a renowned teacher and juror, he is invited every year to Germany,\\nEngland, Finland, Island, USA, Korea and France to give masterclasses in\\nvarious academies. He has made many recordings of which the reference can\\nbe found in the international catalogue.\\n\\nTitular organist from the great organ of the Cathedral Primatial Saint-Jean\\nin Lyon from 1991 until 1999, curator and organist of the organ of the Auditorium Maurice Ravel in Lyon, an instrument previously the Cavaill\\xe9-Coll of the Trocad\\xe9ro.\\n\\u200b\\nDuring 1995, Thierry Mechler was performing the entire works of J. S. Bach in a famous series of twelve recitals. In 1998, he played all the Six Vierne Symphonies. Member of the Jury of international Competitions, in 1998 Thierry Mechler became Professor for Organ and Improvisation at the University (Musikhochschule) in K\\xf6ln.\\n\\nSince 2002, Thierry Mechler is an organist and a curator of the\\nprestigious Philharmonie of Cologne (Germany).\\n\\n\\u200bThierry Mechler\'s career has taken him worldwide - both as organist and\\npianist. He has built a reputation as an exciting performer and improviser.\\nCelebrated also as a composer, his " 6 M\\xe9tamorphoses on B.A.C.H " Opus 14 were created at the Philharmonie of Cologne in January 2009.\\n\\nIn 2012, he played all 48 Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered\\nClavier of J.S. Bach at the Bach- Festival in Schauenberg. In 2016 he participated on the 30th anniversary of the Philharmonie in Cologne, with the world premiere concert of "I-FORMATION" for two orchestras and organ solo from Vito ZURAJ, with the G\\xfcrzenich orchestra, conducting by Francois-\\nXavier Roth and the Symphonic WDR orchestra conducting by Jukka-Pekka\\nSaraste.\\n\\nThierry Mechler is Knight in the French National Order of "Arts and Letters".\\n\\nIn this conversation, Thierry shares his insights about the beauty of Bach\'s Clavierubung III, his practice, improvisations and more.\\n\\n\\u200bHere are my notes from this conversation:\\nhttp://vidaspinkevicius.tumblr.com/post/154025878763/my-notes-from-the-podcast-conversation-with\\n\\n\\u200bEnjoy and share your comments below.\\n\\u200b\\nAnd don\'t forget to help spread the word about the SOP Podcast by sharing it with your organist friends.\\n\\nThanks for caring.\\n\\nRelevant links:\\nhttp://www.thierrymechler.com\\nhttp://www.soundcloud.com/thierry-mechler\\u200b'