SOP Podcast 88 - Samuel Delaunay On Astronomy, Architecture, And Finding Your Own Way
Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #88!\n\nhttp://www.organduo.lt/podcast\n\nToday's guest is Samuel Delaunay who is an organist, a flutist and an amateur composer from France. Professionally, he is a project manager in a big IT company.\n\nAlongside his scientific studies, he started playing the organ at the age of 20 as a self-taught musician. He learned improvisation with Henri-Franck Beaup\xe9rin. He took several diocesan organ courses in order to master the repertoire, accompaniment and a first approach to musical writing.\n\nAt the conservatoire of Nantes, he took a course in musical composition from composer Christian Villeneuve and another in analysis from conductor Jen\xf6 Rehak. A master class with composer Thierry Escaich was also an important step of this training.\n\nSamuel loves to write for the organ, sometimes with the flute as a solo part. Compositions for serpents, orchestras and choirs widen his sound universe. His pieces are often organized as thematic suites, explorations of scientific or poetic themes.\n\nAmong many other things we talk about the influence of astronomy and architecture on his creative style as well of the importance of finding your own way in organ composition.\n\nEnjoy 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:\nhttps://samueldelaunay.jimdo.com/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/samueldelaunay.compositeur\nhttp://www.free-scores.com/free-sheet-music.php?instrument_ID=6055&compositeur=samueldelaunay