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Artist Biography For Jean Guillou

Jean Victor Arthur Guillou 18 April 1930 – 26 January 2019 Was A French Composer Organist Pianist And Pedagogue. Guillou Was Born In Angers. Following His First Studies In Piano And Organ He Became Organist At The Church St. Serge In Angers At The Age Of 12. He Studied Then At The Paris Conservatoire Under Marcel Dupré Maurice Duruflé And Olivier Messiaen. In 1955 He Accepted A Position As Professor Of Organ And Composition At The Institute Of Sacred Music In Lisbon. In 1958 He Moved To Berlin Where He Lived For The Following Five Years During Which He Composed And Premiered His First Works. In 1963 He Returned To Paris Having Been Appointed Titular Organist At Saint Eustache Church In Succession To André Marchal. Appointed Organiste Titulaire Emerite At St. Eustache In September 2014 Guillou Completed 52 Years As Organist Of That Church In March 2015 When He Was Succeeded By Two Co-Titulaires. He Has A Worldwide Reputation As A Concert Organist And Improviser. Additionally He Often Performs As A Pianist For Example He Gave The English And French Premieres Of Julius Reubke's Neglected Piano Sonata In B-Flat Minor. Guillou's Engagement In Organ Building Led To Collaborations With Several Organ Builders And The Construction Of New Instruments In L'Alpe D'Huez F 1978 Kleuker In The Chant D'Oiseau Church In Brussels 1981 Kleuker In The Zürich's Tonhalle 1988 Kleuker-Steinmeyer In The Conservatory Of Naples 2006 Tamburini-Zanin In The Auditorio De Tenerife 2005 Blancafort And Most Recently In The San Antonio Dei Portoghesi Church In Rome 2008 Mascioni And In The Cathedral Of Leon In Spain 2013 Klais . He Has Composed Over 90 Works - For Organ Chamber And Orchestral Music - As Well As Numerous Transcriptions For Organ Mainly Published Bu Schott-Music. In Addition He Has Issued More Than 100 Recordings Philips Dorian Festivo Decca Augure Among Others Including The Complete Organ Works Of Johann Sebastian Bach César Franck Robert Schumann Numerous Historical Improvisations E.G. Visions Cosmiques - 1969 Or Jeux D'orgue - 1970 Both Re-Edited In 2010 By Universal-Decca As Well As Most Of His Own Organ Compositions On A Series Of 7 CDs 2010 For The Universal - Decca Label. From 1970-2005 Guillou Taught Organ Performance And Improvisation At The Annual Züricher International Meisterkurse. Since 2007 These Masterclasses Have Been Held At St. Eustache In Paris France. Among His Former Pupils Bernhard Haas Francesco Filidei Yanka Hekimova Livia Mazzanti Leonid Karev And Zsuzsa Elekes And Jean-Baptiste Monnot. In July 2015 He Was Appointed Professor Honoris Causa At The Saar's Hochschule Für Musik. He Died On 26th January 2019. Compositions Organ Solo
Toccata Op. 9 1953. Mainz Schott 2004 Fantaisie Op. 1 1954. Mainz Schott 2005 18 Variations Op. 3 1956. Mainz Schott 2005 Sinfonietta Op. 4 1958/revised 2005. Mainz Schott 2005 Ballade Ossianique No. 1 "Temora" Op. 8 1962/revised 2005. Mainz Schott 2005 6 Sagas Op. 20 1970. Mainz Schott 2005 Ballade Ossianique No. 2 "Les Chants De Selma" Op. 23 1971/revised 2005. Mainz Schott 2005 La Chapelle Des Abîmes Op. 26 1973. Mainz Schott 2005 Scènes D'enfants Op. 28 1974. Mainz Schott 2005 Jeux D'Orgue Op. 34 1978. Vienna Universal Edition 1984 Suite Pour Rameau Op. 36 1979. Boston MA Wayne Leupold Editions 1994 Saga No. 7 Op. 38 1983. Vienna Universal Edition 1984 Sonate En Trio No 1 Op. 40 1984. Paris Durand 1985 Chamades ! Op. 41 1984. USA H. T. FitzSimons 1984 Impromptu For Pedal Solo Op. 42 1985. Vienna Universal Edition 1988 Hypérion Ou La Rhétorique Du Feu Op. 45 1988. Boston MA Wayne Leupold Editions 1996 Säya Ou L'Oiseau Bleu Op. 50 1993. Mainz Schott 2004 Éloge Op. 52 1994. Boston MA Wayne Leupold Editions 1995 Alice Au Pays De L'orgue For Organ And Narrator Op. 53 1995. Mainz Schott 1998 Pensieri Pour Jean Langlais Op. 54 1995. USA H. T. FitzSimons 1996 Instants Op. 57 1998. Mainz Schott 2015 Pièces Furtives Op. 58 1998. Mainz Schott 2000 Hymnus Op. 72 2008. Mainz Schott 2009 Macbeth - Le Lai De L'Ombre Op. 84 2009. Mainz Schott 2016 Regard Op. 77 2011. Mainz Schott 2013 Enfantines Op. 81 2013. Mainz Schott 2015 Sonate En Trio No 2 Op. 82 2013. Mainz Schott 2014 Sonate En Trio No 3 Op. 83 2013. Mainz Schott 2014 Psyche Op. 87 2016 Organ With / And Other Instruments
Colloque No. 2 For Organ And Piano Op. 11 1964/revised 2005. Mainz Schott 2005 L'Infinito For Bass And Organ Op. 13 1965. Mainz Schott 2005 Intermezzo For Flute And Organ Op. 17 1969. Mainz Schott 2008 Symphonie Initiatique For 3 Organs Op. 18 1969 - Vers. For 2 Organs 1990 Vers. For 4 Hands And Feet 2009. Mainz Schott 2016 Colloque No. 5 For Organ And Piano Op. 19 1969/revised 2005. Mainz Schott 2005 Sonate For Trumpet / Violin And Organ Op. 25 1972 Concerto For Violin And Organ Op. 37 1982 Andromède For Soprano And Organ Op. 39 1984. Mainz Schott 2007 Peace For Mixed Choir 8 Voices And Organ Op. 43 1985. Mainz Schott 2012 Concerto For Trumpet And Organ - Ebauche D'un Souffle - Op. 64 1985. Mainz Schott 2016 Aube For Mixed Choir 12 Voices And Organ Op. 46 1988. Mainz Schott 2016 Colloque No. 6 For Organ And Two Percussionists Op. 47 1989 Fantaisie Concertante For Violoncello And Organ Op. 49 1991. Mainz Schott Fête For Clarinet And Organ Op. 55 1995. Mainz Schott 2008 Colloque No. 7 Concerto For Piano And Organ Op. 66 1998. Mainz Schott 2011. Écho For Flute Clarinet String Quintet Choir Piano And Organ Op. 60 1999. Mainz Schott Colloque No. 8 For Marimba And Organ Op. 67 2002. Mainz Schott 2008 La Révolte Des Orgues For Eight Portative Organs Great Organ And Percussion Op. 69 2005. Mainz Schott 2007 Colloque No. 9 For Organ And Pan Flute Op. 71 2008. Mainz Schott 2009 Répliques For A Great Organ And A Positiv Organ Op. 75 2009 Mainz Schott 2011 Ihr Himmel Luft Und Wind For 8 Voices Choir Op. 76 2010 Mainz Schott 2010 Colloque N. 10 For 7 Trumpets Organ And Percussion Op. 86 2016 Mainz Schott 2016 Orchestra
Inventions For Organ And Chamber Orchestra Organ Concerto No. 1 Op. 7 1960. Mainz Schott Concerto Héroïque For Organ And Orchestra Organ Concerto No. 2 Op. 10 1963/revised 2005. Mainz Schott 2005 Triptych For String Orchestra Won 1965. Paris Leduc Le Jugement Dernier Oratorio For Choir Soloists Organ And Orchestra 1965. Paris Leduc Organ Concerto No. 3 For Organ And String Orchestra Op. 14 1965. Mainz Schott Colloque No. 4 For Organ Piano And Two Percussionists Op. 15 1966. Mainz Schott 2006 Piano Concerto No. 1 For Piano And Orchestra Op. 16 1969. Paris Leduc Judith Symphonie For Mezzo-Soprano And Orchestra Op. 21 1970. Mainz Schott Symphony No. 2 For String Orchestra Op. 27 1974. Mainz Schott 2005 Symphony No. 3 "La Foule" For Large Orchestra And 2 Guitars Op. 30 1977 Organ Concerto No. 4 For Organ And Orchestra Op. 31 Composed In 1978 Concerto Grosso For Orchestra Op. 32 1978/2008 Organ Concerto No. 5 "Roi Arthur" For Organ And Brass Quintet Op. 35 1979. Mainz Schott Stabat Mater For Organ Soli And Orchestra Op. 85 1980 Concerto For Trumpet And Organ "L'Ébauche D'un Souffle" Op. 64 1985. Mainz Schott Piano Concerto No. 2 For Piano And Orchestra Op. 44 1986. Mainz Schott Trombone Concerto For Trombone Solo 4 Trumpets 3 Trombones 3 Tubas And Two Percussionists Op. 48 1990. Mainz Schott Fantaisie Concertante For Violoncello And Orchestra Op. 49 1991-2016. Mainz Schott 2016 Missa Interrupta For Soprano Organ Brass Quintet Percussion And Choir Op. 51 1995. Mainz Schott Fête For Clarinet And Orchestra Op. 55 1995 Concerto 2000 For Organ And Orchestra Op. 62 2000. Mainz Schott Organ Concerto No. 6 For Organ And Orchestra Op. 68 2002. Mainz Schott Organ Concerto No. 7 For Organ And Orchestra Op. 70 2006. Mainz Schott 2007 Chamber Music
Colloque No. 1 For Flute Oboe Violin And Piano Op. 2 1956. Mainz Schott 2005 Sonate No. 1 For Piano Op. 5 1958. Paris Éditions Musicales Amphion 1974 Cantilia For Piano Harp Timpani And 4 Celli Op. 6 1960. Mainz Schott Toccata Piano Version Op. 9b 1962. Mainz Schott Colloque No. 3 For Oboe Harp Celesta Percussion 4 Celli And 2 Double Basses Op. 12 1964. Mainz Schott Deux Pièces Nocturne Et Impromptu For Piano Op. 56 1967. Mainz Schott 2015 Quatuor For Oboe And String Quartet Op. 22 1971. Schott 2016 Cantiliana For Flute Or Violin And Piano Op. 24 1972. Schott 2014 Poème De La Main For Lyric Soprano And Piano Op. 29 1975. Mainz Schott 2016 Sonate No. 2 For Piano Op. 33 1978 Co-Incidence For Violin Solo Op. 63 1996. Mainz Schott 2010 Trio For 3 Violoncelli Excerpt From Diderot À Corps Perdu Op. 59 1999 Augure For Piano Op. 61 1999. Mainz Schott 2005 Epitases For Pedal Piano "Double Piano Borgato" Op. 65 2002. Mainz Schott. And Version For 2 Pianos Chronique For Percussion Trio Op. 73 2009 Impulso For Flute Solo Op. 74 2009. Mainz Schott 2015 Poème For 4 Hands Piano And Percussion Op. 78 2012. Schott 2014 Valse Oubliée For Piano Op. 79 2012. Mainz Schott 2012 Main Menue For Mezzo-Soprano And Piano Op. 80 2012 Theater Music/oratorio
Pièces Brèves Pour L'émission "Échappée Par Le Ciel" Unpublished Diderot À Corps Perdu Composed In 1973. Unpublished. Other Without Opus Number
Le Jugement Dernier Oratorio For Soli Choir Organ And Orchestra A. Leduc 1965 Cadenza For The First Movement From Organ Symphony No. 6 By Charles-Marie Widor Mainz Schott 2017 Pensieri Pour Claude Bernard Unpublished Cadenzas For Beethoven's Violin Concerto
Cadenza For Mozart's Piano Concerto N. 24 - K. 491
Cadenza For J. S. Bach's Chromatic Fantasia And Fugue In D Minor BWV 903
Cadenzas For C.P.E. Bach Organ Concerti Wq 34 & 35 Mainz Schott 2017 Cadenza For Mozart's Church Sonata K. 336 Mainz Schott 2017 Transcriptions For Organ
Johann Sebastian Bach Musical Offering BWV 1079 Mainz Schott 2005 Johann Sebastian Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Unpublished Johann Sebastian Bach Sarabande From Partita For Lute - BWV 997 Unpublished Johann Sebastian Bach Badinerie From The Orchestra Suite No. 2 BWV 1067 Unpublished George Frideric Handel 16 Concertos For Organ And Orchestra With Cadenzas Cadenzas Mainz Schott 2017 George Frideric Handel Alla Hornpipe From "Water Music" Mainz Schott 2014 Franz Liszt Fantaisie Et Fugue Sur Le Nom De BACH Syncretic Version Mainz Schott 2005 Franz Liszt Orpheus Mainz Schott 2005 Franz Liszt Prometheus Mainz Schott 2008 Franz Liszt Valse Oubliée No. 1 Mainz Schott 2007 Franz Liszt Psalm XIII Mainz Schott 2009 Franz Liszt Tasso Mainz Schott 2012 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio And Fugue In C Minor K. 546 Paris Éditions Musicales Amphion Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio And Rondo In C Minor K. 617 Paris Éditions Musicales Amphion Modest Mussorgsky Pictures At An Exhibition Mainz Schott 2005 Sergei Prokofiev March From The Opera "The Love For Three Oranges" Bonn Robert Forberg Sergei Prokofiev Toccata Op. 11 Bonn Robert Forberg Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Op. 45 - Version For Two Organs And For Four Hands And Feet Mainz Schott 2015 Igor Stravinsky Three Dances From "Petrouchka" Unpublished Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky "Scherzo" From Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique" Mainz Schott 2006 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy From The Nutcracker Suite Mainz Schott 2014 Giuseppe Verdi "Quattro Pezzi Sacri"
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto In D Major Paris Éditions Musicales Amphion Antonio Vivaldi Concerto In D Minor Mainz Schott 2014

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