42 ROMANTIC ORGAN INTERNATIONAL COURSE
3 – 7 August 2026 
Teacher: Thomas Ospital

The course will be held from 3rd to 7th August, mainly with the Cavaillé-Coll organ (1863) in Santa Maria del Coro Basilica in San Sebastian, and will be given by Professor Thomas Ospital. Classes will be in the morning.

Thomas Ospital
Born in the French Basque Country, Thomas Ospital is the tenured organist of the great organ of the Saint-Eustache Church in Paris. Between 2016 and 2019, he was invited by the National Radio of France to be the first organist in residence on its new Grenzing instrument. His concert activity has led him to perform all over the world as a soloist or with symphony orchestras. He has recorded three albums with works by Franz Liszt, Johann Sebastian Bach, Thierry Escaich and Jean-Adam Guilain. Thomas Ospital began his musical studies at the Bayonne Conservatoire with Esteban Landart. He continued his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with professors such as Olivier Latry, Michel Bouvard, Thierry Escaich, Philippe Lefebvre, Laszlo Fassang, Isabelle Duha, Pierre Pincemaille and Jean-François Zygel. He finished his studies with five first prizes in organ, improvisation, harmony, counterpoint and fugue. He has won numerous prizes at international competitions such as Zaragoza, Chartres, Toulouse and Angers. Passionate about teaching, Thomas Ospital is regularly asked to give masterclasses in performance and improvisation. From 2017 to 2023, he was professor of keyboard harmony at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, and since 2021 he has been professor of organ at the same institution.

Programme
Once their admission has been confirmed, active students on the course must present two works to be chosen from among the following. Each student enrolled in the course must communicate, before July 1st, the list of works he/she has prepared:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Fantaisie en fa mineur KV 594
Fantaisie en fa mineur KV 608
Andante en fa majeur KV 616
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809 - 1847)
Sonate nº 2 en ut mineur (op. 65)
Sonate nº 3 en la majeur (op. 65)
Sonate nº 4 en si bémol majeur (op. 65)
Sonate nº 6, en ré mineur (op. 65)
Prélude et fugue en sol majeur (op. 37)
Prélude et fugue en ut mineur (op. 37
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Quatre esquisses pour piano-pédalier (op. 58)
Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Fantaisie et fugue sur le choral ‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam’
Prélude et fugue sur B.A.C.H.
Variations sur ‘Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen’
César Franck (1822 - 1890)
Intégrale de l’oeuvre d’orgue
Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937)
Cinquième Symphonie en fa mineur (op. 42, nº 1)
Sixième Symphonie en sol mineur (op. 42, nº 2)
Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)
Pièces de fantaisie: Impromptu / Clair de Lune / Naïades / Toccata
Troisième Symphonie en fa dièse mineur (op. 28)
Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986)
Intégrale de l’oeuvre d’orgue
Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
L’Ascension
Messe de la Pentecôte
La nativité du Seigneur
Jehan Alain (1911 - 1940)
Deux fantaisies
Le Jardin suspendu
Litanies
Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin

Pipe Organs:
technical specifications

Organ Concert Series
The Organ Concert Series at the San Sebastián Musical Fortnight will be held from 2 to 13 August. As is tradition, the programme will bring together some of the most renowned organists on the international scene, whose performances will be enriched by other artistic disciplines in dialogue with with the King of instruments. The concerts will take place in various churches in San Sebastián and the surrounding area, an exceptional setting to showcase our valuable organ heritage. The detailed programme will be available from 18 May.

Registration

Registration fees
For active students: 170 € (max. 12 students)
For listeners: 130 €
(The registration price includes: a lunch and dinner after the student concert)

Notes: Students who wish to access the course as ACTIVE must attach their CURRICULUM VITAE.

The deadline for enrolment is May 17th. Once registration is closed, all students will be contacted by e-mail to inform them of their admission. Students who are not admitted as active students will be given preference as listeners.
The organisation can take care of the reservation of places in student residences. Please fill in the corresponding section in the Registration Form.

Application fee
Payment of the registration fee will only be made once admission to the course has been confirmed by the organisers.
The application fee will be paid by bank order to:
LABORAL KUTXA
IBAN: ES71 3035 0060 4406 00061399
Quincena Musical

For international bank orders:
BIC: CLPEES2MXXX
IBAN: ES71 3035 0060 4406 00061399

Postal registration
Return application form to:
Renvoyer le formulaire d’inscription à:
Quincena Musical de San Sebastián
Avenida de la Zurriola 1 20002 San Sebastián
* Send also a copy to:
quincenamusical@donostia.eus 
anaorganfestivalsansebastian@gmail.com 

More information about the Romantic Organ International Course:
Director of the Course: Ana Belén García Pérez
anaorganfestivalsansebastian@gmail.com