Romantic Organ International Course

The course will be held from 5th to 9th August, mainly with the Cavaillé-Coll organ (1863) in Santa Maria del Coro basilica at San Sebastian, and will be given by Professor Thomas Ospital.
Classes will be in the morning.

Registration fees
For active students: 170 € (full capacity)
For listeners: 130 €
(The registration price includes: a lunch and 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 6 May. 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 auditory students. The organisation can take care of the reservation of places in student residences. Please fill in the corresponding section in the Registration Form.

Professor: 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 two albums, one with works by Franz Liszt and the other with repertoire by Johann
Sebastian Bach and Thierry Escaich. 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 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 with Olivier Latry.

Program
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 the first 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)
Félix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Prélude et fugue en sol majeur (op. 37)
Sonate nº6, en ré mineur (op.65)
César Franck (1822-1890)
Les Trois Pièces
Les Trois Chorals
Les Six Pièces
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Préludes et fugues en si majeur / en mi bémol majeur
Fantaisies en mi bémol majeur / en ré bémol majeur
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Cinquième Symphonie en fa mineur (op.42, nº1)
Sixième Symphonie en sol mineur (op.42, nº2)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Troisième Symphonie en fa dièse mineur (op.28)
Pièces de fantaisie : Impromptu / Clair de lune / Naïades
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Scherzo (op.2)
Prélude, adagio et choral varié sur le thème du ‘Veni Creator’ (op.4)
Suite (op.5)
Prélude eta fugue sur le nom d’Alain (op.7)

Pipe Organs in Gipuzkoa:
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