degree in Computer Science with mention in the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Bologna.

Enrico attended master classes with Marju Riisikamp, Olivier Latry, Peter Planyavsky and Hans-Ola Ericsson. He performed several concerts in Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland (Musée Suisse de l’Orgue), Faroese Islands (Summartónar festival, event coordinated by Italian Institute of Culture in Copenhagen), Finland, Baltic States, United Kingdom (Oxford Queen’s College), France, Sweden, Austria, Russia (St. Petersburg), Czech Republic, Romania, Denmark and Germany.

From 1996 to 1999 he was managing director of the international concert series Organi Antichi, un patrimonio da ascoltare in Bologna; from 2002 to 2007 he was artistic director of the international concert series Musica Coelestis (Ferrara) and from 2003 to 2005 he was co-artistic director of concert series Al centro la musica (Bologna).

​Enrico is currently enrolled in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Bologna.​

In this conversation we talk about avangarde organ music, finding time to practice and the dangers of comparing yourself to others.
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Relevant links:
​www.enricopresti.it
Enrico Presti on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zfKTcpwXUagZhQ9TQNQxw
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/enrico-presti
​In Italian:
http://www.magazzini-sonori.it/freezone/enrico_presti/default.aspx

promoting and sharing organ music through her innovative concerts.  As a professional organist she enjoys a varied career. Besides concertizing and recording, Jeannine has held university teaching positions and has served in a variety of positions in church music ministry.

She is also the President and founder of Pro-Motion Music — a company celebrating the world of the organ.  Dr. Jordan was awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance and Music History from the University of Oregon where early American organists was the subject of her dissertation.  This study led to further research and collaboration with media artist, her husband David Jordan to create From Sea to Shining Sea.

David Jordan, a skilled pianist with a Master of Music degree in composition from Ball State University, is also a media artist.  Whether creating the visual portions of the Pro-Motion Music concert multi-media events,  re-imagining photographs, his work inspires and mesmerizes its viewers.

His work guides you through the programs with images, videos and live cameras following Jeannine and her incredible expertise on the organ. He helps the audience experience the story in the moment; hearing the music, seeing the images, and simultaneously feeling the pulse of the space in which the image existed. His multi-media approach is simply an extension of what he likes to experience every day of his life; an awareness of everything going on around him in the moment. 

The Jordans are the creators and performers of the live organ and multi-media concert events Bach and Sons, celebrating the life and times of Johann Sebastian Bach and his family, From Sea to Shining Sea, the story of the organ and its music in the colonies and new United States, and Around the World in 80 Minutes featuring global repertoire by native composers.

In this conversation we will find out everything about Jeannine and David's multimedia organ concerts.

Relevant links:
www.promotionmusic.org
Bach and Sons - www.bachandsons.com
From Sea to Shining Sea - www.fromseatoshiningsea.net
Around the World in 80 Minutes - www.aroundtheworldin80minutes.org

Attendance at various organ master-classes (Michael Radulescu, Harald Vogel, Gerd Zacher, Michel Chapuis, Marie-Claire Alain, Pierre Cogen, Daniel Roth, Arturo Sacchetti, Luigi Ferdinanto Tagliavini, Lionel Rogg and Guy Bovet) has given him a wide view of organ repertoire, performance technique and interpretation.

He performed in a multitude of Organ Festivals worldwide, including the International organ Festival Città di Treviso; the International Organ Festival in Schio, Italy; St. Paul Cathedral in London; Notre-Dame Cathedral and Eglise de la Madeleine in Paris; the Cathedral of Luxembourg, the International Organ festival at Oliwa Cathedral in Gdansk, Poland; the International Organ Festival at the Cathedral of Zagabria, Croatia; International Organ Festival in Timisoara, Romania; the Esztergom Basilica, Hungary; Russia (International Music Festival at the Catholic Cathedral in Moscow…), the United States (National Cathedral and Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC, St. Patrick Cathedral in New York…); and various recitals in China, Hong Kong, and South Africa.

His repertoire includes the most important organ works from Early Music to the contemporary composers. In addition, he promotes, by recitals and recordings, the rarely performed Italian Organ Music of the end of Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries.

As a recording artist, he published several CDs with organ works by the Italian composers Marco Enrico Bossi, Oreste Ravanello, Raffaele Manari.
He published also the complete recording of César Franck's Organ Works at the great instrument in Dudelange, (Luxembourg).

His recording repertoire includes also baroque music recorded on historical instruments or new organs inspired by the historical instruments. The last publication is the complete recording of the virtuoso Six Trio-Sonatas  by Johann Sebastian Bach.

His CDs are published by Rainbow, Syrius and Appassionato.

As a composer he published several organ works. He is also the author of a book about the historical praxis for organ registration in Europe.

Domenico Severin is Organ Professor at the new Grand Orgue built by B. Cattiaux in Courbevoie (F), Artistic Director and Professor for the International Organ Academy Organ’ISSIMO,  and Artistic Director of the recording label Appassionato, established by himself.

In this conversation we talk about what it means to be an ambassador of Italian organ music in France, how different Italian organ culture is from the French tradition, how can we adapt ancient music to other styles and instruments to inspire people of 21st century.

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Domenico Severin on Facebook and YouTube

highest congratulations at the “Concours International de Paris”. 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.

In 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.

He 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 “Europäischen Förderpreis” in Dresden, as an award for his international carrier and many recordings.

From 1986 until 1989 he was organ master at the Conservatoire National
of Annecy. He is invited each year to numerous European Organ Festivals.
As a renowned teacher and juror, he is invited every year to Germany,
England, Finland, Island, USA, Korea and France to give masterclasses in
various academies. He has made many recordings of which the reference can
be found in the international catalogue.

Titular organist from the great organ of the Cathedral Primatial Saint-Jean
in Lyon from 1991 until 1999, curator and organist of the organ of the Auditorium Maurice Ravel in Lyon, an instrument previously the Cavaillé-Coll of the Trocadéro.
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During 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 Köln.

Since 2002, Thierry Mechler is an organist and a curator of the
prestigious Philharmonie of Cologne (Germany).

​Thierry Mechler's career has taken him worldwide - both as organist and
pianist. He has built a reputation as an exciting performer and improviser.
Celebrated also as a composer, his " 6 Métamorphoses on B.A.C.H " Opus 14 were created at the Philharmonie of Cologne in January 2009.

In 2012, he played all 48 Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered
Clavier 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 Gürzenich orchestra, conducting by Francois-
Xavier Roth and the Symphonic WDR orchestra conducting by Jukka-Pekka
Saraste.

Thierry Mechler is Knight in the French National Order of "Arts and Letters".

In this conversation, Thierry shares his insights about the beauty of Bach's Clavierubung III, his practice, improvisations and more.

​Here are my notes from this conversation.

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Relevant links:
thierrymechler.com
soundcloud.com/thierry-mechler​