Vincent Dubois has been appointed titular organist of the Great Organ at Notre-Dame de Paris. He succeeds Jean-Pierre Leguay, who has been appointed organist emeritus of Notre-Dame Cathedral following his retirement at the end of 2015. Dubois was appointed the newest of three titular organists of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, where he will serve along with the two other titular organists, Olivier Latry and Philippe Lefebvre. A graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris where he was a student of Olivier Latry, Dubois earned first prizes in organ, harmony, counterpoint, fugue, and 20th-century composition.
Early in his career Dubois won the Recital Gold Medal at the 2002 Calgary International Organ Competition, and the Grand Prize at the 2002 International Competition of Toulouse, France. These prizes led to Dubois’ performing in major concert venues throughout Europe, North America, Asia, and the Pacific, including at such music festivals as Cambridge, Stuttgart, Dresden, Vancouver, Montreal, Chartres, and Roskilde. He has also appeared as guest soloist with orchestras and ensembles, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Orchestre Philharmonique of Radio France, the Orchestre National de France, the Orquesta Filharmonica del Gran Canaria, the Orchestre de Picardie, and the Orchestre de Bretagne. His performances have been broadcast over Radio France, the O.R.F. Vienna, CBC Radio Canada, Australian Radio and American Public Media’s Pipedreams.
Dubois has been invited to teach organ masterclasses at institutions that include Yale University, Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Oberlin College, Baylor University, St. Paul University, and Emory University. He was recently appointed Continuing Guest Artist at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he continues with teaching residencies each season.
His recordings include a CD of the organ music of Franz Liszt (Vox Coelestis label); a CD recorded at St. Sulpice in Paris (JAV label); and a recording at St. Etienne de Caen, which features the complete 3rd Symphonie of Louis Vierne and the op. 7 Preludes and Fugues of Marcel Dupré (Radio France and Tempéraments label). In addition to his extensive performing and teaching, Dubois has held the post of Director General of the Strasbourg National and Superior Conservatory of Music in France since March 2012.
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