Karen McFarlane Artists announces the addition of French concert organist Michel Bouvard to its roster of concert organists, with booking currently underway for a concert tour of North America November 9–18, 2012.
One of today’s leading French concert organists, Michel Bouvard enjoys a multi-faceted career as a concert artist and master teacher, which has taken him to more than twenty countries. He was a student of André Isoir at the Paris Conservatory and later studied with Michel Chapuis, Francis Chapelet, and Jean Boyer.
In 1983 he obtained first prize at the international organ competition in Toulouse, and in 1985 succeeded Xavier Darasse as Professor of Organ at the Conservatoire National de Région de Toulouse.
At the conservatoire he has continued Darasse’s efforts in fostering the patronage of the city and the region by organizing concerts, special visitors, masterclasses, and the international organ competition with his colleague Jan Willem Jansen. This work culminated in the creation of the renowned Festival “Toulouse Les Orgues,” for which he served as director for four years.
In addition to his performing and teaching, Michel Bouvard is frequently an adjudicator for the world’s most prestigious organ competitions. He has also served for four years as a member of the “Commission Supérieure des Monuments Historiques” (the Culture Ministry) of France.
Currently Michel Bouvard is Professor of Organ at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, where he teaches with his friend and colleague, Olivier Latry, and also continues as Professor of Organ at the Regional Conservatory of Music in Toulouse.
He additionally serves as Organist Titulaire of the historic Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Basilique Saint-Sernin in Toulouse, and is one of the four organists of the Royal Chapel at the Palace of Versailles.
For booking information, contact Karen McFarlane Artists at
www.concertorganists.com.
