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International Performer of the Year winners
Categories: IPYA WinnersFrederick Swann is Organist Emeritus of the Crystal Cathedral, and Organ Artist-in-residence at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, California. In the summer of 2001, after completing a 60-year career as a church organist, Frederick Swann retired from church work in order to devote his full time to concertizing. This 2002-2003 season has…
Categories: IPYA WinnersJon Gillock grew up in Oklahoma where he began studying the piano at an early age. He received the BM with high honors and the MM degrees from the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville); his major teacher there was John Cowell. He did graduate study at the College of Church Musicians, Washington Cathedral, with Leo…
Categories: IPYA WinnersJohn Scott (1956 – 2015) was born in Wakefield, England, and received his earliest musical training as a chorister at Wakefield Cathedral where he later served as Assistant Organist. While still in school he gained diplomas from the Royal College of Organists. From 1974-1978 he was Organ Scholar at St. John’s College, Cambridge, where…
Categories: IPYA WinnersRobert Glasgow joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1962 after having taught at MacMurray College in Illinois. He graduated with distinction from the Eastman School, where he was also awarded the Performer’s Certificate. MacMurray College named him an honorary doctor of music, and his Michigan colleagues honored him with the Harold…
Categories: IPYA WinnersAmong the important influences on the American organ scene in the second half of the 20th century, Marilyn Mason certainly has made a lasting impact in her distinguished career as concert organist, lecturer, adjudicator, teacher, organ consultant, recording artist, and by the nearly 75 organ works she has commissioned. Her name commands immediate recognition among…
Categories: IPYA WinnersIn March 1962, a capacity crowd at the Royal Festival Hall in London was listening to a performance of a work by Janacek rarely heard at that time: the Glagolitic Mass. The audience was stunned by the brilliant and ferociously intense playing of a 23-year-old Cambridge student. The player was Simon Preston and this virtuoso…
Categories: IPYA WinnersThomas Murray, concert organist and recording artist, is University Organist and Professor of Music at Yale University, where he teaches and performs on the renowned Skinner organ in Woolsey Hall. Widely known for his interpretations of Romantic repertoire and orchestral transcriptions, his recordings (on Gothic, Arkay, Priory and other labels) are highly acclaimed….
Categories: IPYA WinnersLuigi Ferdinando Tagliavini has been professor of musicology at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) since 1965. Highly active as a performer, he has made numerous recordings and received the following awards: “Premio delle discografia Italiana”, “Schallplattenpreis der deutschen Phono-Akademie”, “Choc de la musique”, “Premio Antonio Vivaldi”, “Premio Massimo Mila”. Writer of many musicological articles,…
Categories: IPYA WinnersThrough her concert performances, masterclasses and numerous recordings, Marie-Claire Alain became one of the leading figures in the organ world. Marie-Claire Alain was born on August 10, 1926 into a family of musicians in St Germain-en-Laye, near Paris. She studied music at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris, where she won…
