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International Performer of the Year winners
Categories: IPYA WinnersDavid Craighead was born in Strasburg, Penn., on January 24, 1924. His father was a Presbyterian minister, and he received his first music lessons from his mother, who was an organist. At an early age he showed great interest in music and especially his favorite instrument, the organ. Mr. Craighead studied for two years…
Categories: IPYA WinnersJean Guillou, the titular organist of the church of Saint Eustache in Paris, is first and foremost a composer who has been able to push back the technical limits of his instrument quit considerably in order to construct and develop, from his earliest years, more or less secretly, a singular musical word of…
Categories: IPYA WinnersGillian Weir, born in New Zealand but long resident in England, is one of today’s foremost artists. Through her unique career as an internationally-acclaimed concert organist, performing world-wide at the major festivals and with leading orchestras and conductors, Dame Gillian is famous as a distinguished musician known for her artistry, virtuosity and integrity,…
Categories: IPYA WinnersCatharine Crozier was born in Hobart, Oklahoma on Jan. 18, 1914. As a child she studied violin, piano, and organ, making her first public appearance on the piano at age six. She earned a BM from Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Harold Gleason, whom she later married. In 1939 she joined…
Categories: IPYA WinnersRobert Noehren (December 16, 1910 – August 4, 2002) enjoyed a long and distinguished career as international recitalist, recording artist, scholar, author, and teacher. He was for many years University Organist and Head of the Organ Department at the University of Michigan. His discography numbers over 40 recordings, from earlier vinyl LPs to a…
