List of organists

In the list of organists names are registered by organists who have gained extensive recognition and meet the criteria of relevance.

The names in the list are sorted alphabetically and sorted by the countries of origin of the musicians. If has not yet created a product is requested for new entries to a short, bullet points of information about life data, work places and any special services such as premieres or first recordings.

Belgium

Chile

  • Mauricio Pergelier (* 1951)

Denmark

  • Rued Langgaard (1893-1952), choirmaster, organist ( Ribe Cathedral )
  • Frederik Magle ( born 1977 ), composer and concert organist
  • Mogens Wöldike (1897-1988), choirmaster, organist at the Castle Church Christiansborg and the Copenhagen Cathedral, recording of the cantatas by Buxtehude

Germany

  • Joseph Ahrens (1904-1997)
  • Sieglinde Ahrens ( b. 1936 )
  • Christoph Albrecht ( b. 1930 )
  • Hansjörg Albrecht ( b. 1972 )
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
  • Bambauer Martin ( b. 1970 )
  • Peter Bares (1936-2014)
  • Wolfgang Baumgratz ( b. 1948 )
  • Hans Christoph Becker- Foss ( b. 1949 )
  • Daniel Beckmann ( * 1980 )
  • Hans Georg Bertram (1936-2013)
  • Neithard Bethke ( b. 1942 )
  • Hedwig Bilgram (* 1933)
  • Oskar Gottlieb Blarr ( b. 1934 )
  • Stefan Johannes Bleicher ( b. 1962 )
  • Martin Böcker (* 1958)
  • Ullrich Böhme ( b. 1956 )
  • Winfried Bönig (* 1959)
  • Christoph Bossert ( b. 1957 )
  • Ingo Bredenbach (* 1959)
  • Christian Brembeck ( b. 1960 )
  • Gerhard braking unit (1905-1977)
  • Eduard Büchsel (1917-1980)
  • Hans Martin Corrinth ( b. 1941 )
  • Roland Maria Stangier ( b. 1957 )
  • Thomas Dahl ( b. 1963 )
  • Paul Damjakob ( b. 1939 )
  • Barbara Dennerlein (born 1964 )
  • Gabriel Dessauer ( b. 1955 )
  • Helmut German ( b. 1963 )
  • Peter thickness ( b. 1956 )
  • Joachim village Müller ( * 1938 )
  • Egidius Doll ( b. 1946 )
  • Max Drischner (1891-1971)
  • Mark Eichenlaub ( b. 1970 )
  • Matthias Eisenberg ( b. 1956 )
  • Dirk Elsenmann ( b. 1977 )
  • Harald Feller (* 1951)
  • Michael Gotthard Fischer (1773-1829)
  • Walter Fischer (1872-1931), from 1906 to 1917 organist of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, from 1917 to 1931 at the Berlin Cathedral, premiere several works of Max Reger
  • Thomas Jörg Frank ( b. 1972 )
  • Helmut Fleinghaus (* 1958)
  • Felix Friedrich ( * 1945)
  • Friedrich Friese I (1765-1833)
  • Friedrich Friese II (1792-1863)
  • Matthias Friese (1739-1786)
  • Fröschle Friedrich (* 1944)
  • Clemens Ganz ( b. 1935 )
  • Zsolt Gárdonyi ( b. 1946 )
  • Hans Gebhard (* 1929)
  • John Gebhardt ( b. 1969 )
  • Johannes Geffert (* 1951)
  • Horst Gehann (1928-2007)
  • Holger Gehring ( b. 1969 )
  • Manuel Gera ( b. 1963 )
  • Karl Ludwig Gerok (1906-1975)
  • Christoph Grohmann ( b. 1955 )
  • Herbert Haag (1908-1977)
  • Bernhard Haas ( b. 1964 )
  • Georg Hagel ( b. 1968 )
  • Thomas Haller ( b. 1966 )
  • Matthias Hanke ( b. 1965 )
  • Wilhelm Hanser (1738-1796)
  • Hans Heintze (1910-2003)
  • Fritz Heitmann (1891-1953)
  • Felix Hell ( * 1985)
  • Hans Uwe Hielscher (* 1945)
  • Marlene Hinterberger ( b. 1954 )
  • Helmut Hoeft ( b. 1957 )
  • Margareta Hürholz (* 1954)
  • Werner Jacob (1938-2006)
  • Matthias Janz ( b. 1947 )
  • Thiemo Janssen ( b. 1966 )
  • Gerhard Jentschke ( b. 1955 )
  • Kay Johannsen ( b. 1961 )
  • Stefan Kagl ( b. 1963 )
  • Hans -Jürgen Kaiser ( b. 1959 )
  • Ernst- Ulrich von Kameke (* 1926)
  • Michael Kapsner ( b. 1961 )
  • Markus Karas ( b. 1961 )
  • Hans -Dieter Karras (* 1959)
  • Hannes Kästner (1929-1993)
  • Günther Kaunzinger ( b. 1938 )
  • Johann Balthasar Kehl (1725-1778)
  • Joseph Kelemen ( b. 1957 )
  • Hermann Keller (1885-1967)
  • Max Keller (1770-1855)
  • Silvius von Kessel ( b. 1965 )
  • Helmut Kickton ( b. 1956 )
  • Christoph Kircheis (1935-1979)
  • Kircheis Friedrich (* 1940)
  • Wolfgang Kleber (* 1958)
  • Hans Klotz (1900-1987)
  • Manfred Kluge (1928-1971)
  • Reinhard Kluth (* 1950)
  • Johannes -Ernst Köhler (1910-1990)
  • Otto Maria Krämer ( b. 1964 )
  • Walter Kraft (1905-1977)
  • Gereon Krahforst (* 1973)
  • Edgar Krapp ( b. 1947 )
  • Barbara Kraus (1967 )
  • Karl- Bernardine goiter ( b. 1966 )
  • Andrea Kumpe ( b. 1979 )
  • Leo Krämer ( 1944)
  • Wilhelm Krumbach (1937-2005)
  • Eberhard Lauer ( b. 1956 )
  • Torsten Laux ( b. 1965 )
  • Jon Laukvik ( b. 1952 )
  • Elmar Lehnen ( b. 1965 )
  • Franz Lehrndorfer (1928-2013)
  • Beate body (* 1954)
  • Hans Leitner ( b. 1961 )
  • Bernd Liffers (* 1958)
  • Gerhard Löffler ( b. 1979 )
  • Heinz Lohmann (1934-2001)
  • Ludger Lohmann (born 1954 )
  • Uwe Lohr (b. 1936)
  • Martin Lucker (* 1953)
  • Viktor Lukas ( born 1931 )
  • Volker Lutz (* 1943)
  • Ludger Soon ( b. 1941 )
  • Hans Martin (1916-2007)
  • Johannes Matthias Michel ( b. 1962 )
  • Christiane Michel Ostertun ( b. 1964 )
  • Andreas Meisner (* 1959)
  • Thomas Meyer- Fiebig ( b. 1949 )
  • Hans -Dieter Möller ( b. 1939 )
  • Ernst Münch (1859-1928)
  • Hans Musch (* 1935)
  • Tomasz Adam Nowak ( b. 1962 )
  • Rainer Oster ( b. 1966 )
  • Dorte Packeiser Maria ( b. 1957 )
  • Stefan Palm ( b. 1962 )
  • Michael Pohl (until 2005 the cathedral organist at the Berliner Dom)
  • Winfried Pesch (1928-2006)
  • Dietrich W. Prost (1928-2000)
  • Günther Ramin (1898-1956)
  • Franz Raml ( b. 1964 )
  • Siegfried Reda (1916-1968)
  • Heinrich Reimann (1850-1906)
  • Karl Richter (1926-1981)
  • Almut Rossler (* 1932)
  • Elisabeth Roloff (1937-2008)
  • Klaus Rothaupt (* 1954)
  • Andreas Rothkopf ( b. 1955 )
  • Wolfgang Rübsam ( b. 1946 )
  • Martin Sander ( b. 1963 )
  • Helga Schauerte - Maubouet ( b. 1957 )
  • Wolfgang Schetelich (1919-1985)
  • Winfried Schlepphorst (1937-2006)
  • Burghard Schloe (* 1935)
  • Stefan Schmidt ( * 1966)
  • Georg Schmitt (1821-1900)
  • Christian Schmitt ( b. 1976 )
  • Christian Schmitt Angel City (1967 )
  • Gisbert Schneider ( * 1934)
  • Michael Schneider (1909-1994)
  • Hanns -Martin Schneidt (* 1930)
  • Klemens Schnorr ( b. 1949 )
  • Albert Schönberger ( b. 1949 )
  • Michael Beauty ( b. 1961 )
  • Andreas Schroeder ( b. 1939 )
  • Jürgen Schröder ( b. 1968 )
  • Konrad Schuba ( born 1929 )
  • Stefan Schulte (* 1972)
  • Gerhard Schwarz (1902-1995)
  • Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
  • Wolfgang soaps ( * 1956 )
  • Alfred Sittard (1878-1942)
  • John Skudlik ( b. 1957 )
  • Jürgen Sonnentheil ( b. 1961 )
  • Hans- André Stamm (* 1958)
  • Ernst -Erich Stender (1944 )
  • Stephan Martin ( b. 1952 )
  • Still Josef (* 1959)
  • Wolfgang Stock Meier ( born 1931 )
  • Franz Josef Stoiber ( born 1959 )
  • Luke Stollhof (* 1980)
  • Martin Strohhäcker (* 1959)
  • Kaspar Sturm ( 1540 ~ 1590 )
  • Zsigmond Szathmáry ( b. 1939 )
  • Hildegund driver ( b. 1959 )
  • Kate van Tricht (1909-1996)
  • John Unger ( b. 1976 )
  • John Vetter ( b. 1952 )
  • Harald Vogel ( b. 1941 )
  • Holm Vogel ( b. 1939 )
  • Helmut Walcha (1907-1991)
  • Wallenhorst ( b. 1967 )
  • Max Walter (1899-1946)
  • Heinrich Weber (1901-1970)
  • Gerhard Weinberger ( b. 1948 )
  • Martin Welzel ( b. 1972 )
  • Martin Weyer ( b. 1938 )
  • Carsten Wiebusch ( b. 1969 )
  • Heinz Wunderlich (1919-2012)
  • Gerd Zacher (* 1929)
  • Ruth Zechlin (1926-2007)
  • Wolfgang Zerer ( b. 1961 )
  • Dan Zerfaß ( b. 1968 )
  • Walter Zielke ( b. 1963 )
  • Renate Zimmermann ( b. 1936 )

Estonia

  • Andres Uibo ( b. 1956 )

Finland

France

  • Marie -Claire Alain (1926-2013)
  • Benjamin Alard (* 1985)
  • Anne -Marie Barat (1948-1990)
  • Jean Berveiller (1904-1976)
  • Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944)
  • Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
  • Michel Bouvard ( b. 1958 )
  • Jean Boyer ( Organist ) ( 1948-2004 )
  • Michel Chapuis (* 1930)
  • Marie -Madeleine Duruflé (1921-1999)
  • Pierre Cochereau (1924-1984)
  • Commette Édouard (1883-1967)
  • Jean Costa (1924-2013)
  • Dallier Henri (1849-1934)
  • Xavier Darasse (1934-1992)
  • Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968)
  • Emmanuel Le Divellec ( b. 1966 )
  • Henri Doyen (1902-1988)
  • Marie Ducrot (1919-2001)
  • Norbert Dufourcq (1904-1990)
  • Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
  • Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
  • Rolande Falcinelli (1920-2006)
  • André Fleury (1903-1995)
  • César Franck (1822-1890)
  • Gigout Eugène (1844-1925)
  • Jean -Jacques Grunenwald (1911-1982)
  • Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
  • Jean Guillou (* 1930)
  • Naji Hakim ( b. 1955 )
  • André Isoir (* 1935)
  • Jan Willem Jansen
  • Labric Pierre ( b. 1921 )
  • Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
  • Olivier Latry ( b. 1962 )
  • Eric Lebrun (1967 )
  • Philippe Lefebvre ( b. 1949 )
  • Gaston Litaize (1909-1991)
  • Bruno Mathieu ( b. 1958 )
  • Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
  • Mignan Édouard (1884-1969)
  • Pincemaille Pierre ( b. 1956 )
  • Françoise Renet (1924-1995)
  • Daniel Roth ( b. 1942 )
  • Camille Saint- Saëns (1835-1921)
  • René Saorgin ( b. 1928 )
  • Georg Schmitt (1821-1900)
  • Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
  • Louis Thiry (* 1935)
  • Jean -Claude Touche (1926-1944)
  • Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)
  • Vast Eugène (1835-1911)
  • Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
  • Charles -Marie Widor (1844-1937)

Great Britain

  • William Thomas Best (1826-1897) organist at St. Martin-in -the-Fields and Crystal Palace in London, St George's Hall and Pembroke Chapel, Liverpool, composer
  • John Baptiste Calkin (1827-1905) organist at St. Columba 's College (Dublin), a church organist, composer
  • Edward Elgar (1857-1934), organist, composer (eg Organ Sonata ) and conductor
  • Peter Hurford (* 1930), organist and choir director at the Abbey of St Albans
  • Wayne Marshall ( b. 1961 ), organist at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, concert organist, pianist and conductor
  • Simon Preston ( born 1938 ), organist and choirmaster at Christ Church (Oxford) and in Westminster Abbey, composer and concert organist

Italy

Japan

Canada

  • Alexis Contant (1859-1918)
  • Lynnwood Farnam (1885-1930)
  • Eugen Gmeiner (1927-1977)
  • Percival J. Illsley (1865-1924)
  • Samuel Prowse Warren (1841-1915)

Korea

  • Chae Jin -soo

Latvia

  • Iveta Apkalna ( b. 1976 )
  • Yevgeniya Lissizyna ( b. 1942 )

Luxembourg

  • Carlo Hommel (1952-2006)
  • Alphonse Gevelinger (1910 -? )
  • Paul Kayser (* 1979)

Mexico

  • Víctor Urbán ( b. 1934 )

Netherlands

Norway

Austria

  • Wolfgang Capek ( b. 1956 )
  • Franz Danksagmüller ( b. 1969 )
  • John Eben Bauer ( b. 1963 )
  • Rupert Gottfried Frieberger (* 1951)
  • Hans Haselboeck ( b. 1928 )
  • Haselboeck Martin ( b. 1954 )
  • Anton Heiller (1923-1979)
  • August Humer (1947-2007)
  • Wolfgang Huber Cross ( b. 1957 ), Linz cathedral organist since 1982
  • Klaus Kuchling ( b. 1963 )
  • Matthias Maierhofer ( b. 1979 )
  • Heribert Metzger ( b. 1950 )
  • Alfred Mitterhofer (1940-1999)
  • Jürgen snake ( b. 1981 )
  • Bruno Upper Hammer ( b. 1946 )
  • Florian Pagitsch (* 1959)
  • Peter Planyavsky ( b. 1947 )
  • Michael Radulescu (* 1943)
  • Wolfgang Reisinger ( b. 1964 )
  • Rudolf Scholz (1933-2012)
  • Johannes Strobl ( * 1969 )
  • Roman Summer Eder ( b. 1954 )
  • Herbert Tachezi (* 1930)
  • Peter Waldner ( b. 1966 )
  • Ernst Wally ( b. 1976 )
  • Norbert Zeilberger (1970-2012)
  • Gerhard Zukriegel (* 1928), Salzburg cathedral organist from 1963 to 2005

Poland

  • January jargon (1928-1995)
  • Marek Stefański ( b. 1969 )

Russia

  • Jesse Aleksandrovitsch Braudo (1896-1970)
  • Sergei Leonidovitsch Dizhur (1924-2000)
  • Aleksandr - Vladimir Feodorovitsch ( Friedrichovitsch ) Goedicke ( 1877-1957 )
  • Ekaterina Kofanova (* 1973)
  • Leonid Roizman Isaakovitsch (1915-1989)

Sweden

Switzerland

  • Jörg- Andreas Boetticher ( b. 1964 )
  • Albert Bolliger ( b. 1937 )
  • Guy Bovet ( b. 1942 )
  • Enrico Dassetto (1874-1971)
  • Hans Eugen Frischknecht ( b. 1939 )
  • Monika Henking
  • Alex Hug ( b. 1943 )
  • Andreas Jost (* 1973)
  • Joachim Krause ( b. 1957 )
  • Heiner Kuhner (1943-1990)
  • Rudolf Lutz (* 1951)
  • Rudolf Meyer ( * 1943)
  • Thilo Muster ( b. 1965 )
  • Felix Pachlatko (* 1950)
  • Helmuth Reichel ( born 1925 )
  • Lionel Rogg ( b. 1936 )
  • Kurt Wolfgang Senn (1905-1965)
  • Wolfgang Sieber (born 1954 )
  • Hans Vollenweider (1918-1993)
  • Erich Vollenwyder
  • Tobias Willi ( b. 1976 )
  • Jean -Claude Zehnder ( b. 1941 )

Slovakia

  • Zuzana Ferjenčíková (* 1978)

Spain

  • Andrés Cea Galán ( b. 1965 )
  • Gaspar Smit (1767-1819)
  • Montserrat Torrent i Serra (b. 1926)

Czechia

  • Petr Eben (1929-2007)
  • January Hora ( Academy of Performing Arts, Prague )
  • J. Rafaja ( Conservatory, Pardubice )
  • Jaroslav Tuma ( b. 1956 )
  • Frantisek Vanicek ( b. 1969 )
  • Jiří Reinsberger
  • Tomáš Thon

Hungary

  • Balázs Szabó ( born 1985 ), organist, Harmonist, organ expert, teaching at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music Budapest
  • Robert Kovacs ( b. 1976 )

Uruguay

  • Cristina García Banegas

USA - United States

Martin Bambauer Harald Feller (organist) Karl Richter (conductor) Helga Schauerte-Maubouet Wolfgang Seifen Karl Straube Elke Voelker Marie-Claire Alain Michel Chapuis (Organist) Daniel Roth (Organist) Charles-Marie Widor St. Martin-in-the-Fields St Albans Cathedral Wayne Marshall (classical musician) Ole Andreas Lindeman Anton Bruckner Hans-Ola Ericsson Jaroslav Tůma Robert Theodore Anderson Organ repertoire
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