Thomas Ospital
Stadsorgelconcert in de Grote of St. Bavokerk
Haarlem is world-renowned as the organ city. The city is home to two exceptional organs with monumental status: the Christian Müller organ in the St. Bavo Church and the Cavaillé-Coll organ in the PHIL.
From May through October, concerts are held on Tuesday evenings in the Grote or St.-Bavokerk. In July and August, concerts also take place on Thursday afternoons, performed by renowned organists from the Netherlands and abroad.
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Program Notes
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Passacaglia in c, BWV 582
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Fantasia in f, KV 608
Allegro
Andante
(Allegro)
Thomas Ospital (1990)
Improvisation
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Fantasy and Fugue on the Chorale 'Ad nos ad salutarem undam'
Since 2015, Thomas Ospital has been titular organist of the great organ at the Saint-Eustache Church in Paris and was appointed organ teacher at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) in 2021. He is a young artist who has quickly established himself among the world's leading concert organists.
Thomas Ospital is equally at home as a solo recitalist and in collaboration with choir or orchestra. He is also actively committed to keeping the art of improvisation alive in all its forms, including the accompaniment of silent films.
Born in 1990, he began his musical training at the Conservatoire Maurice Ravel in Bayonne. From 2008 to 2015 he studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he won five first prizes in organ, improvisation, harmony, counterpoint and fugue. His teachers there included Olivier Latry, Michel Bouvard, Thierry Escaich, Philippe Lefebvre, László Fassang, Isabelle Duha and Pierre Pincemaille.
From 2015 to 2018 he was also resident organist at the Maison de la Radio.
