FLOW OF LIFE: BACH AND HANDEL

Formidable improviser and titular organist of the famous Dom Bedos organ at St Croix in Bordeaux, Paul Goussot will present of recital of music for organ by J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel, including several improvisations.

A versatile musician, Paul Goussot has always tried to diversify his job as an artist by specializing at once in the organ, the harpsichord and in improvisation. He teaches continuo and improvisation at the Haute Ecole de musique of Geneva in Switzerland, and  teaches the organ at the Rueil-Malmaison conservatory.

Prize winner of the international competitions of Bruges and St-Maurice d’Agaune, Paul Goussot successively won first prize for improvisation at the international competition in Luxembourg, first prize for improvisation at the 26th international organ competition in St-Albans and, in 2012, first prize and the prize of the public at the 49th international improvisation competition in Haarlem.

He has been invited to prestigious European festivals: Musique sacrée à Notre-Dame de Paris, Festival de la Roque d’Anthéron, Bach Orgel festival Leipzig, Musik-fest Bremen, St-Albans organ festival, Ancona, Haarlem, Lausanne. He played many concerts with Philippe Pierlot and the Ricercar Consort, which resulted in recordings for the Label Mirare. His last CD recorded for the Label ROB on the Dom Bedos organ in Ste-Croix of Bordeaux received the Choc Classica award. (https://paulgoussot.com/)