Concert—An Hour with the Organ—Philippe LEFEBVRE (Notre Dame de Paris)

Philippe LEFEBVRE was appointed organist at Arras Cathedral at the age of 19; a few years later, he won the Fondation de la Vocation Prize, and in 1971, he won First Prize for improvisation at the Lyon International Competition. In 1985, he was appointed titular organist at Notre-Dame de Paris alongside Olivier LATRY and Jean-Pierre LEGUAY. Philippe LEFEBVRE is also an “administrator” and served for more than twenty years as director of the Lille National Conservatory, the oldest in France, which under his leadership became one of the most renowned institutions, with 1,700 students. He later served as director of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral Choir and as a professor of improvisation at the Paris National Conservatory of Music. Philippe LEFEBVRE is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Orgue en France association.