Recital: France-Canada Distinguished Visitor in Music - Thierry Escaich, composer & organist

The Faculty of Music welcomes organist, composer and improviser Thierry Escaich as one of three France-Canada Distinguished Visitors in Music for the 2024-2025 season. A renowned contemporary composer and performer and  professor of organ at the Conservatoire National Supérieure de Musique et de Danse de Paris, M. Escaich was recently named titular organist of the grand organ at Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris to begin in December 2024. Escaich will work with U of T Music students in one-on-one coachings and a public masterclass, speak in an academic seminar and a panel event, and will perform a free concert at St. Basil's Catholic Parish.

http://www.escaich.org/en/pages/about/about.html