9th International Organ Festival with Tobias Willi (Switzerland), organised by the Department of Cultural AffairsSunday 10 August, at 5 pm Cathédrale de Monaco
23 Jul
Michel Bourcier in concert for the 9th International Organ Festival in Monaco
Monaco Cathedral will host the “Orient et Occident” (“East and West”) concert on Sunday 27 July at 5 pm
Michel Bourcier has been the organist at Nantes Cathedral since 2007. He also teaches organ at Nantes Conservatory.
He performs as a soloist in France’s best organ venues and collaborates with a number of composers. He was the first person to perform the works for organ by Jean-Louis Florentz, who passed away in 2004 and performed his first two works: “Les Laudes” and “Debout sur le soleil”, which is dedicated to him.
The concert on Sunday 27 July 2014, entitled “Orient et Occident” (“East and West”) is a tribute to Jean-Louis Florentz, winner of the Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation’s Musical Composition Prize in 1990. Florentz was fascinated by Africa – its stories and legends, dances and landscapes – and by Ethiopia, in his research into Christianity’s most ancient civilisations.
9th International Organ Festival in Monaco
Michel Bourcier
Programme: Charles Touremire – Jean-Louis Florentz – Maurice Durufle
Cathédrale de Monaco
Sunday 27 July, 5 pm
Entrance is free
For information, tel: +377 98 98 83 03 www.festivalorguemonaco.com
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