1. Jean Victor Arthur Guillou was a French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue.
11 Facts About Jean Guillou
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Jean Guillou studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Marcel Dupre, Maurice Durufle and Olivier Messiaen.
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In 1952, while still studying, Guillou played the premiere of his organ transcription of The Musical Offering by Johann Sebastian Bach at Erskine and American United Church in Montreal, Canada.
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On 22 April 1966 Jean Guillou gave his debut concert at the Berliner Philharmonie, where he played Max Reger's Phantasia and Fugue on BACH op.
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On 6 October 1966 Jean Guillou played the world premiere of his organ work Pour le Tombeau de Colbert at the Berliner Philharmonie.
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Jean Guillou had a worldwide reputation as a concert organist and improviser.
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Jean Guillou gave the English and French premieres of Julius Reubke's Piano Sonata in B-flat minor.
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Some of Jean Guillou's compositions are based upon his own lyrics and poems.
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From 1970 to 2005, Jean Guillou taught organ performance and improvisation at the annual Internationale Meisterkurse Zurich.
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In March 2018, Jean Guillou was honored by the Royal College of Organists at Southwark Cathedral in London with the RCO Medal, in recognition of distinguished achievement in organ playing and composition.
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Jean Guillou was buried at the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.