Jérôme Faucheur (born in 1953) is a French

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...

improviser Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...

and Professor of Organ in the schools of

Bondues Bondues (; nl, Bonduwe) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Since 1997, Bondues has housed a Museum devoted to the Resistance of the Nord-Pas de Calais region. The Fort of Bondues, also known as Fort Lobau, was built near ...

, Comines and

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as well as in the Institute of Sacred Music in

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...

. He is titular of the organs in

and Wambrechies.

Biography

Jérôme Faucheur was born in 1953 in Lille, France. He won the gold medal for organ and improvisation in 1974 at the Conservatory of Lille, the first Prize in the ''Tournois du Royaume de la Musique'', and holds the ‘Diplome Superieur d'Orgue’ from the Sacred Music Institute of Rouen. He is former student of Rolande Falcinelli. He played almost 400 organ recitals in the America, Europe and Australia.

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