Liesbeth Schlumberger is an organist from South Africa, professor assistant of organ at the Conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse de Lyon since 1996.

Biography

Schlumberger-Kurpershoek began her organ studies with Stephan Zondagh at the

University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was ...

before training in France in 1987 with Marie-Claire Alain for the organ and Huguette Dreyfus for the

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at the . She then studied at the

Conservatoire de Lille The Conservatoire de Lille is a music school in Lille, France. Founded in 1803, it was originally set out as a music conservatory, later branching out into theatre and dance in the second half of the 20th century. The conservatory took the place ...

with Jean Boyer and also followed improvisation classes with

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. In 1996, she was appointed assistant in the teaching staff of the department of keyboards, organ section of the conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse de Lyon then directed by Jean Boyer and more recently by François Espinasse.Département claviers (orgue) du CNSMD, page consultée en ligne le 8 novembre 201

Since 1994, Liesbeth Schlumberger has been the holder of the organ of the in Paris. She participates in several international competitions, as a participant or as a member of the jury, notably in 2010, in

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Distinctions

* 1985: First prize of the national radio competition of South Africa * 1989: First prize at the Bordeaux International Organ Competition

References

External links

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