Vincent Warnier (born 14 October 1967) is a contemporary French classical organist.

Biography

Born in

Hayange Hayange (; german: Hayingen; Lorraine Franconian: ''Héngen''/''Haiéngen'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Outlying villages include Marspich and Saint-Nicolas-en-Forêt, Konacker and Ranguevaux. H ...

(

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), Warnier completed his musical studies at the

Conservatoire de Strasbourg The Conservatoire de Strasbourg is a music conservatory located in Strasbourg, France. The school was created using funds given to the city of Strasbourg by arts patron Louis Apffel in 1839. The conservatoire's first day of classes began on 3 Janua ...

(organ class of Daniel Roth and André Stricker), the Conservatoire of

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(class of

Marie-Claire Alain Marie-Claire Geneviève Alain-Gommier (10 August 1926 – 26 February 2013) was a French organist, scholar and teacher best known for her prolific recording career, with 260 recordings, making her the most-recorded classical organist in the world ...

) and the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

, where he won numerous prizes (organ with Michel Chapuis and

Olivier Latry Olivier Jean-Claude Latry (born 22 February 1962) is a French organist, improviser, and composer. He is professor of organ in the Conservatoire de Paris. He became interested in the organ after listening to recordings by Pierre Cochereau. His ...

). In 1992, he was awarded the First prize of interpretation of the

Chartres Chartres () is the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. It is located about southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 170,763 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Chartres (as d ...

Grand Prix. In 1995, he became co-titular organist of the Reformed Church of the Annunciation in Paris. Then, in 1997, he became co-titular organist with

Thierry Escaich Thierry Joseph-Louis Escaich (born 8 May 1965) is a French organist and composer. Life Born in Nogent-sur-Marne, Escaich studied organ, improvisation and composition at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), where he won eight First Prizes an ...

, of the

Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Saint-Étienne-du-Mont is a church in Paris, France, on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève in the 5th arrondissement, near the Panthéon. It contains the shrine of St. Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris. The church also contains the tombs of Bl ...

church in Paris. That same year, he was entrusted with the grand Théodore Jacquot organ of

Verdun Cathedral Verdun Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Verdun) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Verdun, Lorraine, France. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishops of Verdun. It was declared a '' monument historique'' on 30 October 1 ...

, succeeding

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Pierre Camonin Pierre Camonin (25 February 1903 – 14 November 2003) was a French organist, composer and improviser. Biography Born in Bar-le-Duc, Camonin was a student of Marcel Ciampi for the piano at the conservatoire de Paris. He studied pipe organ wit ...

. He has been in residence at the Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon since September 2013. Considered a leading instrumentalist and improviser, Vincent Warnier leads an international concert career. He performs regularly in Japan and the main European countries. His attachment to a second profession which he leads in parallel with the first is also worth noting: that of music teacher. An associate professor, he taught at the

Poitiers University The University of Poitiers (UP; french: Université de Poitiers) is a public university located in Poitiers, France. It is a member of the Coimbra Group. It is multidisciplinary and contributes to making Poitiers the city with the highest studen ...

, then at the College Stanislas de Paris. He is now a professor in the specialized music sections of the

Lycée Racine The lycée Racine is a public school in the quartier de l'Europe located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It consists of a lycée as well as BTS assistant manager and BTS bank staff courses. It takes the name of Jean Racine, playwright and his ...

(Paris). Regularly invited on the airwaves of

France Musique France Musique is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on European classical music, classical music and jazz. Hist ...

, he participated from 2011 to 2013 in ' weekly disc review show, ', then was a columnist on his Sunday show ''Musiques sacrées''. After being a regular contributor to

Renaud Machart Renaud Machart (born 22 March 1962) is a French journalist, music critic, radio producer and music producer. Biography Renaud Machart was born in Lannion, and first studied music under the direction of his father and then with Claudette Bohn, pr ...

's program ''Le Matin des musiciens'', he continues this collaboration today in ''Le Mitan des musiciens''.''Le Mitan des musiciens''
on France Musique

Discography

Vincent Warnier's discography is rich with about twenty recordings ranging from

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

to contemporary music:

, ,

Jacques Lenot Jacques Lenot (born 29 August 1945) is a French composer. His compositional techniques are derived from serialism. References *Corraziari, Andréa. 2007. "Les études pour piano du premier livre de György Ligeti: un laboratoire pédagogique", m� ...

. Since 2002, his recordings have been published at Intrada.

Most recent recordings

* ''Autour du concerto de Poulenc'' (Intrada, 2006) :

Francis Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-kno ...

: ''Concerto for organ'' -

Jean-Philippe Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau (; – ) was a French composer and music theory, music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of Fr ...

: excerpts from ''Indes galantes'', the ''Bourgeois gentilhomme'' and ''Dardanus'' - Daniel Roth: ''Licht im Dunkel'', poem for orchestra - Jacques Lenot: ''La Gerusalemme celeste'', for organ and orchestra (world premiere, first worldwide recording: Les Siècles -

François-Xavier Roth François-Xavier Paul Roth (born 6 November 1971) is a French conductor, who founded Les Siècles, an orchestra which performs on instruments appropriate to the period of composition of each piece, from the late Baroque and Classical eras to 20t ...

, direction; Recorded on 28 and 29 April 2006 in Saint-Étienne-du-Mont * ''

Maurice Duruflé Maurice Gustave Duruflé (; 11 January 1902 – 16 June 1986) was a French composer, organist, musicologist, and teacher. Life and career Duruflé was born in Louviers, Eure in 1902. He became a chorister at the Rouen Cathedral Choir School fro ...

: intégrale de l'œuvre pour orgue'' (Intrada, 2007); Recorded in Saint-Étienne-du-Mont from 22 to 24 January 2006 * Johann Sebastian Bach; ''Ultima verba'' (Intrada, 2008): Autour des ''18 Chorals "de Leipzig"'' and the ''Variations canoniques''; Recorded from 12 to 14 September 2007 at Masevaux (Haut-Rhin) * Johann Sebastian Bach: ''Toccatas et Fugues'' (Intrada, 2011); Toccatas and fugues and ''Passacaille et Fugue en ut mineur'' by Bach; Recorded on 27 and 28 July 2009 in Saint-Louis-en-l'Île in Paris * Camille Saint-Saëns: ''

Danse macabre The ''Danse Macabre'' (; ) (from the French language), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death. The ''Danse Macabre'' consists of the dead, or a personification of ...

'' (arr. E. Lemare/V. Warnier), ''Cyprès et Lauriers'', ''Symphony n° 3 "with organ"'' (

Naxos Records Naxos comprises numerous companies, divisions, imprints, and labels specializing in classical music but also audiobooks and other genres. The premier label is Naxos Records which focuses on classical music. Naxos Musical Group encompasses about 1 ...

, 2015):

Orchestre national de Lyon The Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL) is a French orchestra based in Lyon. Its primary concert venue is l'Auditorium de Lyon. The orchestra operates with the help of a subsidy from the French Ministry of Culture and from the Rhône-Alpes regional ...

Leonard Slatkin Leonard Edward Slatkin (born September 1, 1944) is an American conductor, author and composer. Early life and education Slatkin was born in Los Angeles to a Jewish musical family that came from areas of the Russian Empire now in Ukraine. His fat ...

(conductor); Recorded in November 2013 at the in Lyon

References

External links

Vincent Warnier
on France Musique
Vincent Warnier
on Auditorium Orchestre national de Lyon
Vincent Warnier
on Arocthann.com
Vincent Warnier
on Le Paris des Orgues
Saint-Sulpice organ, Vincent Warnier plays Bach Kyrie, Gott heilliger Geist BWV 671 (6 Feb 2011)
on YouTube
Saint-Sulpice organ, Vincent Warnier plays Bach Ricercar from Musical Offering (April 2017)
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