Episode 18: Composer - organist Thomas Lacôte

Thomas Lacôte is organiste titulaire at the Eglise de la
Trinité in Paris, a post that Olivier Messiaen held for 60 years.
He worked at the Paris Conservatory for six years as the
assistant of Michaël Levinas, before being named professor of
analysis in 2014. He was educated at this institution, receiving
five first prizes with distinction between 2002 and 2006. His
manifold musical activities bring together composition,
improvisation, performance, teaching and research. His cycle
Etudes pour orgue (2006–2015) presents a new approach to the
instrument and its sonority. In 2013, his first solo CD entitled
The Fifth Hammer was recorded at the Eglise de la Trinité, and
released by Hortus.


He is regularly invited for recitals, master classes and lectures
by many international institutions, including The Royal College
of Organists, Eastman School of Music, Mozarteum Salzburg,
Gothenburg Music Academy, Haarlem Organ Academy, Bologna
Conservatorio, etc. Along with musicologists Yves Balmer and
Christopher Murray, Thomas Lacôte has devoted several years to
important research on the works of Olivier Messiaen, leading to
the publication of several articles in international journals
(XXth Century Music, Journal of the American Musicological
Society) and a book (Le modèle et l'invention: Olivier Messiaen
et la technique de l'emprunt, Editions Symétrie, 2017).


In 2012, Thomas Lacôte was awarded the Del Duca prize from the
Académie des Beaux-Arts-Institut de France. In 2019 he received
the Hervé Dugardin composition prize from the SACEM. He is artist
in residence at the Royaumont Foundation, and a member of the
musical committee of the Prince Pierre Foundation in
Monaco.

Thomas has a new work being premiered in Paris on February 9th,
2020 in which he will participate as soloist. More information
here.


More about Thomas Lacôte:
Official website
Soundcloud page
Youtube channel

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EPISODE CREDITS
Spoken introduction: Maya Rasmussen
Podcast artwork photograph 2019 Philippe Stirnweiss


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