10 July 2016 at 20:00

David Cassan

David Cassan was born in 1989. He studied with Thierry Escaich, Philippe Lefebvre, Laszlo Fassang, Pierre Pincemaille and François Espinasse at the CNSM in Paris and in Lyon, where he obtained prizes for organ, improvisation, harmony, counterpoint, fugue and forms, renaissance polyphonies and twentieth-century composition. He is a recognized artist, as evidenced by numerous additional prizes and distinctions. He received the best award from the international competitions of Pierre Pincemaille (France), André Marchal (France), Boëllmann-Gigout (France), Merklin (France), Haarlem (Netherlands), St Albans (England), Westfalen Impro 5 (Germany), Schwäbisch Gmünd (Germany) as well as the Great Jean-Louis Florentz International Prize from the Academy of Arts (France). He is also a laureate from Dudelange's competition (Luxembourg). Consequently he is one of the most rewarded organists of his generation.

Currently David Cassan leads a soloist’s career while honouring his role of tenured organist of Notre-Dame des Victoires in Paris. This career has given him the opportunity to play with numerous famous artists and orchestras (Orchestre National de Lyon, Capitole de Toulouse, Choeur et Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, Orchestre Bernard Thomas) at prestigious venues in France and abroad (including Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Belgium, England, Uruguay, Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland).