2022 Edition

APPLICATIONS

Application deadline: May 15, 2022

PRELIMINARY ROUND

Results: June 15, 2022

TIMETABLE

Quarter-Finals: Tuesday 1 November 2022 from 10 am to 1 pm – Auditorium de Lyon

Semi-Finals: Thursday 3 November 2022 from 10 am to 2.30 pm – Auditorium de Lyon

Final: Saturday 5 November 2022 from 3 pm – Auditorium de Lyon

Bernhard Haas (Germany)

Professor of organ at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich, following similar posts in Saarbrücken and Stuttgart, Bernhard Haas is a specialist in contemporary music and has published theoretical works on Bach’s Two-Part Inventions and Die neue Tonalität von Schubert bis Webern.

Nathan Laube (USA)

Former organ professor at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester (New York, USA), Nathan Laube is now the organ professor at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart. He also works at the Birmingham Royal Conservatoire as the International Consultant in Organ Studies.

Loïc Mallié (France)

A former student of Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris, Loïc Mallié followed him at the organ console at the Trinité in Paris, where is he now honorary organist. Also a composer and improviser, he has taught at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Lyon and at Musikene in San Sebastián (Spain).

Pascale Rouet (France)

Organ professor at the Conservatoire Ardenne-Métropole in Charleville-Mézières, Pascale Rouet is also the editor of the French-language journal Orgues nouvelles. She contributed to the contemporary music section in the new edition of the Guide de la musique d’orgue (Fayard, 2012).

Alain Louvier (France)

Composer, former student of Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris, pensioner of the Académie de France in Rome and winner of several prizes, Alain Louvier also has an eminent career as a conservatoire director (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris from 1986 to 1991 and Boulogne-Billancourt from 2009 to 2013) and teacher, particularly in musical analysis at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris from 1991 to 2009.

Gaëtan Puaud (France)

Professor of economics, Gaëtan Puaud is a passionate defender of the music of our time. Founder and director during 20 years of the Festival Messiaen au Pays de la Meije dedicated to Olivier Messiaen, he has devoted retrospectives to George Benjamin, Pierre Boulez, François-Bernard Mâche, Tristan Murail, Bruno Mantovani or Iannis Xenakis. He is the author of Tristan Murail, des sons et des sentiments published in 2022 (Aedam Musicae) and of a biography of Olivier Messiaen published in 2021 (bleu nuit éditeur).

Alma Bettencourt (France)

Born in France in 2004, Alma Bettencourt combines her studies of piano and organ. She studied organ with Éric Lebrun at the Saint-Maur-des-Fossés regional conservatoire, graduating with a degree in musical studies, and piano in the class of Romano Pallottin. In 2020–2021, she joined Olivier Latry and Thomas Ospital’s class at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 2021, she contributed to the recording of Olivier Messiaen’s complete organ works at the cathedral in Toul, and performed at the Saint-Sulpice composition competition in Paris.

Louyse Gris (France)

Born in France in 1996, Louyse Gris studied piano with Catherine Gouget and organ with Michel Bourcier at the Nantes regional conservatoire before graduating with a degree in mathematics from the Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie in Paris in 2017. She chose a musical career and entered the Saint-Maur-des-Fossés regional conservatoire to study piano with Christine Fonlupt and organ with Éric Lebrun. In 2019, she won a harmony prize at the Conservatoire de Paris in Fabien Waksman’s class. Since September 2020, she has been taking her studies further at the Lyon national conservatoire in the organ class taught by François Espinasse and Liesbeth Schlumberger.

Kasumi Hamano (Japan)

Born in 1996 in Osaka (Japan), Kasumi Hamano graduated with a degree in business administration from Kwansei Gakuin University while taking private organ lessons with Akiko Sakakura. He then developed his organ studies in Pieter van Dijk’s class at the Conservatorium in Amsterdam. In 2021, he won second prize and the public prize at the Jean-Louis-Florentz international competition at the church of Saint-Eustache in Paris. He is the organist and pianist at the Mennonite church (Doopsgezinde Vermaning) in Zaandam (Netherlands) and performs in the Netherlands and France.

Marcin Knura (Poland)

Born in 1998 in Racibórz (Poland), Marcin Knura began his musical education in his home city and then in Rybnik before entering the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in the organ class of Jarosław Wróblewski and Wojciech Bednarski. At the same time, he also studied in the law and administration faculty at the University of Warsaw. He was a semi-finalist in the Sweelinck International Organ Competition in Gdańsk in 2018 and has qualified twice for the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (2016 and 2018). He has attended masterclasses by Thierry Escaich, David Titterington, Józef Serafin, Julian Gembalski, Hans Fagius, Bernhard Haas, Gerhard Gnann, Johannes Geffert, Wolfgang Seifen and Sylvain Pluyaut.

Giulio Lucciola (Italy)

Born in Rome in 1998, Giulio Lucciola studied organ in his home city at the Liceo Musicale Farnesina (2012–2017) with Luca Purchiaroni and Vincenzo Zito, took private lessons with Alessandro Dolci and studied at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia with Alessandro Licata and Alberto Pavoni. He is currently studying for a master’s with Stefano Molardi at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano (Switzerland). He has attended masterclasses with Jean Guillou, Jean-Baptiste Monnot, Olivier Penin, David Briggs, Daniel Cook, Ralph Gustafsson, Ludger Lohmann, Stefano Molardi and Lorenzo Ghielmi. He has a career as a liturgical organist and a concert performer and is passionate about organ building.

Joffrey Mialon (France)

Born in France in 1997, Joffrey Mialon studied organ at the Grenoble regional conservatoire with Denis Bordage and then at the Institut Supérieur des Arts in Toulouse with Willem Jansen, before entering the Lyon national conservatoire in the class of François Espinasse and Liesbeth Schlumberger. He graduated in musicology from the Université Grenoble-Alpes, and has also studied piano and piano accompaniment.

Lukas Nagel (Germany)

Born in 1995 in Offenbach-am-Main (Germany), Lukas Nagel studied liturgical music and organ, first at the Hochschule für Musik in Mainz and then at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart in Helmut Deutsch’s organ class. In February 2021, he graduated with a master’s in liturgical music with top grades and with distinction in organ literature performance. As well as his regular organ performances, he gives concerts as a chamber musician, continuo player, choir leader and orchestral conductor. He taught organ literature at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart in the 2021/2022 winter semester, replacing Helmut Deutsch. He is currently the organist at the Christuskirche in Stuttgart.

Pierre-François Purson (France)

Born in France in 1996, Pierre-François Purson studied music from 2011 to 2021 at the regional conservatoire in Caen, taking piano with Julien Le Prado and organ with Erwan Le Prado. He took a double degree programme at the Université de Rouen and the Caen conservatoire in piano and organ performance between 2018 and 2021. He has won second prize at the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition and the Kurt Bossler International Organ Competition in Freiburg and has just started a master’s at the Lyon national conservatoire in the organ class of François Espinasse and Liesbeth Schlumberger.

Article 6 – Jury

The jury is made up of international figures from the classic music world. Its members will deliberate at the end of each round. In the event of a tie, the President will have the deciding vote.
The jury reserves the right to interrupt a performance.
The jury reserves the right not to award all prizes.
There is no right of appeal to the jury’s decision.

Article 7 – Application Submissions

Application forms can be downloaded from the Competition website (www.maisonmessiaen.com). They must be duly completed, signed and emailed (concours@olivier-messiaen.eu) to the Competition organisers no later than May 15, 2022 with the following documents attached:
– CV in English or French detailing music schools attended, main teachers, awards obtained and current professional status.
– Photocopy of an identity card, passport or other equivalent official document.
– A recent photograph with last name and first name included in the file name.
– Entry fee or proof of payment (see article 9).
– A recording of the pieces included in the preliminary round repertoire (see article 8).

Article 8 – Preliminary round

From the preliminary recorded round, 10 candidates will be selected to perform in the competition rounds in Lyon.
Recordings entered into the preliminary round can be performed in the three public rounds. They must be submitted with the application as mp3, wav or aiff files. Recordings must not be cut or edited. Deadline for submission: May 15, 2022, with the application form.
The names of the 10 selected entrants in the competition will be listed on the competition website on June 15, 2022.
Each chosen candidate will also receive the decision personally by email.

Article 9 – Entry fee

The entry fee is €50. Candidates must pay the entry fee net of any additional costs at registration. Fees received by the Competition organisers cannot be refunded.
Payment methods will be explained on the application form.

Article 10 – Visas

Any candidate who requires a visa to participate in the competition must take personal responsibility for applying for one. If a candidate is required to present a letter of invitation to obtain a visa, please request this from the Competition organisers.

Article 11 – Recording of public performances

Candidates waive the right to any remuneration from any recording or radio, television or web broadcast (streamed live or made available later) of performances (either in part or in full) in the competition rounds or in the final concert.

Article 12 – Assistants

Competitors are entitled to have an assistant of their choice at the console. In this case, they are responsible for covering all related travel and accommodation expenses. If a candidate has not appointed their own assistant, they can use assistants provided by the Competition. Requests for an assistant must be submitted to the Competition organisers by September 1st, 2022 at the latest.

Article 13

By signing the application form, candidates agree to all the terms and conditions stipulated in the Competition rules and are required to fulfil all engagements offered as part of any prize awarded. In the event of any dispute, only the French version of the Competition rules is binding.