17/01/2025
Organ Recital with Nicolas Kilhoffer
Organ Recital – Program
Saint Paul’s Anglican Church – Athens (Greece)
Nicolas KILHOFFER
Saturday, February 1st, 2025
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Pièce d’orgue – BWV 572
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’ – BWV 662
Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748)
Concerto in B minor after Antonio Vivaldi
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
` Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817-1869)
Communion in F major
From L’Organiste Moderne
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Herzlich tut mich verlangen, op. 122/10
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
The Swan (Carnaval of the Animals)
Jehan Alain (1911-1940)
Litanies
Nicolas Kilhoffer (2002)
Improvisation
Biography – Nicolas KILHOFFER
Born in 2002 in Saverne (Eastern France), Nicolas Kilhoffer first studied piano at the age of 7. After teaching himself organ and playing at church from the age of 10, he was taught in his hometown music school before being admitted, in 2017, to the Conservatoire in Strasbourg where his teachers includes Daniel Maurer (organ and improvisation), Elyette Weil (piano) and Gaël Lozac’h (harmony).
Carrying out business studies in Nantes, Nicolas Kilhoffer completed his training at the Conservatoire of the same city in the piano studio of Victoria Kamyshinets. He also attended several masterclasses given by Vincent Dubois, Thierry Escaich and Thomas Ospital, and now has the opportunity to study under the guidance of Johann Vexo (choir organist at Notre-Dame de Paris) in addition to his Conservatory program.
He regularly performs concerts in France, the United States, Canada and Austria, which significantly feature improvisation and was able to play many instruments during recent internships in Australia and New Caledonia. He recently performed a recital at All Saints’ Cathedral in Nairobi, Kenya, and taught a masterclass attended by many organists of East Africa. During a recent six-month stay in Victoria BC, Canada, he performed in several concerts and taught organ improvisation to students and musicians.
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