Xavier Darasse
Sign in to saveFrench organist, composer, musicologist and music educator (1934-1992)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1934
- Died
- 1992
- Works
- 4
Top works
- The World's greatest organ music
- In memoriam Jean Pierre Guézec, pour orgue et cinq instrumentistes
- Organum IV
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1934-09-03
- Active to
- 1992-11-24
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 809
- Total plays
- 2,251
Tags
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Xavier Darasse was born in Toulouse in 1934 and grew up in a musical family, his mother an organist. At the age of 16 he was admitted to the Conservatoire National de Paris where he won numerous awards, including first prize for Harmony and Counterpoint, Organ, Improvisation, and later first prize for Composition in the class of Olivier Messiaen. A brilliant career as a performer then unfolded for him, with concerts in Europe, Russia, the United States, Canada, and Japan. <a href="https://www.la
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Xavier
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Toulouse
- Place of death
- Toulouse
- Occupation
- pedagogue
- Position held
- director
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Olivier Messiaen
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- 10.12.1965. Xavier Darasse. (1965) - 53Fi3024.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1934-09-03
- date of death
- 1992-11-24
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Xavier Darasse
- Commons category
- Xavier Darasse
- place of burial
- Saint-Léon
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