Dr. Olivier Latry

On Tuesday, February 9 at 3:10 PM there will be an organ recital and hymn sing with Dr. Olivier Latry.

Olivier Latry, titular organist of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, is one of the world’s most distinguished organists, not only in France, but in the international community as well. He attended the Academy of Music at St. Maur-des-Fossés, where he later succeeded his teacher, Gaston Litaize. From 1981 until 1985 Olivier Latry was titular organist of Meaux Cathedral, and at age 23 won a competition to become one of the three titular organists of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. Since 1995 he has taught at the Paris Conservatory. He has performed in more than forty countries on five continents, appearing most often in the United States.

Latry would like to be an ambassador of seventeenth to twenty-first century French organ music, hence his equal devotion to the art of improvisation. He is the recipient of mulitiple prestigious awards. Latry and his wife Marie-Therese have three children and live in a little village outside Paris. This program is made possible by the Emmet G. Endowment Fund of Texas Christian University.