Paul Goussot
Profile
An exceptionally versatile musician, Paul Goussot has always tried to diversify his job as an artist by focusing simultaneously on the organ, the harpsichord and improvisation.
At the age of 23, he was appointed titular organist of the famous Dom Bedos organ at the Abbey of St-Croix in Bordeaux. He succeeded Marie-Claire Alain, Susan Landale and François-Henri Houbart as an organ professor at the Rueil-Malmaison Conservatory and he has been appointed professor for improvisation and continuo at the HEM of Geneva.
Born in 1984 in Bordeaux, Paul Goussot entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at the age of 16. He won first prize in harpsichord, organ, harmony, counterpoint, fugue and forms, as well as prizes in continuo, and improvisation. Graduating with two teaching diplomas, he was thus qualified as professor of harpsichord and organ studies. During his studies, Paul Goussot won both the Meyer Foundation and the Adami scholarships.
Prize winner of the international competitions of Bruges and St-Maurice d’Agaune (Switzerland), Paul Goussot successively won first prize for improvisation at the international competition in Luxembourg, first prize for improvisation at the 26th international organ competition in St-Albans and, in 2012, first prize and the prize of the public at the 49th international improvisation competition in Haarlem.
Because of his various successes, he has been invited to many prestigious European festivals : « Musique sacrée à Notre-Dame de Paris », Festival de la Roque d’Anthéron, Bach Orgel festival Leipzig, Musik-fest Bremen, St-Albans organ festival, as well as others in Ancona, Haarlem, and Lausanne.
He has performed with well-known artists such as the pianist Christian Ivaldi, the organist Olivier Latry, the violinist Marina Chiche, the comedian Benjamin Lazar/Damien Laquet, and the storyteller Elodie Fondacci. He played many concerts with the Ricercar Consort (Philippe Pierlot) and participated in a recording dedicated to Buxtehude's cantatas.
His last CD recorded on the Dom Bedos organ in Bordeaux received the Choc Classica award.
In October 2009, Paul Goussot was appointed « First Young Artist in Residence in St-Louis Cathedral » in New-Orleans for six months. During that stay, he gave organ and harpsichord concerts in various towns in Louisiana as well as in Texas. He was also invited to play Poulenc’s. « Organ Concerto « with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.
Paul Goussot’s improvisational skills play an essential role in his artistic pursuits. His growing interest in silent movies has led him to accompany several screenings at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Auditorium de Lyon, Toulouse les orgues.
Frequently invited as a teacher in France and abroad, Paul Goussot gives masterclasses and workshop in improvisation at the Paris Conversatory and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
AOA Festivals
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Festival "SOUFFLE DE PRINTEMPS" 2024 - April 20th at 6PM
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