Marie-Claire Alain

A world-renowned organist, Marie-Claire Alain divides her passion between performing and teaching. First prize organist at the Geneva Competition in 1950, she succeeded her father Albert Alain as organist of the church of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1971, then taught at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris from 1994 to 2000. As a concert artist, she gives concerts all over the world (around 2,500) and has recorded over 280 discs, including three completeworks for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach and numerous complete works from the Baroque repertoire (Buxtehude, Couperin, Pachelbel, C. P. E. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi). Open to all classical styles, she is also renowned for her recordings of Mozart, Liszt, Mendelssohn and Messiaen, and of her brother Jehan Alain. Marie-Claire Alain has been made a Commandeur in the Ordre de la Légion d'honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Marie-Claire Alain, nicknamed "The Lady of the Organ" abroad, died on February 26, 2013 at the age of 86, after a career spanning six decades.

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