Philippe Lefebvre discovered the organ at the age of 15 on the podium of Notre-Dame de Paris, where he met the famous organist Pierre Cochereau, took a few lessons with him and, following his advice, went on to study at the Lille Conservatoire.
\nIn 1973, he won the improvisation grand prize at the Chartres international competition. He started out as organist at Marcq-en-Bar\u0153ul, before being appointed to the cathedral of Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Vaast in Arras in November 1968.
\nHe was then appointed organist of the cathedral’s great organ.
\nIn 1985, he was appointed titular organist of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, along with Yves Devernay, Olivier Latry and Jean-Pierre Leguay, following in the footsteps of Pierre Cochereau. On 24 April 2024, he was appointed organist emeritus of the cathedral.
\nHe regularly gives concerts and masterclasses in Europe, the United States, Japan, Russia and Eastern Europe.
\nPhilippe Lefebvre is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Orgue en France association, Chairman of the Association des Grandes Orgues de Chartres, and Chairman of the “Les amis de l’orgue et de la coll\u00e9giale” association in Montreal.
\nHe was also Director of the Master’s Department and Director General of Services at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.<\/p>\n
A drink will be offered at the end of the concert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-14917","agenda","type-agenda","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination-commingespyrenees.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/agenda\/14917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination-commingespyrenees.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/agenda"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination-commingespyrenees.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/agenda"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/destination-commingespyrenees.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}