Michel Chapuis

Michel Chapuis' career as organist and as specialist in performance upon historically important instruments began at Cathedral of Dôle when he was quite young. He proceeded to study music in Paris; his teachers included Eduoard Souberbielle for organ, René Malherbe for composition, and Emile Poillot. In 1951, while studying under Marcel Dupré at the Conservatoire de Paris, Chapuis took first prize in organ and improvisation (the Prix Périlhou et Guilmant). He served as organist for the Paris churches of St. Germain l'Auxerrois (1951-1954) and St. Nicolas des Champs (1954-1972)...