Guy Morançon

== Biography ==

== Biography ==

Born in [[Marseille]], Guy Morançon studied music at the Marseille conservatory, then at the [[Accademia Musicale Chigiana]], the [[Gregorian Institute of Paris]] and the [[Conservatoire de Paris]]. His main masters were Marcel Prévot in organ, [[Alexandre Eugène Cellier]], [[Marcel Dupré]], in orchestra direction, [[Louis Fourestier]], [[Paul van Kempen]], [[Carl Schuricht]], in chorus direction, [[Élisabeth Brasseur]], and Pierre Revel,<ref>[http://data.bnf.fr/14820621/pierre_revel/ Pierre Revel] on [[data.bnf.fr]]</ref> [[Louis Saguer]] and [[Olivier Messiaen]] in writing and [[music composition]].

Born in [[Marseille]], Guy Morançon studied music at the Marseille conservatory, then at the [[Accademia Musicale Chigiana]], the [[Gregorian Institute of Paris]] and the [[Conservatoire de Paris]]. His main masters were Marcel Prévot in organ [[Alexandre Eugène Cellier]] [[Marcel Dupré]], in orchestra direction [[Louis Fourestier]] [[Paul van Kempen]] [[Carl Schuricht]], in chorus direction [[Élisabeth Brasseur]] and Pierre Revel,<ref>[http://data.bnf.fr/14820621/pierre_revel/ Pierre Revel] on [[data.bnf.fr]]</ref> [[Louis Saguer]] and [[Olivier Messiaen]] in writing and [[music composition]].

First appointed as the [[maître de chapelle]] of the [[Basilica of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Paris]], he then became the titular organist, whose casing, for [[Cavaillé-Coll]], was one of the most beautiful in France. A soloist at [[Radio France]], he also performed with the [[Orchestre de Paris]], and [[La Chapelle Royale]]; he performed under the direction of conductors such as [[Pierre Boulez]], [[Semyon Bychkov (conductor)|Semyon Bychkov]], [[Emmanuel Krivine]], {{ill|André Girard (conductor)|lt=André Girard|fr|André Girard (chef d’orchestre)}} and [[Philippe Herreweghe]].

First appointed as the [[maître de chapelle]] of the [[Basilica of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Paris]], he then became the titular organist, whose casing, for [[Cavaillé-Coll]], was one of the most beautiful in France. A soloist at [[Radio France]], he also performed with the [[Orchestre de Paris]], and [[La Chapelle Royale]]; he performed under the direction of conductors such as [[Pierre Boulez]], [[Semyon Bychkov (conductor)|Semyon Bychkov]], [[Emmanuel Krivine]], {{ill|André Girard (conductor)|lt=André Girard|fr|André Girard (chef d’orchestre)}} and [[Philippe Herreweghe]].