Johann Vexo organist - Notre-Dame Cathedral in Nancy / Organ Summer in Hallgrimskirkja 2025

Sunday August 17th at 17hrs
Johann Vexo organ Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Nancy
Tickets are available at Hallgrímskirkja and on tix.is
Admission ISK 3.900

Johann Vexo organist at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Nancy performs French organ music with elegance and expression.

Johann VEXO
Born in 1978 in Nancy, Johann Vexo first studied organ with Christophe Mantoux at the Strasbourg Conservatory where he was awarded Premier Prix in organ. He conDnued his studies at the Paris Conservatory where his teachers included Michel Bouvard and Olivier Latry for organ, Thierry Escaich and Philippe Lefebvre for improvisaDon. He earned Premier Prix in both organ and basso conDnuo and addiDonal prizes in harmony and counterpoint.
At the age of 25, he won the compeDDon to become Choir Organist of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. He is now Organist of the Cavaillé-Coll great organ of the Cathedral in Nancy, Professor of Organ at the Conservatory and at the Superior Music Academy in Strasbourg.

Johann Vexo has performed extensively throughout Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Russia. He has appeared as a featured arDst in numerous internaDonal music fesDvals and organ series in ciDes such as Atlanta, Auckland, Chicago, Geneva, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich, New York, Saint Petersburg, San Francisco, Sydney and Vienna. His performances have also included notable venues such as the Westminster Abbey in London, the Wanamaker Grand Court in Philadelphia, the Basilica of the NaDonal Shrine in Washington DC, the Kultur und Kongresszentrum in Lucerne, the Brisbane City Hall, the Moscow Conservatory and the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City.

Johann Vexo has also performed with various orchestras and musical ensembles. He has been invited to teach organ master classes for the American Guild of Organists and at presDgious insDtuDons (Rice University in Houston, McGill University in Montreal, University of Michigan, Folkwang Universität in Essen, Yale University, Haileybury College in Melbourne, Trinity University in San Antonio, InternaDonal Organ Assemblies in Kaliningrad…). He has recorded several CDs on historical French organs, especially one on the JAV Recordings label on the great organ of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Johann Vexo is represented in the United States and in Canada by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert ArDsts, LLC (www.concertarDsts.com).