Quarter-Final Audience Prize
Awarded this year following an online vote, you can select your favourite organist and performance among the competition quarter finalists. Head straight to our website to view the performances and cast … [more]
Pipes on Wheels this Friday in La Prairie, QC & Saturday in Montreal’s Ville-Marie … [more]
Our semi-finalists have been announced for the 2021 Canadian International Organ Competition! Find out who they are and their background … [more]
Every three years, the CIOC organizes one of the world’s largest and most prestigious international organ competitions. After postponing our 2020 competition, the CIOC is back this October! Following a rigorous selection process and jury deliberation of the first round, 10 of the of the most promising and talented young organists from around the world will be brought to Montreal to compete in the semi-final and … [more]
Read our interview with Andrew Forbes below & scroll down to see how you can be our next featured organist!
Andrew Forbes, Director of Music at Glasgow Cathedral, is a prize-winning Scottish organist and a shortlisted competitor for this year’s St Albans International Organ Festival. Having graduated MMus … [more]
The weekend was full of sunshine with the musical notes of the organ filling the streets of Montreal! The CIOC’s Bach-mobile joined by Jean-Willy Kunz and Mária Budáčová took part in “Les aventures du coeur de l’île” this past Saturday and … [more]
Join Jean-Willy Kunz and friends as the Bach-mobile takes to the Quartier des Spectacle for a special pop-up event all weekend long … [more]
August 10th, 2021 – Jean-Willy Kunz performs his transcription of Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals” on the CIOC’s Bach-Mobile. The performance filmed at the Granby Zoo will premiere … [more]
Read our interview with Johnson Philip below & scroll down to see how you can be our next featured organist!
What is your first memory of the organ? My first memory of the organ was at a local SDA church in Winnipeg with my family. Celestine Bishop was … [more]
The Wanamaker Organ, designed by architect George Ashdown Audsley, first made its appearance at the St. Louis World Fair in 1904. After this appearance the organ sat in storage until 1909 when … [more]