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In 1901, Ermend-Bonnal was appointed Organist at Saint-Médard, and subsequently at Notre Dame in Boulogne-sur-Seine. In 1920, he was offered a professorship in organ at the University of Strasbourg. However, he decided instead to accept a position as director of the Bayonne Conservatory, which he held until 1941.
Marty served as organist of Saint-Paul d'Orléans church from 1887 to 1888. In 1891 he succeed Albert Renaud as organist of Saint-François-Xavier church in Paris, a position he held until 1941. He was closely linked to the organ builder Puget, inaugurating a number of their instruments, including the organ of Albi Cathedral on 20 November 1904.
A long practice of the splendid Kern organ of the Blancs-Manteaux, extensive contacts with organ builders (in particular, Jürgen Ahrend, for an aborted project relative to St-Louis-en-l'Ile) and specialised interpreters led him to take a particular interest in the European baroque and classical repertoires.
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Olivier Jean-Claude Latry [1] (French pronunciation: [ɔlivje ʒɑ̃ klod latʁi]; born 22 February 1962) is a French organist, improviser, teacher and composer who has served as one of the four titular organists of Notre-Dame de Paris since 1985 and is a professor of organ at the Conservatoire de Paris.
He began by being organist at Marcq-en-Barœul, then was appointed to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Vaast d'Arras in November 1968. He then won the Prix de la Fondation Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet and in 1971, the First Prize for improvisation at the Lyon International Competition, when he had Rolande Falcinelli as his master.
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At the age of 25, he was appointed Choir Organist of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. Soon thereafter he was also appointed Organist of the Cavaillé-Coll great organ of the Cathedral in Nancy . After teaching at the Angers Conservatory for 10 years, he is now Professor of Organ at the Conservatory and at the Superior Music Academy in Strasbourg.