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Pierre Pincemaille

1956 - 2018

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Pierre-Marie François Pincemaille (8 December 1956 – 12 January 2018) was a French organist, improviser, and pedagogue. He was known for his organ improvisations, both in concert and on CD and for his recordings of Charles-Marie Widor's complete organ symphonies played on organs built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, as well as his recordings of the complete organ works of Maurice Duruflé and César Franck, and organ works of Pierre Cochereau and Louis Vierne in particular. He was titular organist at the Basilica of Saint-Denis until his death and was regarded as one of the finest organists of his generation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Pincemaille is the 2,074th most popular musician (down from 1,804th in 2019), the 5,143rd most popular biography from France (down from 4,931st in 2019) and the 67th most popular French Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Pierre Pincemaille ranks 2,074 out of 3,175Before him are George Adams, Allauddin Khan, Constant Lambert, Mia Zapata, Sverre Kjelsberg, and Stefan Olsdal. After him are George Lynch, Pierre Bastien, Brian Welch, Sid Wilson, Gem Archer, and Glyn Johns.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Pierre Pincemaille ranks 517Before him are Maxime Verhagen, Eduard Nalbandyan, Diamond Dallas Page, Alexander Zhukov, Christiane Wartenberg, and Phyllis Logan. After him are Susan Solomon, John R. Leonetti, Princess Alia bint Hussein, Alexey Ulyukaev, Terry Chimes, and Vladimír Godár. Among people deceased in 2018, Pierre Pincemaille ranks 507Before him are Danny Kirwan, Rim Banna, Soslan Andiyev, Matti Kassila, Adebayo Adedeji, and Peter Hill-Wood. After him are Arnold Kopelson, Jim Neidhart, Brian Christopher, Andrzej Fischer, Paolo Ferrari, and Mort Walker.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Pincemaille ranks 5,143 out of 6,770Before him are Gil de Ferran (1967), Kevin Gameiro (1987), Sofiane Feghouli (1989), Yohan Cabaye (1986), Pascale Ogier (1958), and Marc Berdoll (1953). After him are Pierre Bastien (1953), Georges Johin (1877), Jean-François Lamour (1956), Raymond Martin (1949), Christian Prudhomme (1960), and Jean-Philippe Gatien (1968).

Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Pierre Pincemaille ranks 67Before him are Dan Ar Braz (1949), Marc Minkowski (1962), Laurent Garnier (1966), Sébastien Izambard (1973), Kavinsky (1975), and Stuart Price (1977). After him are Pierre Bastien (1953), Mr. Oizo (1974), DJ Snake (1986), Vitalic (1976), Yoann Lemoine (1983), and Joe Duplantier (1976).