Philippe Lefebvre

Philippe André Lefebvre (born 2 January 1949) is a French classical organist. He is one of three titular organists at Notre-Dame de Paris and has served as such since 1985. Life Born in Roubaix, Lefebvre first studied philosophy. He took a few lessons from Pierre Cochereau and following his advice, he went to study at the Conservatoire de Lille with Jeanne Joulain, then at the Conservatoire de Paris where he obtained first prizes in organ, improvisation, fugue and counterpoint. 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.