Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France
Died
16 December 2015 (aged 87)
René Joseph Antoine Saorgin (31 October 1928 – 16 December 2015) was a French organist. Saorgin was born in Cannes and began his musical studies at the Nice Conservatoire and then went to Paris to study composition with Maurice Duruflé and Noël Gallon at the Paris Conservatoire. At the same time he took organ lessons with Gaston Litaize. Benefitting from the revival of the classical organ between 1955 and 1960, his knowledge and mastery of the instrument were essentially self-taught. His first appointment was as organist of the Church of Saint-Pierre de Montmartre in Paris. From 195… read more
René Joseph Antoine Saorgin (31 October 1928 – 16 December 2015) was a French organist. Saorgin was born in Cannes and began his musical studies at the Nice Conservatoire and then went to Paris to study composition with Maurice Duruflé and Noël Gallon at the Paris Conservatoire. At the same t… read more
René Joseph Antoine Saorgin (31 October 1928 – 16 December 2015) was a French organist. Saorgin was born in Cannes and began his musical studies at the Nice Conservatoire and then went to Paris to study composition with Maurice Duruflé and Noël Gallon at the Paris Conservatoire. At the same time he took organ lessons with Gaston Litaize. Benefitting from the revi… read more
