The young and successful French organist Thomas Ospital, titular organist of Saint Eustasche in Paris and professor of organ at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris, will close the second edition of the international festival "Organ of St. Anastasia" in the 2024/2025 season with a solo concert. The concert will take place on August 23, 2025 at 8 p.m. in the Zadar Cathedral of St. Anastasia, on the famous Eisenbarth organ.

Born in 1990 in Ayherre, France, Thomas Ospital began his music studies at the Bayonne Conservatory with Esteban Landart and continued at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he won five first prizes. His teachers include Olivier Latry, Michel Bouvard, Thierry Escaich, Philippe Lefebvre, Fabien Waksman, Isabelle Duha and Pierre Pincemaille.

He is the winner of numerous international organ competitions (Chartres, Zaragoza, Toulouse), and his career is marked by notable discographic productions, with an emphasis on the works of Liszt, Bach and improvisation.

In addition to performances in his home country, he regularly gives concerts throughout Europe, North America, Australia and Russia. He is particularly appreciated for his virtuosity in improvisation, which he often uses to accompany silent films.

Thomas Ospital has been the titular organist of the great organ of the Saint-Eustache church in Paris, one of the most important organ venues in France, since 2015.

Since 2017, he has been professor of keyboard harmonization at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, and since 2021, professor of organ with Olivier Latry. He regularly teaches interpretation and improvisation in master classes.

Thomas Ospital is a young artist who has quickly earned a place among the world's best concert organists.

Admission to the concert is free.

Don't miss this unique encounter with a world-renowned top musical artist and his performance on the impressive Eisenbarth organ in Zadar Cathedral.

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Concert program on August 23, 2025 at the Cathedral of St. Anastasia in Zadar:

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685. – 1750.)

Sinfonia de la cantate 29 (transcription Marcel Dupré) (4’25)

Franz LISZT (1811. – 1886.)

Consolation n°4 (4’)

Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (17’)

Maurice RAVEL (1875. – 1937.)

Le tombeau de Couperin (suite d’orchestre) (transcription Thomas Ospital) (20’) 

I         Prélude

II       Forlane

III      Menuet

IV      Rigaudon 

Thomas OSPITAL (1990.)

Improvisation (Himan Sv. Stošije)

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