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Cristiano Rizzotto, organ

Cristiano Rizzotto Vidal Pessôa holds a Master's degree in Sacred Music from East Carolina University (ECU). He is currently a doctoral student at the University of Oklahoma (OU - DMA: Doctor of Musical Arts).

Cristiano Rizzotto is the Director of Music and Organist at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Duncan, OK.

Latvian Brazilian Cristiano Rizzotto (24) worked as the organist at the Benedictine Abbey of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, until July 2011.

Recorded at a solo recital at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, KY (USA).

Organ specifications: http://www.cathedraloftheassumption.org/music/organ


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The organist, harpsichordist, carilloneur and Baroque flutist Antoine Giovannini (b. 1978) was born on a family of jazz pianists. He started having organ lessons at age 11 at the Conservatory of La Rochelle. Antoine was always fascinated by composition and improvisation, whereas the pieces are worked tuition directly to the composer when the composition, considering each composer's work as a teaching about composition.

Giovannini did two organ concert tours in France. He was the organist at the Castres Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Benoît de Castres -- Languedoc, France) for five years, as well as carilloneur for the city. He was also a substitute at the Saintes Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Saintes), on an instrument from 1628, classified by the UNESCO. The cathedral itself is a national monument of France.

Today, Antoine is the organist at the 1673 historic Brunel organ at the heart of the walled town of Nay in Béarn. The church, St. Vincent, is classified as a historic monument with many treasures.

Antoine composes in different styles, always for an instrument with which he has an affinity. Thus, the Noël on today's program was written for the occasion of the first Christmas he spent at the Saintes Cathedral. It was written on that organ, and played in concert at the annual Christmas recital given by the cathedral organist Cedric Burgelin, Antoine's teacher and friend.

This piece was premiered in the USA by Cristiano Rizzotto in a concert just a few days prior to this recording, at Washington Street United Methodist Church in Petersburg, VA.