Ignace Michiels
Biography Ignace Michiels
Ignace Michiels
(°1963) studied organ, piano and harpsichord at the Academy of Bruges (Belgium), his hometown.
In 1986 he was prizewinner at the Institute Lemmens in Louvain. He successively improved his talent as a musician with Robert Anderson at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, at the Royal Academy of Brussels with Herman Verschraegen and with Odile Pierre at the Paris National Conservatoire where he obtained the prestigious Prix d' Excellence. He also obtained the Higher Diploma of organ music at the Royal Academy of Ghent.
Ignace Michiels is organ professor at the Faculty of Music of University College Ghent. He also teaches organ at the Academy of Music in Bruges and is titular-organist at the St Saviour’s Cathedral in this city, where he organizes the yearly international organ festival.
His repertoire includes the complete works for organ of Bach, Franck, Mendelssohn, Dupré and Messiaen, the symphonies of Widor and Vierne, the organ sonatas of Guilmant and Rheinberger.
As an organist, he gives concerts both as a soloist and with orchestra or choir in many places around the world. Furthermore he is a well-seen guest in the jury for international organ contests and professor in workshops and masterclasses.
