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Jean Guillou (born April 18, 1930) is a French composer and organist. He was born in Angers, France. By the age of twelve, he was the organist at Saint-Serge. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Marcel Dupré, Maurice Duruflé, and Olivier Messiaen. In 1955, he was named professor of organ and composition at the Institute of Sacred Music in Lisbon. He moved to Berlin in 1960 and returned to Paris in 1963, where he became the organist at Saint-Eustache à Paris, replacing André Marchal.

As an organ virtuoso, he has performed concerts throughout the world. In the arena of concert recitalist - an area not known for shy and retiring egos - he is nonetheless in a class by himself. His performing style and technique are the subject of much debate, a great deal of it heavy with invective - he is one of the very few performers who will occasionally re-write passages of famous organ pieces while playing, to "improve" them.

As a composer, he has written many works for organ, but also chamber music, orchestral music, and music for solo instruments and organ.

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