Education
He was a pupil at Malvern College and organ scholar of, and studied music at, King"s College, Cambridge. He also studied under Marie-Claire Alain, winning the Prix de Virtuosité in her class.
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Thomas Trotter
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He is Birmingham City Organist, organist of Street Margaret"s, Westminster and visiting Professor of Organ at the Royal College of Music, London. He was appointed Birmingham City Organist in 1983, succeeding Sir George Thalben-Balliol In July 2003 he received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Central England.
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He won first prize in the interpretation competition at the Street Albans International Organ Festival in 1979 and made his debut in London’s Royal Festival Hall the following year. In May 2001 he was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society award for Best Instrumentalist, the first organist to win this award. Trotter"s recordings of Messiaen and Mozart have been named "Critics Choice" by The Gramophone magazine, and he received a Grand Prix du Disque for his recording of music by Franz Liszt in 1995.
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United Kingdom