The Association des Amis de l'Orgue de Bretteville-sur-Odon (Association of Friends of the Bretteville-sur-Odon Organ), true to its aim of promoting the instrument in the parish church, is organizing an organ concert on Thursday, January 8, 2026. It will be given by Mme Camille BLOCHE.
Camille studied piano with A.M. Bastard and O. Peyrebrune at the CRR in Caen, as well as violin and viola. Peyrebrune, as well as organ with Erwan Le Prado and Saki Aoki, until she obtained her Licence d'Interprète, with honors.
In 2018, she obtained a Master's degree in Organ Performance with honors at the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and in 2020 completed a Master's degree in Performance at the Högskola för musik in Gothenburg, where she studied organ with Hans Davidsson and clavichord with Ulrika Davidsson. She was awarded the "Ellis Ullmans Minnesfond" prize and the "GIOA Young Organ Scholar Award".
Camille also studied with Daniel Moult in London, and has taken part in numerous master classes and academies in France and abroad. She also holds a Licence de Musicologie from the Sorbonne University.
She has distinguished herself in a number of international competitions: finalist in the Grand Prix J.L. Florentz in Angers, unanimous 1st prize in the Nemours Bach Competition, 3rd prize in the Dudelange International Competition, honorary mention in the Miami International Competition, as well as 2nd prize and a special prize in the Biarritz International Competition. She is regularly invited to play in Sweden (cathedrals of Stockholm, Uppsala, Linköping, Göteborg; organ festivals of Lövsta Bruk, Karlskrona, Mälaröarna, Norrköping, Alingsås, Tjällmo...) and abroad (France, Germany, Denmark, Norway).
From 2013 to 2017 she taught piano and organ at the Saint-Lô music school. Alongside her studies in Denmark, she was assistant organist at Copenhagen's Jesuskirke and, since 2018, has been organist and organ teacher at Älvsborg Church in Gothenburg. She also teaches regularly at the Göteborg International Organ Academy, Swedish summer academies and the Göteborg Music High School.
His concert offers "an encounter between Nordic Baroque music and the Iberian organ". It includes the following works:
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707): Toccata in F Major Bwv 156
Matthias Weckmann (1616-1674): Canzon in C
Georg Böhm (1661-1733): Partita super Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele
Andreas Düben (1590-1662): Fantasy in A
Gustav Düben (1628-1690): Suite in D minor (Prelude - Allemande - Courante - Sarabande)
William Byrd (1540-1623): The Queen's Alman
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621): Unter der Linden Grüne
Juan Cabanilles (1644-1712): Tiento por A la mi re
The organ at Bretteville-sur-Odon was recently designed and built (1989, by Daniel Birouste). Inspired by the Iberian style, it is beautifully crafted and an original addition to the rich palette of sounds produced by the great instruments of the Caen area.
Free admission, free participation. Organized by Association des Amis de l'Orgue de Bretteville-sur-Odon
Date
| On Thursday 08 January 2026 | |
| Thursday | Open from 20h to 22h |
Prices
- Base rate : Participation libre
