Renowned Organist Stephen Tharp at St. Luke's
Friday, February 25, 2022, 7:30 PM
“Stephen Tharp is the best organist in America." The Diapason
"...performed colorfully, rousing and splendid..." The New York Times
On Friday, February 25, at 7:30 p.m., Music at St. Luke’s will host internationally acclaimed concert organist, Stephen Tharp. His performance will include music by J.S. Bach, Dmitri Shostakovich, Jeanne Demessieux, and Igor Stravinsky.
Having played more than 1500 concerts across 60 tours worldwide, Stephen Tharp has built one of the most well-respected international careers in the world, earning him the reputation as the most traveled concert organist of his generation. His list of performances includes such distinguished venues as St. Bavo, Haarlem; Notre-Dame de Paris, St. Eustache, Paris; Notre Dame de Chartres; Ste. Croix, Bordeaux; Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyon; The Hong Kong Cultural Centre; the Town Halls of Sydney and Adelaide, Australia; Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow; the Tonhalle, Zürich; the Duomo, Milano, Italy; the cathedrals in Berlin, Köln, München, Münster, Passau und Monaco, and the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany; the Frauenkirche, Dresden; Igreja da Lapa, Porto, Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, Lissabon; Antwerp Cathedral, Belgium; Dvorak Hall, Prague; the Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland; The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas; Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles; The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia; The Riverside Church, New York City; Rice University, Houston; Spivey Hall, Atlanta; and Severance Hall, Cleveland.
In April 2008, Stephen Tharp was named the Official Organist for the New York visit of Pope Benedict XVI, playing for three major events attended by more than 60,000 people that were broadcast live worldwide. His playing has also been heard on both English and Irish national television, on Radio Prague, orgelnieuws.nl in the Netherlands, and in the USA on American Public Media’s Pipedreams. He currently serves on the music staff of St. James Church Madison Avenue in New York City as Artist-in-Residence.
Stephen’s appearance at St. Luke’s is made possible through the generosity of Friends of Music and the Atlanta Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. A reception will follow his performance in Budd Hall.