Jean-Baptiste Monnot
Jean-Baptiste Monnot is a French organist, born in Eu on August 4, 1984.
Biography
Studies and competitions
Born in 1984 in Eu, Jean-Baptiste Monnot discovered the organ at the age of 12 when he heard the Cavaillé-Coll organ from the Saint-Jacques church, in Le Tréport. He first studied the piano with Hervé Gringoire, then the organ at the Dieppe National Music School with Nicolas Pien and Yvette Martin. In 1999 he entered the Conservatoire national de région de Rouen, where he studied with Louis Thiry and François Ménissier. He was awarded the Gold Medal in 2002, the First Prize for Improvisation in 2003 and the First Prize of Excellence in 2004. In 2002, he unanimously won the first prize of the Fourth Young Organist Competition of Saint-Germain- des-Fossés chaired by Marie-Claire Alain.In 2004 at the age of 19, he entered the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris, in the class of Olivier Latry and Michel Bouvard and obtained the higher education diploma in 2007. He also studied with Bernhard Haas at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart.