Organ concert Basilica-cathedral of Saint-Denis. Diego Innocenzi organist.
Diego Innocenzi holds the organs of the Victoria Hall and the temples of Vandoeuvres and Saint-Gervais in Geneva. He also teaches organ at the Geneva Conservatory of Music. Born in Argentina in 1971, Diego Innocenzi began his musical studies in Buenos Aires where he obtained a piano degree and held the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the cathedral of San Isidro, his hometown. He continued his training at the Geneva Conservatory of Music in the class of Lionel Rogg where he won a first prize for virtuosity in 1999 and then with Marie-Claire Alain in Paris. He then entered the choral conducting class of Michel Corboz at the Geneva Conservatory of Music, where he obtained the Diploma of Choir Conductor in 2003. For many years, Diego Innocenzi has conducted research on the historical interpretation of sacred music and organ repertoire of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that led him to give lectures and master classes in Europe and the United States. These investigations led to several recordings of works mostly unpublished for the Aeolus label: complete works for organ and motets by César Franck in two volumes in collaboration with Les solistes-de-Lyon-Bernard Tétu; double album of unpublished works for organ by Edouard Batiste; chamber music with organ by Théodore Dubois. In order to renew the form of organ and sacred music concerts, he organized the Autumn Festival in Vandoeuvres dedicated to chamber music with organ (2002-2010), cycles of choral cults and cantata cults, organ marathons during the Geneva Music Festival, a Psalm Festival as part of Calvin-09 and shows combining contemporary dance, video projection and organ. Diego Innocenzi has performed worldwide, in Europe, the United States, Latin America and Russia. He is currently artistic director of the Chamonix Organ Festival.