Jean-Willy Kunz to Canadian International Organ Competition

Jean-Willy Kunz is appointed artistic director of the Canadian International Organ Competition. Kunz replaces John Grew, who has been artistic director for ten years and is a co-founder of the competition. Grew has been named artistic director emeritus.

Kunz is organist-in-residence for Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and organ professor at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. He studied at McGill University, where he earned a doctorate with John Grew, and has been a prizewinner at a number of organ competitions, including the Canadian International Organ Competition, where in 2011 he won third prize and the Richard-Bradshaw Audience Prize.

For information: www.ciocm.org.

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