Augustin BELLIOT followed musical studies at the National Conservatory of Nantes Region, attending in particular the Violin and Bassoon classes.

Then he was admitted to the Writing classes of the National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris, where he obtained the prizes for Harmony, Counterpoint, Twentieth century Writing and Polyphonies of the Renaissance. These studies in Paris allowed him to benefit from contact with musical personalities such as Marc-André Dalbavie, Thierry Escaich and Olivier Trachier. He took the opportunity to study in the same establishment other disciplines, such as Orchestration, Tuning and Temperaments, Treaties of early music, Ethnomusicology, Organology and Iconography. The Diploma in Higher Writing Training is awarded to him with the mention Very Good.

Organist and harmonium player who started out as a self-taught artist, he then decided to train with Frédéric Desenclos from 2004 to 2007. He performed in chamber groups as well as in recital, and regularly heard his art harmonium Couty & Richard (1870) restored by him.

Augustin Belliot is a composer. He started composing at a young age, especially at the start of pieces for liturgical use linked to his organist activity. He is the author of vocal and instrumental works for diverse numbers, ranging from the soloist to the symphonic orchestra with choirs. His music reflects his tastes for symbolism in general, ancient counterpoint, and work on special intervals.

His desire to share music with as many people as possible has led him in recent years to give several cycles of conferences accessible to all, by willingly bringing together different artistic disciplines. This desire was also materialized by the creation of the association “Les Orgues dans nos Campagnes” which he chairs in the department of Cher.

Augustin Belliot is professor of Musical Culture and Composition at the Bourges Departmental Conservatory.

The young organist Hendrik BURKARD studies at Paris conservatory in the class of Michel Bouvard and Olivier Latry. He has won the Organ competition of Toulouse 2017 (Xavier Darasse) “ex-aequo“ and the Boellmann-Gigout competition in Strasbourg 2019.

Born 1996 in Cologne, Burkard received his first organ-lessons at the age of 9. In 2010 he entered the organ-class of Johannes Geffert at “Musikhochschule Köln“.

5 years later he become a student at the conservatory of Paris where in 2018 he obtained his Bachelor degree with the highest possible note.

Hendrik Burkard currently studies improvisation under Thierry Escaich and Lazzlo Fassang and continues his Master-studies in the class of M. Bouvard and O. Latry.

Apart from his solo-classes Burkard studies the art of “basso-continuo” in the class of Thierry Maeder.

During his studies he also had opportunity to work with other famous artists including Louis Robilliard (Lyon) and Nicolas Kynaston.

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Born in Nantes, Olivier MAINGUY studied piano and then entered the Conservatoire National de Région de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés in the organ class of Gaston Litaize.

His studies of organ, musical training and writing were crowned by the highest awards: in 1986, a First Prize of Honor unanimously at the UFAM International Organ Competition; in 1987, a Gold Medal for organ unanimously as well as a Gold Medal for musical training; in 1990, a First Prize for organ (Superior Level 2) and a Gold Medal for musical writing, first named, in the class of Pierre Doury. This allowed him to receive the SACEM’s Special Prize.

He continued his harmony studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in the class of Jean-Claude Raynaud, where he obtained, in 1992, his Diploma of Musical Writing with honors.

He then began a career as a liturgical organist, concert performer and teacher: in 1987, he became titular organist of the great organ of the Saint-Louis church in Port-Marly (78) until 2006.

In 1996, after passing the competitive examination, he became professor of music education for the City of Paris.

Since 2002, he has held the Parisian professional card of “Artiste Musicien des Cultes“.

In 2005, Olivier Mainguy was appointed organist of the Great Organs of the Cathedral of Saint-Etienne de Meaux (77), a position he held until 2017.

His training with Gaston Litaize also allowed him to develop a musical sense well adapted to the accompaniment of sacred song.

As a concert performer, Olivier Mainguy has had the opportunity to perform, notably in prestigious venues, during concerts or recitals in France (Paris, Chartres, Reims, Saverne,..) or abroad (Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland,…).

As a teacher, Olivier Mainguy attaches great importance to the transmission of his passion for music to young people.
In this regard, with other teachers and in partnership with the Academy of Paris, he has been actively collaborating for several years with the association Le Paris des Orgues and the Claude Monet College in the preparation of concerts with the students. The goal is to make the children, accompanied by the organ, actors of the music and to make known this instrument to the school public in Parisian places rich in history and heritage.

He received in 2019 the Medal of Honor of the City of Paris, as part of the promotion ’14 July 2017′.

Organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, Anna Homenya was awarded the First Prize for organ and harpsichord at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg in 2013. She completed her PhD (musicology) in 2013, with a book on the Symphonies of A. Bruckner.

She participated in master classes of H.Fagius, M.Bouvard, L.Robilliard, W.Zerer, H.Davidsson, P.Van Dijk (organ) and C.Stembridge, C.Rousset, A.Staier, S.Sempé (harpsichord).

In 2017 she finished her studies at the CRR of Paris in the organ class of Christophe Mantoux and in the harpsichord class of Noëlle Spieth.
Anna Homenya was among the five finalists of prestigious organ competitions in Luxembourg (Dudelange) in September 2017.

She performs in concerts in places like the Academic Chapel in St. Petersburg, Church of St. Severin, St. Gervais, St. Augustin, des Billettes in Paris, Marienkirche in Stralsund (Germany).

Since 2018 she is a member of the baroque music ensemble “Quadrivium” as an accompanist (organ and harpsichord continuo). The ensemble was in partnership with the Musée des Arts et Métiers for the 2018-2019 season and proposed a program of four concerts on the subject “Compositrices en lumière”.

Anna Homenya founded “The Show of Hands” – a harpsichord duo with harpsichordist Tatsiana Khalevo in 2017. Their first concert program in Minsk Philharmonic (Belarus) was devoted to F. Couperin and French music.
With Camille Déruelle they play four hands and four feet at the Festival “Les Heures d’orgue” (summer 2019) in Annecy or in Paris (Festival “Komm, Bach” in February 2020).

In May 2019 she participated in the opening concert of the festival “Paris les Orgues”. In November 2019 Anna played at the organ festival “La musica del cielo” in Elche (Spain).

Anna Homenya teaches piano, organ and music theory at the Russian School of Arts in Paris. In the summer of 2019 she was a guest organ teacher at the University of St.Andrews (Scotland) during “Organ Week”.
She made her UK debut with the concert in Leven on a historic organ by August Gern, disciple of A.Cavaillé-Coll.

The beginning of 2020 was marked by the release of a CD (Naxos) with works for harp and organ and orchestra by Boris Tishchenko (1939-2010).

Anna Homenya is currently organist at the Sankt-Albert church and at the Billettes church in Paris.