Thierry Mechler (born 1962) is a French organist and organ and improvisation teacher at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. He teaches future concert students and gives international masterclasses for students of improvisation, piano and organ playing.

Biography:
Thierry Mechler was born in Mulhouse in 1962 in Alsace. He learned the organ at 13 years old on the keyboards of his parish church. He studied music at Mulhouse, then at the conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Strasbourg in the organ class of Daniel Roth. At the same time, he studied piano with Hélène Boschi.

In 1984, he perfected his skills in Paris with Jacques Taddei for improvisation and with Marie-Claire Alain for interprétation.

He resides in Guebwiller with his wife, the German illustrator Suzanne Janssen-Mechler with whom he gives concerts, and his three children (2 sons, 1 daughter).

Prizes:
1981: First prize unanimously at the Paris International Organ Competition chaired by Rolande Falcinelli.
1985: 1st prize of excellency with the unanimous congratulations of the jury in Paris
1986: 1st prix of virtuosity à l’unanimité in Paris
1987: Honorary Medal of Composition
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