1878: Palais du Trocadéro
The organ in brief
Les facteurs d’orgue :
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1878)
Victor Gonzalez (1939)
Georges Danion/S. A. Gonzalez (1977)
Michel Gaillard/Manufacture Aubertin (2013
Built for the 1878 World Fair and the Trocadéro concert hall in Paris, this monumental instrument (82 stops and 6,500 pipes) was the “showpiece” of the most renowned organ builder of the time, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. The greatest musicians were all eager to play this prestigious organ, which was used for the first performances of the Requiems by Maurice Duruflé and Gabriel Fauré, the Organ Concerto by Francis Poulenc, and key works by César Franck, Charles-Marie Widor, Marcel Dupré, Olivier Messiaen, Jehan Alain, Kaija Saariaho, Édith Canat de Chizy, Thierry Escaich and Philippe Hersant. In 1939, the organ was reassembled in the new Palais de Chaillot by Victor Gonzalez, then in 1977 transferred to the Auditorium de Lyon by his successor, Georges Danion. In 2013, the organ was restored by Michel Gaillard (Manufacture Aubertin), who returned it to its former splendour. Its wide range of stops means that today it can handle every repertoire, from Bach or Couperin to the greatest Romantic and contemporary works. Outside Paris (the organs in the Maison de la Radio and the Philharmonie), it is the only large concert organ in France. In June 2019, it hosted the inaugural International Olivier-Messiaen Competition for organ.
The concerts in 2022/2023
Concert du jury
Concours Olivier Messiaen
Édition 2022 Concours International Olivier Messiaen

La Moufle et autres contes
Élodie Fondacci
Dès 3 ans

Orgue et trombones
Musiciens de l’ONL

Journées des tout-petits
Parcours musical
3 mois > 3 ans

Wieder-Atherton Foccroulle
violoncelle et orgue

Saint-Saëns, Symphonie n° 3
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider

Le Hérisson dans le brouillard
Ciné-concert
Dès 3 ans

L’Homme qui rit

Iveta Apkalna
Clair et Obscur


1939: Palais de Chaillot

1977: Auditorium de Lyon

The works premiered on the instrument

Discography of the organ