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Bernard Hédin
At the same time as his secondary studies, Bernard Hédin entered the CNR in Lille and then the organ class of Michel Chapuis at the CNR in Besançon. He obtained several gold medals and awards for improvement in these two establishments (organ, musical training, writing). In 1984, he participated alongside Pierre Host and Philippe Lefebvre in the establishment of a regional policy in favour of the organ in Nord Pas-de-Calais. He created and coordinated the inventory of the 526 organs of this region: two volumes were published in the heritage books (Pas-de-Calais and Flanders). He organized the first national organ days in Lille, created the Alexandre Guilmant organ competitions in Boulogne-sur-Mer, de Wasquehal, and set up the «Les orgues chantent en Pas-de-Calais» season.
Richard Labalette
Born in 1984, Richard Labalette worked on the piano for 8 years in the music school of Sequedin. He then began the organ at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional in Reims, with Pierre Méa.
Admitted to the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional in Douai, he continued his studies with Jean-Pierre Rolland and Sylvain Heili. He also studied chamber music and musical training, for which he obtained the CEM with honors.
Richard Labalette studied at the Faculty of Musicology in Reims and is a certified teacher in music education and choral singing. He currently teaches at Albert Debeyre College in Loos.
In March 2019, he was appointed organ teacher for the music school of Comines (France). That same year, Richard became organist of the church of Saint Vaast in Bethune.
Since September 2021 he is appointed organist of the church Saint Léger in Lens.
Etienne Vallin
On the console
David Gallois
Picture: beginning to the left
Pierre Delerue
photo: standing in the centre
