Monseigneur Olivier Ribadeau Dumas, Rector-archpriest of Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris, has responded to a petition by eminent organists that criticizes the engagement without trial of four young musicians.
He said that a competition for the posts would not have been ‘dignified’ or apprpriate.
He particularly defended the choice of Thibault Fajoles (pictured), 21. He had ‘proved himself for five years at Saint-Germain-L’Auxerrois where his musical competence was never called into question’. The Rector added: ‘I understand that many others are unhappy not to have been chosen’.
Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose.
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