Contributing Organists
Nina De Sole, Canada
Born in Santiago, Chile, and from italian descent, Nina De Sole desired to become an organist at the tender age of five, and started her musical education at the Superior School of Music in Chile. In 1981, she moved to Canada and settled in Montreal. Nina De Sole started her organ studies as a self taught, she then attended The McGill Conservatory of music, obtaining several first prizes in Theory, solf ège and organ. She pursued at the same time her collegial and universitary studies in translation and litterature at McGill University, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree. She then started on the program of Church music and Organ performance at McGill University's Music Faculty. There, she was in Margaret de Castro's organ class, studied Choral conducting with Iwan Edwards and attended masterclasses, recitals and conferences given by Pierre-Yves Asselin,Bengt Hambraeus, Christophe Linde, Bernard Foccroule, Michael Radulescu and Marie-Claire Alain. Nina De Sole was an active participant in Montserrat Torrent's Spanish organ music masterclass in 1994. In 1995, she recieved her Bachelor of Music degree.