Organ Talk: “I just adore its flute stops“ (Marina Väisä on the organ of the Mariinsky Concert Hall)

#OrganTalk #Mariinsky_interview #Mariinsky_organ The new episode of the “Organ talk“ series features Marina Väisä (St. Petersburg), talking about a fugue as a story, favourite stops in the organ of the Concert Hall and the benefit of skiing for the future organist. :: Marina Väisä was born in Leningrad. She graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory in 2004, specialising in organ (class of Tatiana Chausova) and harpsichord (class of Ivan Rozanov), and in 2005 she graduated from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, specialising in organ (class of Olli Porthan). Has taken part in masterclasses given by Ludger Lohmann, Jon Laukvik, Wolfgang Zerer, Pieter van Dijk and Lorenzo Ghielmi. As a grant-recipient of the Gartow Stiftung she continued to study at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Stuttgart under Ludger Lohmann. Since 2009 she has been the Principal Organist of the St Petersburg Cathedral of St Mary. In 2010 the Finnish company