Enjoy this dramatic, spectral Organ Piece for Holy Friday of the french organist, improviser and composer Marcel Dupré played by me! 🎼✞🛐

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Dupré M. - "Crucifixion" from "Symphonie-Passion" op.23 (organ)

Carlo Cozzula was born  in Sassari in 1971.
In 1994 he obtained the Experimental Magistral Diploma with the highest grade; in 1996 - under the leading of Hedda Vignanelli Illy – he graduated, with the highest marks, in Organ at the Conservatory of his city and next year, he graduated in Harpsichord at the Conservatory "B. Marcello" of Venice. 
He has studied Choral Music and Choir Conducting and also studied piano at the concert levels since 1985.
He performed on all the instruments as a soloist in chamber ensemble also with vocal soloists, accompanying several polyphonic complexes, among which the "Cantori della Resurrezione" by A. Sanna, with whom, in 2000, he collaborated for a recording of music by G. B. Platti (Bongiovanni Records), and with whom he performed in a concert in July 2003 in the Basilica of the SS. Rosary of Lourdes (France).
He was the main organist at the Monumental Church of S. Maria di Betlem (Sassari) and at the Basilica of S. Gavino (Porto Torres). 
As an organist, in October 1997 he was invited for a tournée in Germany, performing in prestigious places, including Limburg, Wiesbaden, Lorch, Frankfurt, as soloist and chamber musician, in concert seasons including well-known soloists such as W. Stockmeier, R. Haas, M. Pirenne, U. Krupp, W. Rockel, J. Von Erdmann.
He was invited again for the October of 2003 to give a concert at the “Orgelsommer 2003” in St. Josef Church (Frankfurt), achieving great success, playing in a schedule with some of the most famous and acclaimed organists on the world scene, such as J. Parker-Smith, Th. Trotter, H. Vogel, P. Pincemaille, D. Zaretsky, P. Pietiläinen.
In 2007 he was called a part of the Jury of the 1st Art Competition "Il Filo di Arianna", at the Baja Hotel in Cannigione (Sardinia). 
He taught Music Theory and has been pianist accompanist of lyric singing classes at the Civic School of Nuoro, taught in State Schools.
Recently he has edited the Italian translation - in World Premiere - of the essay of 1846 written by the French F. Levacher D'Urclé: "Manual didactic problems in relation to the study of the anatomy of the hand" and also the thesis by M. Punt "The Straube Code-Deciphering the metronome marks in Max Reger's Organ Works".
As a composer, he is the author of music - original and not - dedicates to the international singer Teresa Salgueiro. He is also the author of a series of Concert Transcriptions for organ - even in World Premiere - from the piano and symphonic repertoire, and for pf. from the original organ repertoire, but also from accurate choices concerning the world of jazz, fusion, Brazilian music, French chansons and Soundtracks.
One of the piano transcriptions has already been recently included in a piano recital. These compositions are already available to the international artists such as: Philippe Raskin, Mariangela Vacatello, Irene Veneziano, Simone Pedroni, Igor Roma, Gloria Campaner, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Alexei Volodin, Roberto Plano, Maurizio Baglini, Andrew Litton, Sandro Russo, Nicholas McCarthy, Ramin Bahrami, Thomas Ospital, Stephen Tharp, Thierry Mechler, Joseph Nolan, Danilo Rea, Enrico Pieranunzi, Carisa Marcelino and Clare Hammond.