Marie-Madeleine Duruflé

Marie-Madeleine Duruflé
Born
Jeanne Marie-Madeleine Chevalier

(1921-05-08)8 May 1921
Marseille, France
Died5 October 1999(1999-10-05) (aged 78)
Paris, France
Education
Occupations
  • Organist
  • Composer
  • Music pedagogue
Organizations
SpouseMaurice Duruflé
Awards

Jeanne Marie-Madeleine Duruflé (née Chevalier; 8 May 1921 – 5 October 1999) was a French organist. Regarded as the last of the French school of organists, she played works by Widor, Vierne, Langlais, Dupré and her husband, Maurice Duruflé. She and her husband were both organists at Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris, and toured internationally, especially in the U.S..