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François Daniel Roth (born 31 October ) is a French organist, composer, musicologist, and pedagogue.!
Daniel Roth is currently one of the world's most revered organists François Daniel Roth was born on Halloween of in his family's home in Mulhouse.
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Daniel Roth has been widely acclaimed as one of the leading French organ virtuosos, and has held several prestigious positions as an artist and teacher. At age twenty he made his debut at the organ of the Basilique du Sacré Coeur in Paris, as assistant to his teacher, Madame Falcinelli.
He later succeeded her as Titular Organist, a post he held until 1985, when he was appointed Titular Organist at Saint Sulpice, the famous Paris church where his predecessors were Charles-Marie Widor, Marcel Dupré and Jean-Jacques Grunenwald.
A former student at the Paris Conservatory, his teachers have included Marie-Claire Alain and Maurice Duruflé.
Daniel Roth has won several competitions, among them the Grand Prix de Chartres in 1971 for both interpretation and improvisation.
From 1974 to 1976 Daniel Roth held the position of Artist-in-Residence of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
Upon his return to France, he resumed his teach
