Tristan Mitchard is one of the most enthusiastic and accomplished organists of his generation. He has performed as a soloist, recitalist and for weddings at major venues including Worcester Cathedral, Chichester Cathedral, Gloucester Cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral, Berlin Cathedral, Brandenburg Cathedral, Brandenburg's Sankt Katharinenkirche, Potsdam's Katholische Propsteikirche St. Peter und Paul, Berlin's Gedächtniskirche, Chapelle St Claire de l'Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Eglise St Germain d'Argentan, Oxford's Keble College Chapel, Oxford's Magdalen College Chapel (as part of the Magdalen Recital Series), New College Chapel (as part of the National Performance Festival for Young Organists), and Milan's Basilica di San Marco. In London Tristan has performed at the National Film Theatre and the Royal Albert Hall for the Classical Brit Awards.
Tristan was awarded the Associate of the Royal College of Organists (ARCO) aged just eighteeen, before winning an Organ Scholarship to Oxford University. He gained the first of three professional ABRSM Performance Diplomas at fifteen,
and also has six ABRSM Distinctions at Grade VIII. Whilst still at school Tristan became a Frances Kitching Award winner and toured Beijing and Hong Kong. With New College Choir he recorded five CDs and toured Japan (including Tokyo's Suntory Hall Christmas Organ Concert), France, Italy, Holland, Spain, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. This year, as well as performing solo recitals, Tristan has played the organ for Faure's Requiem, Mozart's Requiem and Durufle's Requiem, celeste for The Magic Flute, and continuo for the St John Passion and The Creation. Having taken part in improvisation masterclasses such as with David Briggs, Tristan's teachers have included concert organists Clive Driskill-Smith and Stephen Farr, and he currently studies with David Sanger, the President of the Royal College of Organists.
Outside the organ loft Tristan's interests include playing football and presenting a radio show on Oxide, where he has interviewed Martin Sheen, Alan Johnston, Andrew Neil, Scott Mills, Richard Schiff and Howard Goodall.
Tristan was awarded the Associate of the Royal College of Organists (ARCO) aged just eighteeen, before winning an Organ Scholarship to Oxford University. He gained the first of three professional ABRSM Performance Diplomas at fifteen,
and also has six ABRSM Distinctions at Grade VIII. Whilst still at school Tristan became a Frances Kitching Award winner and toured Beijing and Hong Kong. With New College Choir he recorded five CDs and toured Japan (including Tokyo's Suntory Hall Christmas Organ Concert), France, Italy, Holland, Spain, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. This year, as well as performing solo recitals, Tristan has played the organ for Faure's Requiem, Mozart's Requiem and Durufle's Requiem, celeste for The Magic Flute, and continuo for the St John Passion and The Creation. Having taken part in improvisation masterclasses such as with David Briggs, Tristan's teachers have included concert organists Clive Driskill-Smith and Stephen Farr, and he currently studies with David Sanger, the President of the Royal College of Organists.
Outside the organ loft Tristan's interests include playing football and presenting a radio show on Oxide, where he has interviewed Martin Sheen, Alan Johnston, Andrew Neil, Scott Mills, Richard Schiff and Howard Goodall.
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You can listen to recordings of Tristan performing below.
Widor - Tocatta
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Leighton - Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes - No. 1
Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
Gedächtniskirche, Berlin