David Briggs (English musician)

Heavily influenced by Jean Langlais and Pierre Cochereau, Briggs is regarded as one of the world's finest improvisors, and now works as a concert organist.

In 1982 and 1983 he played during the well-known Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, heard by millions around the world[1] He also toured Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany with the college choir.

In 1993 Briggs became the first British organist to win the Tournemire prize for improvisation at the St Albans International Organ Festival.

Briggs also oversaw the installation of this system on the Father Willis organ of Truro Cathedral in its rebuild in 1991.

[3] Considered one of the finest concert organists and improvisors of his generation, Briggs currently teaches and performs around the world.

His responsibilities included giving celebrity recitals, playing regularly at services, composing liturgical music for the Cathedral and working on the establishment of a vision for the music programme, including the design and installation of a new organ or organs and relevant acoustical enhancements.

[4] He moved to the United States in 2003,[1] and the following year he married Margaret Nimocks, whom he had met at Coventry Cathedral in 1980, adopting her daughter Eloise.