Regarded as the last of the French school of organists, she played works by Widor, Vierne, Langlais, Dupré and her husband, Maurice Duruflé.
[2] She planned to study further in Paris at age 18, but remained in the South due to the outbreak of the Second World War.
[2] In 1946, at the age of 25, she began to study under Marcel Dupré at the Conservatoire de Paris, where she won first prize in organ.
[2] Anthony Tommasini's obituary in The New York Times summarised: Mrs. Durufle, a technically formidable organist, was generally considered the last great exponent of the French Romantic school of organ playing, which valued elegant grandeur, textural clarity and rhythmic freedom.
She gave incomparable performances of works by the French organ masters, including Charles-Marie Widor, Louis Vierne, Jean Langlais, Marcel Dupre and her husband, who died 13 years ago.
She was a tireless champion of his organ works, which were harmonically conservative yet mystical, finely crafted and often brilliant.