Thomas Mantle Murray (born October 6, 1943, in Los Angeles, California) is an American organist, known as an interpreter of Romantic organ music.
In the United States, he has appeared as a soloist with the Pittsburgh, Houston, Milwaukee and Portland Symphonies and with the National Chamber Orchestra in Washington, D.C.
He has also performed in most European countries, South America, Australia and Japan, and was featured as a soloist with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra at the Lahti Festival in Finland.
He has also frequently performed works by Johann Sebastian Bach,[5] though his interpretation of Classical and Baroque music reflects just as much an idiosyncratic and individual approach as a historically informed one.
[7] Thomas Murray's recognitions include: "The performances of all of these were those of an organist whose skill extended beyond the playing of the notes to authoritative control of a very large instrument in a vast echoing space.
"[9][verification needed] "Known for his grasp of the Romantic organ and its literature, recitalist Thomas Murray surprisingly redirected his programming as well as his performance from a deeper personal expression to a statement of fine-tuning.