Notre Dame’s longest serving organist Olivier Latry tells of the cathedral’s reworked acoustics. After a horrific hearth in 2019, craftspeople resurrected the cathedral in simply 5 years. The organist says the thorough cleansing of the instrument and the construction’s stone makes the cathedral much more reverberant. Join State of the World+ to hear sponsor-free and assist the work of NPR journalists. Go to plus.npr.org.
Olivier Latry, Notre Dame’s longest-serving organist, poses beside the refurbished instrument, prepared for the reopening ceremonies after the damaging hearth in 2019.
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Olivier Latry, Notre Dame’s longest-serving organist, poses beside the refurbished instrument, prepared for the reopening ceremonies after the damaging hearth in 2019.
Philippe Guyonnet/Notre Dame Cathedral
