John Walthausen is an increasingly sought-after organ and harpsichord soloist and ensemble artist with an expanding worldwide performance career.
Accomplished as a recitalist in both Baroque literature and contemporary keyboard works, Walthausen has been heard in concert throughout Europe in Paris, Chartres, Poitiers, Toulouse, Hamburg, Milan, Treviso, Innsbruck, Basel, and Zurich. From 2015 to 2016, he served as Organist in Residence at Sapporo Concert Hall in Hokkaido, where he performed and recorded on the Hall’s four-manual organ by Alfred Kern and in cities across Japan. In 2016, Sapporo Concert Hall released his debut disc, “De Fil en Aiguille.”
Recent projects have taken him to New York, Boston, Washington D.C., New Orleans, Victoria (British Columbia), Cincinnati, and Bogotá (Colombia). He has also appeared in the East Texas Organ Festival, Pacific Baroque Festival, Paris-des-Orgues, Toulouse-les-Orgues, the Toul Bach Festival, and the Internationale Meisterorganisten in Innsbruck.
John Walthausen is a sought after collaborative artist. A Philadelphia resident, he plays frequently in his home city, as well as throughout the East Coast and the Mid-Atlantic region. He has recently appeared as a continuo player with ensembles such as the Washington Bach Consort, New York Baroque, Barock Band, and Variant 6. In 2019, he founded the ensemble Filament with baroque violinist Evan Few and viola da gamba player Elena Smith.
In 2012, he then won first prize at the Pierre de Manchicourt International Organ Competition in Béthune, France, a competition devoted particularly to North German music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, featuring an international jury chaired by Michael Radelescu. In 2009 he was awarded first prize in the American Guild of Organists’ Regional Competition for Young Organists.
The Philadelphia resident earned his bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College, and in 2011 he gained admission to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. There he studied organ with Olivier Latry and Michel Bouvard, earning a master's with highest honors (mention très bien). In 2015, he studied harpsichord with Jörg-Andreas Bötticher and organ with Lorenzo Ghielmi at the Schola Cantorum of Basel, Switzerland where he was awarded a Master’s in Historical Performance.
In addition to his concert appearances, Walthausen currently serves as Director of Music at the First Presbyterian Church of Germantown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and as Artistic Director to the Philadelphia Organ Festival.
Accomplished as a recitalist in both Baroque literature and contemporary keyboard works, Walthausen has been heard in concert throughout Europe in Paris, Chartres, Poitiers, Toulouse, Hamburg, Milan, Treviso, Innsbruck, Basel, and Zurich. From 2015 to 2016, he served as Organist in Residence at Sapporo Concert Hall in Hokkaido, where he performed and recorded on the Hall’s four-manual organ by Alfred Kern and in cities across Japan. In 2016, Sapporo Concert Hall released his debut disc, “De Fil en Aiguille.”
Recent projects have taken him to New York, Boston, Washington D.C., New Orleans, Victoria (British Columbia), Cincinnati, and Bogotá (Colombia). He has also appeared in the East Texas Organ Festival, Pacific Baroque Festival, Paris-des-Orgues, Toulouse-les-Orgues, the Toul Bach Festival, and the Internationale Meisterorganisten in Innsbruck.
John Walthausen is a sought after collaborative artist. A Philadelphia resident, he plays frequently in his home city, as well as throughout the East Coast and the Mid-Atlantic region. He has recently appeared as a continuo player with ensembles such as the Washington Bach Consort, New York Baroque, Barock Band, and Variant 6. In 2019, he founded the ensemble Filament with baroque violinist Evan Few and viola da gamba player Elena Smith.
In 2012, he then won first prize at the Pierre de Manchicourt International Organ Competition in Béthune, France, a competition devoted particularly to North German music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, featuring an international jury chaired by Michael Radelescu. In 2009 he was awarded first prize in the American Guild of Organists’ Regional Competition for Young Organists.
The Philadelphia resident earned his bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College, and in 2011 he gained admission to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. There he studied organ with Olivier Latry and Michel Bouvard, earning a master's with highest honors (mention très bien). In 2015, he studied harpsichord with Jörg-Andreas Bötticher and organ with Lorenzo Ghielmi at the Schola Cantorum of Basel, Switzerland where he was awarded a Master’s in Historical Performance.
In addition to his concert appearances, Walthausen currently serves as Director of Music at the First Presbyterian Church of Germantown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and as Artistic Director to the Philadelphia Organ Festival.
