Odile Bailleux

Odile Bailleux (; 30 December 1939 – 19 November 2024) was a French harpsichordist and organist. She was a long-time organist of both Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux in Paris. As a harpsichordist she was a pioneer of historically informed performance, co-founding the first French Baroque ensemble with early instruments.

Life and career Born in Trappes on 30 December 1939, and Édouard Souberbielle. After she participated in 1964 in the International Academy of the Organ in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, she left in 1969 to work with the organist Helmut Walcha in Frankfurt. Walcha was known for his playing of Baroque works, but in her exploration of the world of Baroque organ music she was particularly inspired by Gustav Leonhardt. In 1982, she served on the jury for the international competition for organ at MAfestival Brugge (Musica Antiqua Bruges) in Belgium. retiring in 2004.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Leçons de Ténèbres, H.96, H.97, H.98/108, H.102, H.103, H.109, H.105, H.106, H.110, H.100 a, Odile Bailleux, organ, La Grande Écurie et La Chambre du Roy conducted by Jean Claude Malgoire. 3 LP CBS 1978. Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël H.9, Henri Ledroit, John Elwes, Gregory Reinhart, Odile Bailleux, organ, Les Petits chanteurs de Chaillot, Roger Thirot (cond.), CD CBS, 1982 Charpentier: "Vêpres Solennelles" H.540, H.190, H.50, H.149, H.52, H.150, H.51, H.161, H.191, H.65, H.77, John Elwes, Ian Honeyman, tenors, Agnès Mellon, Brigitte Bellamy, sopranos, Dominique Visse, Jean Nirouet, countertenors, Philippe Cantor, Jacques Bona, baritones, Choeur régional- Nord Pas de Calais, La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy, Odile Bailleux, organ, conducted by Jean-Claude Malgoire (2 CD CBS Sony 1987) Charpentier: Messe à 4 Chœurs H.4, Odile Bailleux, organ, Choeur régional Nord-Pas-de-Calais, La Grande Écurie et La Chambre du Roy, conducted by Jean Claude Malgoire. CD Erato 1991. Johann Jakob Froberger: Œuvres pour orgue : Toccata, Ricercare, Canzone…, at the chapel organ of the Séminaire de jeunes à Avignon and at the (1977, Disque Stil 2810S77)