Jean-MarcCicchero(1943-2023),nephewoftheharmonistsMaurice GobinandCharlesMeslé,madehisdebutattheageof14under theguidanceofhisuncleMauriceGobinwhowasaharmonistat Gonzalez.HecompletedhisapprenticeshipatRoethingerin Strasbourgandworkedfrom1961to1977atDanion-Gonzalezasa harmonist. Hestartedhisownbusinessin1978inGentilly.Fortwentyyearshe maintainedsome150instruments,carriedoutoverhaulsand restorations,suchastheorgansofthecathedralsofNouméaand Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.HewasPresidentoftheGPFOfor14 yearsandamemberoftheCommissionofHistoricMonumentsfor Organs.HewasappointedKnightofArtsandLettersin2017.After aremarkablecareer,heretiredin2003.HissonPhilippe(1972) briefly took over the company from 2003 to 2012.BeingagreatenthusiastofthehistoryofFrenchorganbuilding, Jean-MarcCiccheropublishedsweveralbooksthatvaluethehistory andheritageoftheFrenchorganheritage.Amongtheremarkable workshehaspublishedarethebooksHommageàunePassion (2018) and Cavaillé-Coll, mode d’emploi (2014).
Jean-MarcCicchero(1943-2023),nephewoftheharmonistsMaurice GobinandCharlesMeslé,madehisdebutattheageof14under theguidanceofhisuncleMauriceGobinwhowasaharmonistat Gonzalez.HecompletedhisapprenticeshipatRoethingerin Strasbourgandworkedfrom1961to1977atDanion-Gonzalezasa harmonist. Hestartedhisownbusinessin1978inGentilly.Fortwentyyearshe maintainedsome150instruments,carriedoutoverhaulsand restorations,suchastheorgansofthecathedralsofNouméaand Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.HewasPresidentoftheGPFOfor14 yearsandamemberoftheCommissionofHistoricMonumentsfor Organs.HewasappointedKnightofArtsandLettersin2017.After aremarkablecareer,heretiredin2003.HissonPhilippe(1972) briefly took over the company from 2003 to 2012.BeingagreatenthusiastofthehistoryofFrenchorganbuilding, Jean-MarcCiccheropublishedsweveralbooksthatvaluethehistory andheritageoftheFrenchorganheritage.Amongtheremarkable workshehaspublishedarethebooksHommageàunePassion (2018) and Cavaillé-Coll, mode d’emploi (2014).