Olivier Vernet, born September 30, 1964, in Vichy, France, is a French classical organist and music professor. Vernet studied organ under Gaston Litaize at the Conservatoire de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Marie-Claire Alain at the Conservatoire de Rueil-Malmaison, and Michel Chapuis at the Conservatoire de Paris, winning first prizes in virtuosity and organ alongside the Grand Prix International d'Orgue de Bordeaux in 1991. After 15 years as co-titular organist at Église Saint-Louis in Vichy, Vernet became titular organist of Monaco Cathedral in 2006, and later joined the faculties of the Académie de Musique Rainier III and the Conservatoire de Nice. In 2006, Vernet formed the Vernet-Meckler Organ Duet with Cédric Meckler, recording works by composers including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Felix Mendelssohn. Vernet's discography of over 100 recordings includes the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Dieterich Buxtehude, earning awards including the Diapason d'Or and Choc Classica, alongside appointments as Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite Culturel of Monaco.
