 His many recordings include the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen in 1972, which received several awards and led the composer to describe him as "an extraordinary organist".Thiry was blind.Born in Fléville-devant-Nancy, Thiry, who was blind, studied music first at the , where he received a first prize in organ (organ class of Jeanne Demessieux) in 1952, followed by studies with André Marchal at Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles in Paris.