Orgelfestival Holland 2013

10th International Schnitger Organcompetition

22 - 29 June 2013

The Competition

All the rounds in the Grote Sint Laurenskerk and Kapelkerk will be open to the public.

Approximately two months before the competition the candidates will be able to familiarize themselves with both the Grote Sint Laurenskerk organs during a specially organised weekend.

The twelve candidates for the first round

The application is closed and the prelimenary jury, consisting of Pieter van Dijk, Theo Jellema and Frank van Wijk, has decided which12 candidates will participate to the first round of the organ competition on Friday en Saturday 21^th and 22^nd of June 2013.

The candidates are: (in alfabetic order)

Jan Baciak	m	Poland
Vincent Bernhardt	m	France
Gerben Budding	m	the Netherlands
Ayumi Kitamura	f	Japan
Morten Ladehoff	m	Denmark
Juhee Lee	f	S-Korea
Keiko Nakata	f	Japan
Matti Pohjoisaho	m	Finland
Manuel Schuen	m	Austria
Agoston Tóka	m	Hungary
Attila Vadász	m	Hungary
Hyewon Woo	f	S-Korea

The Jury

The performances of the twelve candidates will be evaluated by an international jury consisting of:

Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, professor of organ at the Schola Cantorum in Basel

Pieter van Dijk, professor at The Conservatory of Amsterdam and the
Musikhochschule Hamburg

Arvid Gast, director of the Church Music Institute at the Musikhochschule in

Lübeck.

Joris Verdin, professor at the Artesis Hogeschool of Antwerp (Conservatory) and the University of Leuven.

Daniel Zaretsky, professor of Organ at the St.Petersburg State University

Prizes:

1st prize: € 5.000,-

2nd prize: € 2.500,-

3rd prize: € 1.000,-

Prize awarded by the public

Repertoire

First round

St. Laurenskerk, Van Covelens-orgel
-J.P. Sweelinck: Fantasia a 4 (C2) SwWV 254

Van Hagerbeer/Schnitger-orgel
-J.S. Bach: Fantasia sopra il Chorale 'Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält' BWV 1128
-J.S. Bach: Toccata in F-dur BWV 540

Second round

Kapelkerk, Müller-orgel

-J.S. Bach: Toccata (manualiter) at choice from: BWV 910-916

-J.S. Bach: Duett at choice from: Dritter Theil der Clavierübung

-J.L. Krebs: Choral at choice from: Clavierübung (Erste Lieferung)

-W.F. Bach: Fuga at choice from: Acht Fugen (manualiter) Falck 31 (Berlin 1778)

Finale

St. Laurenskerk, Van Hagerbeer/Schnitger-orgel
Programme of max. 30 minutes consisting of works of J.S. Bach:
-Free choice from organworks (not BWV 540 and 542)
-Two parts of a Triosonate (BWV 525-530) at choice
-a slow chorale arrangement at choice

The Organ Festival Holland 2013 is being organised by:
Stichting Internationaal Schnitger Orgelconcours

Stichting Internationaal Schnitger Orgelconcours is registered under number S 41240666, Chamber of Commerce Alkmaar - the Netherlands

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