IMPROVISATA an LITERATA are labels for DVD's with a free CD. These labels with the highest professional standards in audio and film editing (many thanks to P&B SOUNDS Harderwijk for the audio and to filmeditor mr.René Kouwen for the video editing and to Wim Stroman for his filming)are produced by Willem van Twillert.
Van Twillert is a professional organist and composer at Amersfoort - The Netherlands.
You can find more information of all his CD's and DVD's and his CV on his website:
www.willemvantwillert.nl
Also in the languages:English, French, German.
Improvisata and Literata shows the organ playing of several famous Dutch organist like
Kees van Eersel, Dick Sanderman, Aart de Kort, Euwe de Jong, Sybolt de Jong, Jan van de Laar, Ab Weegenaar, Sietze de Vries and others.

see also:
http://www.bol.com/nl/ and search for LITERATA or IMPROVISATA

Willem van Twillert (1952) studied organ at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam with Piet Kee as his Organ professor, with whom he also studied improvisation and composition. In 1975 he began 3 years of orchestral conducting studies with Anton Kersjes. In 1976 he obtained the diploma for Church Music and in 1978 the diploma of Performing Musician cum laude, with a teaching-endorsement for improvisation. A scholarship afforded him the opportunity to specialise in old music between 1978 and 1981, including studies with Gustav Leonhardt.
In 1976, van Twillert was the first Dutch organist to reach the final of the Grand Prix de Chartres in France.

As an organist he has become a well-known performing musician both at home and abroad, thanks mainly to his concerts in the Netherlands, as well as in the U.S.A., Italy, Germany and England

As a composer he won the second prize and the audience prize at the Hinsz Composition Com-petiton 2005 at the Bovenkerk in Kampen, with his Toccata a la Chaconne for Organ. http://www.hinszconcours.nl/ In October 2006, van Twillert performed the British premiere of the work, at the Annual Festival of New Organ Music in London. The performance is available for download at www.afnom.org.
In january 2007 Van Twillert obtained the Prize of Honour in the Polish composer competion at Mikolów 2007 with his Sequence for Choir and Organ. See: www.mdm.mikolow.um.gov.pl/konkursn.htm
In Germany his Toccata ‚Thine be the Glory in Romantic Style, is published by. Butz-music publishers. Email@butz-verlag.de
In 2008 he received for his organ composition Par le Temps the PRIX GASTON LITAIZE during the festival du Comminges in France. www.festival-du-comminges.com

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