Willem van Twillert plays, Johann Sebastian Bach his Toccata and Fugue in D minor [BWV 565]
Organ: Van Vulpen, Stadskanaal The Netherlands
Audio: Henk Sein
Camera: Wim Stroman
Video editing Lodewic van Twillert
Production: FOUNDATION ORGAN PROJECTS [ST. P.O.P] Amersfoort - Hoogland, The Netherlands
Foundation Organ Project Amersfoort [ NL]
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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
See for more addresses and details: www.willemvantwillert.nl
BWV number is ofcourse 565
Improvisata 1 year ago