Monday 25 & Tuesday 26 March: 10.00am-17.00pm

Mennonite church, Phil and Bavokerk

Excellence Class for Improvisation

Laurens de Man and 3 choirs conducted by László Nemes

Saturday July 13: 10.00:17.00 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Various locations

The whole of Haarlem Organs: Organ Day

Walking along and listening to beautiful and special organs
in various churches in Haarlem.
Admission: free – More information will follow

Saturday July 13: 19.30:21.15 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Grote or St. Bavo Church

Festive Opening Concert: A Child of Books (world premiere)

Laurens de Man and 3 choirs conducted by László Nemes

The opening concert of the festival is the world premiere of A Child of Books by the Belgian composer Bart Verheyen. Inspired by the children's book A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston, Verheyen composed a beautiful and new work full of imagination. Including Laurens de Man (winner of the Dutch Music Prize) on the Müller organ, a youth choir, a mixed choir and a special children's choir.

Sunday July 14: 16.00:17.00 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Domed Cathedral

7th Symphony by Anton Bruckner

Hansjörg Albrecht

The German organist Hansjörg Albrecht, also a conductor and harpsichordist in daily life, arranged the 7th Symphony by Anton Bruckner (born 200 years ago this year) and an organ work by Philip Maint for the special Willibrordus organ in the Koepelkathedraal.

Monday July 15: 19.00:22.00 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Baptist Church

Improvisation competition 1st round

8 participants

Within a few decades, the Improvisation Competition has grown into the most important organ competition in the world. As many organists have now experienced, winning 'Haarlem' is the springboard to an international career. During the two rounds and the final, special performances are required of the participants and literally anything is possible.

Tuesday, July 16: 20.00:21.00 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Grote or St. Bavo Church

City organ concert

Jean-Baptiste Robin and Monica Melková

Jean-Baptiste Robin is one of France's most prominent organists and composers. Slovak Monica Melková received the highest culture prize from the Austrian Minister of Culture and Education in 1999. The program will be announced later.

Wednesday, July 17: 19.00:22.00 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Joseph Church

Improvisation competition 2st round

6 participants and special guest

After the first round, 6 participants have been selected for this second evening of the Improvisation Competition. The Joseph Church has a different organ than the Mennonite Church, which forces the participants to approach the assignments very differently. What is special is that there will be a 'special guest' with whom the participants will improvise a piece of music together.

Thursday, July 18, 2024: 16.00:17.00 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Grote or St. Bavo Church

City organ concert: including de Grigny, Boesmans, Bach and Radulescu

Bernard Foccroulle and Wolfgang Zerer

Bernard Foccroulle and Wolfgang Zerer perform a varied City Organ Concert.
Very old musical works, found in a centuries-old Italian manuscript, have been composed with surprising music from the 20th century and work by the French composer De Grigny, who died young, can be heard alongside his contemporary Bach.

Thursday, July 18: 21.30:22.30 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Grote or St. Bavo Church

Klee dreams Bach: world premiere

Leo van Doeselaar and Marcel Wierckx

During his life, painter Paul Klee was inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach, especially his polyphonic music by Bach. In Klee dreams Bach, organist Leo van Doeselaar and audiovisual artist Marcel Wierckx look for the connection between sounds and colors and how Klee uniquely captured Bach's music in forms.

Friday, July 19, 2024: 20.00:22.00 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Grote or St. Bavo Church

Improvisation competition: final and award ceremony

3 or 4 finalists

The finalists are given two assignments to complete. They will only receive the assignment one hour before the start of the concert. At the end of the evening, a jury prize of €5.000, an audience prize of €1.000 and a prize for the best improvisation of the entire competition (€500) will be awarded. The jury prize paves the way to a glittering organ career.

Saturday, July 20, 2024: 9.00:16.00 AM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

The Hague, Maassluis, Rotterdam and Gouda

Organ excursion

The participants of the Summer Academy of the International Organ Festival have completed their first week of courses. So it's high time for some relaxation: the traditional organ excursion. Non-students and organ enthusiasts can also join the luxury coach to become acquainted with beautiful organs in The Hague, Maassluis, Rotterdam and Leiden.

Saturday July 20: 20.00:21.00 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Joseph Church

Concert on organ and harmonium

Joris Verdin and Erik Jan Eradus

In the 19th and 20th centuries, the harmonium was a popular musical instrument in French salons and coffee houses. Orchestral works were arranged for harmonium. Joris Verdin and Erik Jan Eradus are two celebrities in the field of organ and harmonium playing and know better than anyone else how to elicit special sounds from these instruments.

Sunday July 21: 13.30:15.30 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Baptist Church

Festival Symposium: Anton Heiller

Peter Planyavsky and Roman Summereder

In 2023 it was 100 years ago that Anton Heiller (1923 – 1979) was born. The Austrian is commemorated with a symposium and concert, during which the festival reflects on his significance for the international organ world. His students Roman Summereder and Peter Planyavsky play his work and talk about the undisputed organ grandmaster.

Sunday July 21: 21.00:23.00 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Baptist Church

Night of Jazz

Fie Schouten, Guus Janssen
The Organ Trio: Berry van Berkum, Dion Nijland and Steven Kamperman

Festival week 2 starts with a vibrant improvisation performance by jazz keyboardists and organ enthusiasts Guus Janssen and Berry van Berkum. In addition to improvisation, they will also play existing pieces on this evening with: Fie Schouten and Steven Kamperman (clarinet), Dion Nijland (double bass) and Vincent Courtois (cello).

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 20.00:21.00 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Grote or St. Bavo Church

City organ concert: Szathmáry, Tanke, van Berkum and Welmers, among others

Zsigmond Szathmáry, Anikó Szathmáry, Berry van Berkum and Steven Kamperman

Hungarian organist-composer Zsigmond Szathmáry has used the impossible Rubik's cube to compose an organ work. In addition to this fascinating piece, he plays his moving Cadenza con ostinato from 1994 with daughter Anikó. After father and daughter Szathmáry, the stage is free for the jazz musicians Berry van Berkum and Steven Kamperman.

Wednesday, July 24: 20.15:22.15 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Great St. Laurens Church Alkmaar

Organ concerto

Nathan Laube and Pieter van Dijk

Information will follow

Thursday, July 25, 2024: 16.00:17.00 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Grote or St. Bavo Church

City organ concert: Schmidt, Ligeti, Heiller, Planyavsky and improvisations

Roman Summereder and Peter Playavsky

Peter Planyavsky and Roman Summereder present an afternoon with Viennese composers. Franz Schmidt's oratorio Das Buch mit sieben Siegel contains several parts for organ in which the Haarlem instrument sounds optimal: menacing and light, stamping and whispering. Planyavsky concludes with a work in which he honors Anton Heiller.

Thursday, July 25: 20.00:21.45 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Grote or St. Bavo Church

Celebrity Recital

Olivier Latry

Olivier Latry is undisputedly the most sought-after and most famous organist in the world today. Latry is the regular player of the majestic organ in Notre-Dame of Paris, fortunately this organ is playable again after the terrible fire. Latry gives a unique solo 'celebrity recital' in Haarlem on the monumental Müller organ.

Friday, July 26, 2024: 20.00:21.00 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Grote or St. Bavo Church

Presentation concert: Excellence Class

Students of the Summer Academy

After two weeks of intensive work, the participants in the Excellence Class of the Summer Academy of the organ festival will have the unique opportunity to play the Müller organ in the Bavokerk to the Haarlem public, an excellent way to get to know these top talents of the future! The program will be announced later.

Saturday July 27: 11.00am-12.00pm

Grote or St. Bavo Church

Presentation concert for Student Summer Academy

Students of the Summer Academy

Admission: free for students and visitors with a church entrance ticket

Saturday July 27: 16.00:17.00 PM – XNUMX:XNUMX PM

Domed Cathedral

Final concert: Reubke, Saint-Saëns and Widor

Shin Young Lee

The festival ends with a concert by the young Korean/French organist Shin-Young Lee in the Dome Cathedral. After studying piano and organ in Europe, she decided to settle in the French capital, and has since played on all continents of the world. For the first time she will give a solo concert during the International Organ Festival.

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