Noorderkerk Amsterdam geplaagd door zout (archiefbeeld 15-07-2009)
[Archiefbeeld, oorspronkelijke publicatiedatum 15-07-2009]
De Noorderkerk in Amsterdam staat voor een onmogelijke opgave. Groot onderhoud kost onverwacht 600.000 euro. Zout is de grote boosdoener. Hulp is hard nodig. Het Evangelie moet blijven klinken in Amsterdam.
Aan de rand van de Jordaan, een hippe stadswijk in hartje Amsterdam, staat de Noorderkerk. Elke zondag komen zo''n 250 kerkgangers samen in de Gereformeerde Bondsgemeente, behorend tot de Protestantse Kerk Amsterdam (PKA).
Het monumentale gebedshuis (1620) is ruim tien jaar geleden voor bijna 5 miljoen euro (10,5 miljoen gulden) gerestaureerd. Steigers onttrokken de kerk vijf jaar lang aan het oog. Eind oktober 1998 kon koningin Beatrix de ingebruikname bijwonen.
Het 17e-eeuwse kerkgebouw plaatst de gemeente opnieuw voor grote problemen. Op verschillende plaatsen komt het pleisterwerk naar beneden, de hoge ramen vereisen onderhoud, terwijl een aantal muurankers dringend vervangen moet worden.
De kerk kampt met een bijzonder probleem. Onderzoek wijst uit dat de oude, dikke muren een extreem hoog zoutgehalte bevatten. De grote boosdoener is de kalk in de cement, legt architect Kees Voordouw uit. Kalk wordt gemaakt van schelpen. Bij het spoelen van de schelpen is waarschijnlijk zout water uit het IJ of de Zuiderzee gebruikt, omdat de gracht te vies was.
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Canals Of Amsterdam - Concert Band - Balfoort - Tierolff
Amsterdam (+800,000 inhabitants) is the capital of the Netherlands, and a famous city known all over the world. It welcomes over 15 million visitors per year. The city has exactly 165 canals, of which the three most famous are depicted in this original composition written by Rob Balfoort: Prinsengracht (Prince’s Canal, named after The Prince Of Orange), Herengracht (Patricians' Canal or Lord’s Canal) and Keizersgracht (Emperor's Canal). These three canals are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Grachtengordel, a concentric belt around the city, was dug in the 17th Century during the Dutch Golden Age.
After the introduction, the composer guides you through Amsterdam with three brief themes. Then we arrive at the Herengracht, the first of the three major canals. The Herengracht is named after the Regenten, who governed Amsterdam in the 16th and 17th centuries. The most famous part is the prestigious Gouden Bocht (Golden Bend), where the richest citizens lived. These people were encouraged to buy two lots and build double-wide mansions; many of them have inner gardens.
Then, Balfoort gives his musical interpretation of the Keizersgracht, the second and widest canal of the city, which is between the Herengracht and the Prinsengracht. Famous residents of the Keizersgracht included Daniel Fahrenheit and John Adams (second President of the U.S.). Balfoort depicts the commerce and the wealth that was achieved with overseas trade with the Far East, which led to the founding of the first central bank.
We end our canal trip on the Prinsengracht, the fourth ( and longest) of the main canals in the city of Amsterdam. The houses located on this canal were mainly build in the Golden Age. They include the Anna Frank House, the Westerkerk (Western Church, the biggest Church in Amsterdam) and the Noorderkerk (Northern Church).
The composer took inspiration from the many art galleries and museums for which Amsterdam is famous, including those of van Gogh and Rembrandt. Fittingly, he ends the work with a theme for “Amsterdam, City of Culture.”
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Amsterdam Kort: Vrienden van Noorderkerk in actie
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De Vrienden van de Noorderkerk gaan in actie om extra fondsen te werven. De kerk heeft dringend onderhoud nodig.
Noorderkerk Church Amsterdam
2014 02 06 Eén minuut de Noorderkerk
10 uur in Amsterdam
Eerst begint de Noorderkerk, als ie afgelopen is de Westerkerk.
Willem Blootvoet en Het Verbond
Willem Blootvoet en Het Verbond in de Noorderkerk, Amsterdam, 29 november 2012
Willem Bare Foot and the Alliance at the North Church
kleinkunstlied in moerstaal, cabaret songs in plain Dutch
Het Verbond - Anno van der Werf, gitaar & zang (guitar & vocals) en Rodolfo Ravissant, knoppen & toetsen (buttons & keys, aka keyboards & sound)
The church “Grote Kerk” in De Rijp (Netherlands) is known for its 17th-century stained-glass windows
The Grote Kerk is a Protestant church in De Rijp, Netherlands, located near the Town Hall. The church is known for its 17th-century stained-glass windows. The church was built in 1529 but burned in 1654 during the fire in January of that year. It was rebuilt in 1654-1655. The windows date from this period and were gifts to the community from various cities in North Holland that surround the town. The clock tower was added in 1661 and contains two bells by Antoni Wilkes made in 1663. A ship's model from 1696 hangs near the entrance. The pulpit with copper bible support and the baptismal gates and font all date from the 17th-century.
De Grote Kerk is een Nederlands Hervormde Kerk in het dorp De Rijp in de gemeente Graft-De Rijp in de provincie Noord-Holland. De laatgotische kerk werd gebouwd in de periode 1529 tot 1538. Het schip van de kerk was in 1529 gereed. Enkele jaren later werd de kerk uitgebreid met een dwarspand en een vijfzijdig gesloten koor. Bij de dorpsbrand van 1654 ging de kerk grotendeels in vlammen op. De kerk werd daarna herbouwd. Als laatste onderdeel werd in 1661 de westtoren gebouwd. In de toren bevinden zich twee luiklokken, die zijn gegoten door klokkengieter Antoni Wilkes. In de kerk bevinden zich gebrandschilderd ramen die door diverse steden werden geschonken na de brand en de herbouw van de kerk. Op één van de glazen - geschonken door Haarlem en gemaakt door Pieter Holsteyn - is de verovering van Damiate door de kruisridders afgebeeld. De preekstoel, gemaakt door Hendrick Bruno, dateert, evenals de dooptuin en de banken uit de tweede helft van de 17e eeuw. In de kerk bevinden zich ook een scheepsmodel uit 1696 en een Charitasbeeldje uit 1670. Het orgel is in 1854 gemaakt door de orgelbouwer C.G.F. Witte. Naast de kerk staat een beeld gemaakt door Elly Baltus van de 17de-eeuwse zeeman Jan Janszoon Weltevree (in Korea Pak Yon genoemd) uit De Rijp. Hij werd in Korea gevangen genomen en bracht het tot adviseur van de keizer. Een kopie van dit beeld staat in Seoel (Zuid-Korea).
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Hercules Seghers A Dutch Painter
Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers or Segers a Dutch painter
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Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers or Segers (1589 - 1638) was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age. He has been called the most inspired, experimental and original landscapist of his period and an even more innovative printmaker.
Works of Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers
Seghers, Woodland Path, c. 1618-20; canvas on panel
Seghers, Landscape with overhanging fir, c. 1615-30; etching on paper, hand-colored
Seghers, Landscape with overhanging fir, c. 1615-30; etching and color on linen
Seghers, View of Brussels from the North-East, c. 1625; oil on panel
Seghers, River Valley, c. 1626-30; oil on panel
Seghers, The two Trees, c. 1620-30; etching in brown ink
Seghers, View of the Noorderkerk (church in Amsterdam), c. 1622-30; etching on linen
Seghers, Landscape with City on a River, c. 1627-29; oil-painting on oak panel
Seghers, Ruins of a large church', c. 1629-38; print
Seghers & (thereafter) Rembrandt, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, c. 1653; etching, drypoint and burin
360 VR Tour | Amsterdam | Old Church | Oude Kerk | De Wallen | Outside | VR Walk | No comments tour
This awesome virtual reality 360 degree VR tour video (VR Walk), shot on a journey to Amsterdam city and its main attractions and sights like Old Church (Oude Kerk) in De Wallen. Video filmed on camera Samsung Gear 360 (which is similar in quality to the Nikon Keymission 360 camera). This tour can be viewed perfectly on any smartphone, iPhone or Samsung Galaxy.
Using different vr headsets, such as the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, Sony Playstation VR, Google Cardboard and Google Daydream View, feel the amazing experience and immerse yourself in VR adventure in your home!
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Shooting date: 10 February 2017
Jordaan INFO , all the information about the Amsterdam Jordaan South African History
Jordaan INFO , all the information about the Amsterdam Jordaan. South African History
When Amsterdam was expanded in the seventeenth century, the area known as Jordaan was added to house the city's growing poor, immigrant population. By all accounts, it wasn't a very pleasant place to live. Canals served as both transportation and sewers and there was no running water. Flemish, Spanish, Portuguese, Jews, and French Huguenots all called Jordaan home and the area was seriously overcrowded, with about 80,000 residents crammed into a relatively small area by the year 1900.Westerkerk, AmsterdamYet great names in the arts and literature chose Jordaan as their home, thanks to attractive low rents. People like Dutch writer Joost van den Vondel and famous artist Rembrandt settled here. As a matter of fact, Rembrandt is buried here in a pauper's grave at the local Westerkerk (West Church).In the 1970s, developers hoped to demolish a large portion of the Jordaan neighborhood but concerned citizens fought to maintain the historic area. Since that time, Jordaan has become one of Amsterdam's most desired districts, attracting aspiring artists, musicians, and writers. f you're heading to Amsterdam, a walking tour of Jordaan is a must-do. There's so much to see here that reflects the rich history of the area. A stroll through the narrow streets takes you past picturesque canals, art galleries, courtyards, historic homes boasting stone tablets that attest to the inhabitant's
Noordermarkt, Jordaan, Amsterdamoccupation, pubs, boutiques, and small markets.Visit the Noorderkerk (North Church), the main church in the area, built between 1620 and 1623 at the Noordermarkt, a typical village-square. The church is still an active Protestant congregation and local musicians present concerts there year-round.The so-called courtyards that are popular in Jordaan are actually inner yards containing little houses, built by wealthy residents for older widows as a sign of charity.
Bloemgracht, Jordaan, AmsterdamSome are open to the public while others are occupied by starving artists.You'll also find a few small museums in the Jordaan, including a Pianola Museum of mechanical pianos, a houseboat museum, a literary museum, and a quirky fluorescent museum called Electric Lady Land.
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Butoh 1/3, Noordermarkt, Amsterdam, 2008
Deel 1 van 3. Op 11 oktober 2008 was er een performance van een butoh gezelschap onder leiding van Nel. Dit gebeurde op de Noordermarkt in Amsterdam. Het gezelschap bestond uit Nel, Marja, Maud en Jean. De start van de performance was bij de ingang van de Noorderkerk, richting de markt.
2014 - Students Concert at the Orgelpark, Amsterdam. Interview with Jacques van Oortmerssen
Jacques van Oortmerssen, Professor of organ at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, talks about the concert his students will play Friday November 28th at the Orgelpark.
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Jacques van Oortmerssen (Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1950) studied at the Conservatory of Rotterdam, where he completed his soloist diplomas for both the organ, as a student of André Verwoerd, and for piano as a student of Elly Salomé. Thereafter he undertook postgraduate study with Marie-Claire Alain in Paris (France). He was awarded the Prix d’ Excellence in 1976.
In 1977 he won first prize in the National Improvisation Competition in Bolsward (NL) and was runner-up in the Tournemire Prize in St Albans (England). He has been professor of organ at the Conservatory of Amsterdam (NL) since 1979, where his organ class attracts students from many countries.
In 1982 he succeeded Gustav Leonhardt as Organiste Titulaire of the Waalse kerk in Amsterdam, where he plays the famous 1734 Christian Müller organ. Jacques van Oortmerssen enjoys an international reputation as both soloist and pedagogue, in which context he is regularly invited to teach at Universities and Conservatories throughout the world.
He has been leader of the Falun Organ Academy in Falun (Sweden) for many years since 1984, was Betts Fellow in Organ Studies at the University of Oxford (England) during the 1993-1994 academic year and Associate Professor at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (Finland) during the 1994-1995 academic year. He will receive an honorary doctorate at this academy in June 2012.
Jacques van Oortmerssen was a regular guest professor of organ at the Lyon Conservatory (France) between 1999 and 2004, and he has also been a guest professor at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester (England) and during many years at the Conservatory in Göteborg (Sweden). In addition he has been a member of the advisory board of the Göteborg Organ Art Centre (GOArt) at the University of Gothenburg.
As soloist Jacques van Oortmerssen regularly performs throughout Europe, North and South America, Africa, Japan, China and South Korea and is frequently invited at prestigious international festivals sucu as the BBC Proms in London (England), the Prague (Czech Republic) Spring Festival, the Bach Festival in Leipzig (Germany) and the City of London Festival. He is well known for his interpretations of early music and in particular of music of J.S. Bach.
Jacques van Oortmerssen is also active as a composer and conductor.
As a recording artist, van Oortmerssen has featured on more than 50 CD releases for prominent international labels, as well as broadcasting on both radio and television.
Among the recordings he made are the complete works of C.P.E. Bach and Johannes Brahms as well as a series of records of J.S. Bach’s organ music, already having released nine volumes.
Jacques van Oortmerssen has been actively involved with the art of organ building in the broadest sense since 1970. Through his international career he intensively used and examined many organs, both historical and new, all over the world. As an organ expert he guides both restorations of historical instruments and constructions of new instruments.
Jacques van Oortmerssen is one of the inspirators of the Göteborg Organ Art Centre (GOArt) at the University of Gothenburg. This centre is committed to improve the quality of the art of organ building, both in restoring historic instruments and building new instruments, having built up a huge international reputation in doing so. Therefore interdisciplinary research is being conducted here in which musical instrument builders, musicians, organologists, technologists and musicologists cooperate on an international level. Thus the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg carries out important research on different aspects of historical organ building in the field of metallurgy, thermo-dynamics and acoustics.
As a result of these efforts two large projects have been realized, of which the North German Organ Research Project particularly caused an international stir.
Jacques van Oortmerssen believes the current profile of ‘omniscient advisor’ to now be obsolete. The complexity of restoring organs and the diversity of the historic patrimony demand a different approach in which the organ advisor will increasingly develop into a leader of a team of specialists.
2009 - Building an Organ with Henk van Eeken in Japan for Meiji Gakuin University Preview
2009 - Building an Organ with Henk van Eeken in Japan for Meiji Gakuin University Preview
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Jacques van Oortmerssen (Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1950) studied at the Conservatory of Rotterdam, where he completed his soloist diplomas for both the organ, as a student of André Verwoerd, and for piano as a student of Elly Salomé. Thereafter he undertook postgraduate study with Marie-Claire Alain in Paris (France). He was awarded the Prix d’ Excellence in 1976.
In 1977 he won first prize in the National Improvisation Competition in Bolsward (NL) and was runner-up in the Tournemire Prize in St Albans (England). He has been professor of organ at the Conservatory of Amsterdam (NL) since 1979, where his organ class attracts students from many countries.
In 1982 he succeeded Gustav Leonhardt as Organiste Titulaire of the Waalse kerk in Amsterdam, where he plays the famous 1734 Christian Müller organ. Jacques van Oortmerssen enjoys an international reputation as both soloist and pedagogue, in which context he is regularly invited to teach at Universities and Conservatories throughout the world.
He has been leader of the Falun Organ Academy in Falun (Sweden) for many years since 1984, was Betts Fellow in Organ Studies at the University of Oxford (England) during the 1993-1994 academic year and Associate Professor at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (Finland) during the 1994-1995 academic year. He will receive an honorary doctorate at this academy in June 2012.
Jacques van Oortmerssen was a regular guest professor of organ at the Lyon Conservatory (France) between 1999 and 2004, and he has also been a guest professor at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester (England) and during many years at the Conservatory in Göteborg (Sweden). In addition he has been a member of the advisory board of the Göteborg Organ Art Centre (GOArt) at the University of Gothenburg.
As soloist Jacques van Oortmerssen regularly performs throughout Europe, North and South America, Africa, Japan, China and South Korea and is frequently invited at prestigious international festivals sucu as the BBC Proms in London (England), the Prague (Czech Republic) Spring Festival, the Bach Festival in Leipzig (Germany) and the City of London Festival. He is well known for his interpretations of early music and in particular of music of J.S. Bach.
Jacques van Oortmerssen is also active as a composer and conductor.
As a recording artist, van Oortmerssen has featured on more than 50 CD releases for prominent international labels, as well as broadcasting on both radio and television.
Among the recordings he made are the complete works of C.P.E. Bach and Johannes Brahms as well as a series of records of J.S. Bach’s organ music, already having released nine volumes.
Jacques van Oortmerssen has been actively involved with the art of organ building in the broadest sense since 1970. Through his international career he intensively used and examined many organs, both historical and new, all over the world. As an organ expert he guides both restorations of historical instruments and constructions of new instruments.
Jacques van Oortmerssen is one of the inspirators of the Göteborg Organ Art Centre (GOArt) at the University of Gothenburg. This centre is committed to improve the quality of the art of organ building, both in restoring historic instruments and building new instruments, having built up a huge international reputation in doing so. Therefore interdisciplinary research is being conducted here in which musical instrument builders, musicians, organologists, technologists and musicologists cooperate on an international level. Thus the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg carries out important research on different aspects of historical organ building in the field of metallurgy, thermo-dynamics and acoustics.
As a result of these efforts two large projects have been realized, of which the North German Organ Research Project particularly caused an international stir.
Jacques van Oortmerssen believes the current profile of ‘omniscient advisor’ to now be obsolete. The complexity of restoring organs and the diversity of the historic patrimony demand a different approach in which the organ advisor will increasingly develop into a leader of a team of specialists.
Verbouwing Noorderkerk stilgelegd
De verbouwing van het binnenterrein achter de Noorderkerk aan de Akkerstraat is per direct stilgelegd. De gemeente heeft de bouwvergunning ingetrokken.Dat bleek donderdagochtend voorafgaand aan een hoorzitting in de Groninger rechtbank. Er bleek een fout in de bouwplannen te zitten. De projectontwikkelaar moet nu een nieuw plan indienen en daarna moet de volledige procedure weer worden doorlopen.De projectontwikkelaar wil een kleine honderd studio's en appartementen voor jongeren realiseren in de voormalige kerk en de achterliggende gebouwen. De buurt is daar fel op tegen.
Grand Motet Improvisé by Michael Bennett Nieuwe Kerk Organ Amsterdam
Grande Motet Improvisée by Michael Bennett on the historic 1655 Van Hagerbeer organ in the Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam
This improvisation is of course modeled after the Grands Motets of Delalande but also with some Italian and Netherlandish harmonic influences, in particular the rhythmic modes of Henri Dumont.
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Michael Bennett, Organist and Composer, lives and breathes music that pushes the boundaries and searches for new, powerful, and bold expression. After studying with Peter Conte for 10 years, he currently studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the organ class of Matthias Havinga, and composition privately under the mentorship of Yann Robin. He has also studied with Johann Vexo and Jean-Baptiste Robin, and has worked privately in Improvisation with Phillipe Lefebvre. In the United States, he has performed many concerts at the historic Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, The Curtis Institute of Music, The Baryshnikov Center for the Performing Arts, The Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts, Carnegie Hall, and Longwood Gardens, where he performed the Reger Symphoniche Fantasie Op. 57 at the age of 14. Michael is known and infamous for his adventurous programming of extremely demanding repertoire, including the major works of Reger (in particular Op. 57 and the mammoth Introduction, Variations and Fuge Op 73), transcriptions of whole french baroque Ballets de Cour, playing the Trois chorales of Cesar Franck in their original disposition of being played as a whole, and his ongoing project of learning the complete organ works of both Charels-Valentin Alkan and Louis Couperin. Michael was a National YoungArts Finalist in Organ Performance and Composition, 2016, and received First Place in the Queens, NY AGO Organ Competition. As a composer, Michael is Hyper-Spectral, using the spectral language and pushing it further into psychoacoustic mystic domains, while also combining his passion with french baroque music via 64-limit extended just intonation in his works. He has written many works for ensemble, electronics, ensemble and electronics, large ensemble and electronics, orchestra, chamber, solo, choral, and organ that have been commissioned and played all over the world by ensembles such The Columbia New Music Ensemble, the New York Youth Symphony, and the Ensemble Multilaterale in Paris, Including the premiere of his “…Appollon le Forma…” by Quatour TANA and Nicolas Crosse (of the Ensemble InterContemporain) this summer at Universitie d’Altitude in France. Michael’s compositions have been performed at The Juilliard School, The Baryshnikov Center for the Performing Arts, and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute where Michael participated as their ASCAP Compositional Scholar after receiving the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award. In addition, Michael was awarded the “Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award,” and performed organ on NPR’s “From the Top.”
Contact: michaeljonbennett@gmail.com
2009 - Building an Organ with Henk van Eeken in Japan for Meiji Gakuin University Inauguration
2009 - Building an Organ with Henk van Eeken in Japan for Meiji Gakuin University Inauguration
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Jacques van Oortmerssen (Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1950) studied at the Conservatory of Rotterdam, where he completed his soloist diplomas for both the organ, as a student of André Verwoerd, and for piano as a student of Elly Salomé. Thereafter he undertook postgraduate study with Marie-Claire Alain in Paris (France). He was awarded the Prix d’ Excellence in 1976.
In 1977 he won first prize in the National Improvisation Competition in Bolsward (NL) and was runner-up in the Tournemire Prize in St Albans (England). He has been professor of organ at the Conservatory of Amsterdam (NL) since 1979, where his organ class attracts students from many countries.
In 1982 he succeeded Gustav Leonhardt as Organiste Titulaire of the Waalse kerk in Amsterdam, where he plays the famous 1734 Christian Müller organ. Jacques van Oortmerssen enjoys an international reputation as both soloist and pedagogue, in which context he is regularly invited to teach at Universities and Conservatories throughout the world.
He has been leader of the Falun Organ Academy in Falun (Sweden) for many years since 1984, was Betts Fellow in Organ Studies at the University of Oxford (England) during the 1993-1994 academic year and Associate Professor at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (Finland) during the 1994-1995 academic year. He will receive an honorary doctorate at this academy in June 2012.
Jacques van Oortmerssen was a regular guest professor of organ at the Lyon Conservatory (France) between 1999 and 2004, and he has also been a guest professor at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester (England) and during many years at the Conservatory in Göteborg (Sweden). In addition he has been a member of the advisory board of the Göteborg Organ Art Centre (GOArt) at the University of Gothenburg.
As soloist Jacques van Oortmerssen regularly performs throughout Europe, North and South America, Africa, Japan, China and South Korea and is frequently invited at prestigious international festivals sucu as the BBC Proms in London (England), the Prague (Czech Republic) Spring Festival, the Bach Festival in Leipzig (Germany) and the City of London Festival. He is well known for his interpretations of early music and in particular of music of J.S. Bach.
Jacques van Oortmerssen is also active as a composer and conductor.
As a recording artist, van Oortmerssen has featured on more than 50 CD releases for prominent international labels, as well as broadcasting on both radio and television.
Among the recordings he made are the complete works of C.P.E. Bach and Johannes Brahms as well as a series of records of J.S. Bach’s organ music, already having released nine volumes.
Jacques van Oortmerssen has been actively involved with the art of organ building in the broadest sense since 1970. Through his international career he intensively used and examined many organs, both historical and new, all over the world. As an organ expert he guides both restorations of historical instruments and constructions of new instruments.
Jacques van Oortmerssen is one of the inspirators of the Göteborg Organ Art Centre (GOArt) at the University of Gothenburg. This centre is committed to improve the quality of the art of organ building, both in restoring historic instruments and building new instruments, having built up a huge international reputation in doing so. Therefore interdisciplinary research is being conducted here in which musical instrument builders, musicians, organologists, technologists and musicologists cooperate on an international level. Thus the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg carries out important research on different aspects of historical organ building in the field of metallurgy, thermo-dynamics and acoustics.
As a result of these efforts two large projects have been realized, of which the North German Organ Research Project particularly caused an international stir.
Jacques van Oortmerssen believes the current profile of ‘omniscient advisor’ to now be obsolete. The complexity of restoring organs and the diversity of the historic patrimony demand a different approach in which the organ advisor will increasingly develop into a leader of a team of specialists.