Ewald Kooiman

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Ewald Kooiman

Ewald Kooiman (born June 14, 1938 in Wormer ( Netherlands ), † January 25, 2009 in Hurghada ( Egypt )) was a Dutch organist .

Life

Ewald Kooiman studied organ in Amsterdam with Piet Kee and in Paris with Jean Langlais . He was also a qualified Romanist. He recorded the entire organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach twice on historical organs on CD and record. Kooiman began a third complete recording in April 2008 on Alsatian Silbermann organs, but less than half of which had been recorded at the time of his death. At the Free University of Amsterdam he taught as a professor for organ art and at the International Summer Academy in Haarlem he taught the interpretation of Bach's organ works.

Kooiman has taught as a visiting professor at universities in several European countries, in South Africa and Korea. He has published more than 50 volumes of organ music from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries in the well-known Incognito Organo and Repro Organo series. Kooiman became known worldwide through his intensive preoccupation with early music, especially with the interpretation of Bach's organ works. In numerous specialist publications he has dealt with authentic Bach interpretations and source research on organ music.

Ewald Kooiman died on January 25th, 2009 while on vacation in Egypt.

Awards

Fonts

  • 18 contex français tirés du recuil intitulé “Le tombel de Chartrose”, édités avec variantes et precédés d'une introduction. Dissertation. Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 1975.
  • with Hermann J. Busch, Gerhard Weinberger (Ed.): On the interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach's organ works. 114. Publication of the Society of Organ Friends. Merseburger, Kassel 1995.

Selected discography

  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Works.
    • Recorded in Arlesheim (Dom), Amsterdam (Nieuwe Kerk, Oude Kerk), Groningen (Martinikerk), Kampen (Bovenkerk), Leiden (Hooglandse Kerk), Leeuwarden (Jakobinerkirche), Liebenburg (Palace Chapel), Maassluis (Grote Kerk), S ' Hertogenbusch (Sint Janskathedraal), Steinfeld (monastery church), Strasbourg (St. Thomas) and Vollenhove (St. Nicolaaskerk). Hoofddorp: KMK Records, 1979–1985. 26 LPs.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Works.
    • Recorded in Haarlem (Bavokerk), Meppel (Mariakerk), Nijkerk (Grote Kerk), Kampen (Broederkerk), Weissenau, Weingarten, Neresheim and Alkmaar (Laurenskerk). Solingen and Ratingen: Coronata, 1990–1997. 14 CDs.

literature

  • Hans Fidom (Ed.): Pro Organo Pleno. Essays in honor of Ewald Kooiman for his 70th birthday. Boeijenga, Veenhuizen 2008.

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ nmz.de: Artists and Scientists - The organist Ewald Kooiman has died , accessed on November 16, 2014.

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personal data
SURNAME Kooiman, Ewald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch concert organist, university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Wormer , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 2009
Place of death Hurghada ( Egypt )