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Gijsbert Kok, born in 1963 in Waarder, the Netherlands, obtained diplomas in organ performance in 1986, in choral conducting in 1988, and in church music in 1989 from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and a diploma from the Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort in 1995. In 2006 he was awarded a Masters in Organ Improvisation from the Tilburg Conservatory, in 2009 a Bachelors and in 2010 a Masters in Music Theory from the Rotterdam Conservatory. He is organist at the Abbey Church in The Hague and city carillonneur of The Hague, Scheveningen and Voorschoten. In 1993 he won first prize at the carillon competition in Tilburg, in 1997 the second prize at the carillon competition in Groningen, and in 2002 the improvisation prize at the carillon competition in Enkhuizen, the Netherlands. He has performed at festivals and congresses in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany and Portugal and gives guest concerts throughout Europa and the USA. From 2010 to 2018 he taught carillon at the Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort and he still teaches at the Rotterdam Conservatory. He has published several volumes of music arranged for the carillon.

Gijsbert Kok St. Jacobstoren, The Hague

Concert on Sunday, August 31 at 4 p.m.

Download program here

Click here to listen to a concert of music from the country of Georgia played by Gijsbert Kok on the carillon of the Saint Jacobstoren in The Hague on May 24, 2024.