Leo van Doeselaar
Leo van Doeselaar opiskeli urkujensoittoa Albert de Klerkin ja pianonsoittoa Jan Wijnin johdolla Amsterdamin konservatoriossa ja suoritti diplomin molemmilla soittimilla -saaden urkudiplomistaan erikoispalkinnon. Hän perehtyi pian tämän jälkeen historiallisiin esityskäytäntöihin ja opiskeli ranskalaista urkumusiikkia sekä fortepianonsoittoa.
Amsterdam Piano Duo, josta on oma esittely Encanton sivulla, on ollut menestystarina levytysten ja konserttiesiintymisten osalta.
Netherlands Bach Societyn urkurina Van Doeselaar on aktiivisesti mukana video- ja audioprojektissa "All of Bach". Amsterdamin Royal Concertgebouwn urkurina hän on esiintynyt lukuisten nimekkäiden orkesterien ja yhtyeiden kanssa. Lukuisten levytysprojektien joukossa on erikoispalkinnon saaneita äänitteitä.
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Leo van Doeselaar studied organ with Albert de Klerk and piano with Jan Wijn at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Besides his soloist’s diploma in both instruments he gained the Prix d'Excellence for organ. Thereafter he explored historical performance practice, studied French organ music with André Isoir and took fortepiano lessons with Malcolm Bilson and Jos van Immerseel.
Recordings on a number of labels by Leo van Doeselaar with Wyneke Jordans feature duet repertoire by composers including Schubert, Beethoven, Dvořák, Ravel, Stravinsky and Satie. Among his many organ CDs are recordings on historical organs of music by J.S. Bach. W.F. Bach, Handel, Van Noordt, Krebs, Mendelssohn, Franck, Liszt and Reger.
As organist of the Baroque orchestra of the Netherlands Bach Society, Van Doeselaar is intensively involved in the prestigious video and audio project All of Bach. As titular organist of the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam he frequently appears with renowned orchestras, ensembles and soloists. He performed world premieres with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of works for organ and orchestra by Tristan Keuris, Sofia Gubaidulina and Wolfgang Rihm and worked as an organ soloist together with conductors such as Chailly, Janssons, Zinman, Dutoit, Flor, Bour, Krevine, Luisi and Metzmacher.
The recording of the complete keyboard works of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, in which Van Doeselaar collaborated as organist of the Van Hagerbeer organ in the Pieterskerk in Leiden, was awarded an Edison and the Prize of the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik. His CD with organ works by Heinrich Scheidemann (MDG) on the same instrument gained both the Prize of the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik and the ECHO Klassik Preis. In the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam he was awarded the Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Prize in 2007 for his services to organ culture. Together with Erwin Wiersinga, Leo van Doeselaar was appointed titular organist of the Martinikerk in Groningen in 2014.
