Death of leading Dutch organist, 84

Death of leading Dutch organist, 84

RIP

norman lebrecht

March 07, 2022

The death has been announced of Jan Welmers, an eminent organist and composer who wrote in a determinedly minimalist style.

Organist at the Sint-Stevenskerk in Nijmegen and professor of organ at Utrecht, he went to study with Ton de Leeuw, the leading Dutch minimalist and absorbed his particular style.

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