Maarten Wilmink (NL)

About

Maarten Wilmink is a Dutch organist, born in 2001 and from Borne, who has built an international concert career at a remarkably young age. He was twelve when the organ grabbed him, and he began lessons two years later. He went on to study at the Rotterdam Conservatoire with Ben van Oosten and Zuzana Ferjenčíková, picked up improvisation with Hayo Boerema, finished the church music programme, and passed both his bachelor's and master's organ exams with a 10, summa cum laude. He has played in Germany, France, Austria, Italy and Lithuania, including Notre Dame in Paris, the Innsbruck cathedral and the cathedral of Udine. He now studies with Notre Dame organist Vincent Dubois in Saarbrücken for the Konzertexamen, and holds the post of titular organist at St. Bavo cathedral basilica in Haarlem. Besides solo recitals he plays with orchestras, choirs and ensembles, teaches organ, and posts his own recordings on YouTube. Bach's chorale preludes are a natural fit for him, and he has performed them alongside a vocal ensemble singing the original hymn tunes.