CV Arjan Breukhoven (English)
Arjan Breukhoven, born in Rotterdam, studied organ and church music at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. At the same time, he studied piano, singing, improvisation and choir direction. Annually Arjan Breukhoven gives a great number of concerts as an international concert organist both at home and Europe, USA, Russia and Australia. In 2020 he shall play several concerts during his seventh organ concert tour to Australia (in Perth, Albany and Melbourne), some tours to Germany and two concert tours to the USA in May and September!
The largest organ he ever played was the organ of the St. Patrick’s Basilica of Fremantle in Western Australia with 127 stops. In the most world famous church he ever played was the organ of the St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican. As an organist and as a pianist he had developed his own, wide-ranging style of improvisation.
Arjan Breukhoven was honorable awarded in Paris at 14th of June 2014. He received the ‘Médaille d'Argent’ (silver medal) by the ‘Société Académic d' encouragement et d' éducation Arts, Sciences et Lettres’ in Paris, on the occasion of his great merit of the French organ music. He performs the French organ music worldwide.
He is the titular organist of the old church (builded in 1732) of Berkel and Rodenrijs. He plays each year about 400 concerts and services. He has worked on numerous recordings for radio and TV and about 200 CD’s and DVD’s. He recorded his newest solo cd “Bach & Friends” in the Klosterkirche St. Antonius in Worbis (Thüringen – Germany) on one of the biggest barock organs of the middle part of Germany. Besides all this, he is also the director of three large and well-known Dutch Male choirs and the “Australian Christian Men’s Choir” in Perth (Australia). As a composer he is renowned for his many compositions for choir, organ and other instruments.
More information: www.arjanbreukhoven.nl
6 oktober 2023
Berkel en Rodenrijs
Last Night of the Proms door Arjan Breukhoven, orgel
