VIII International M. K. Čiurlionis Organ Competition

VIII International M. K. Čiurlionis Organ Competition

Bart Verheyen, Belgium

Participant data

Name of the educational insititution Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen, Antwerpen
Accompanist Yes

Bart Verheyen (g. 1986) graduated as a pianist at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where he worked as assistant-professor lied and at the Conservatory of Lucerne, where he worked as assistant-professor piano. At an early age, he won numerous organ competitions, including a scholarship from the Flemish Government (YoTaM) and first prize at the national competition Axion Classics. He is finishing his Master’s diploma for organ under Joris Verdin at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, where he works as a professor and accompanist. He has played with ensembles such as Collegium Novum Zürich, Odysseia and Oxalys, forms a lied duo with Katrien Baerts and collaborated with conductors such as Emilio Pomarico, David Robertson, Peter Rundel, Jonathan Stockhammer, Jeffrey Tate and Ronald Zollman. Bart has played concerts for Bozar, de Bijloke, Festival van Vlaanderen, Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, Lucerne Festival, Salzburg Biënnale, Tonhalle Zürich and VPRO.

I ROUND

  1. Nicolaus Bruhns | Grande Prelude · E minor
  2. Johann Sebastian Bach | Chorale Prelude "Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr" · BWV 676
  3. Faustas Latėnas | "Toccata"

II ROUND

  1. Johann Sebastian Bach | Passacaglia and Fugue · C minor · BWV 582
  2. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Fugue · C sharp minor · VL 86
  3. Olivier Messiaen | "L'Ascension" ("The Ascension")
    • "Transports de joie d'une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne" ("Outbursts of joy of a soul before the glory of Christ, which is its own glory")

III ROUND

  1. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Fugue · B flat minor · VL 345
  2. Franz Liszt | Prelude and Fugue on the Theme BACH · S. 260
  3. Anton Heiller | "Tanz—Toccata" · 1970
  4. Jehan Alain | "Trois Danses": "Luttes" · JA120
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach | Chorale Prelude "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross" · E flat major · BWV 622
  6. Jehan Alain | "Litanies" · JA119

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