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Iddo van der Giessen plays the Duyschot/Vater organ (41 IIIP) in the Westerkerk in Amsterdam. Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639, the only trio in the Orgelbüchlein by Johann Sebastian Bach. Added to the recital program because of the passing away of Mayor of Amsterdam Eberhard van der Laan. Live recording organ recital 13 October 2017. Iddo van der Giessen (1995) has been playing the organ since the age of six when he was taught by his father Jaap van der Giessen and by Ronald de Jong, organist at the Oude Kerk in Zoetermeer. Since 2013 he has been studying organ at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Jos van der Kooy, organist at the Westerkerk in Amsterdam and city-organist in Haarlem Besides, Iddo studies Church Music at the Codarts Conservatory in Rotterdam. He attended masterclasses with among others Ludger Lohmann and Leo van Doeselaar. In 2016 he graduated cum laude from the Leiden University College in The Hague. Here he studied Liberal Arts & Sciences
