30.08 – Saturday – 12:05 pm

/ the tower of the Main Town Hall /

(Not so) long ago

Dennis Vallenduuk
(the Netherlands)

Mathias vanden Gheyn (1721-1785)
V Preludium

Improwizacja

Giovanni Zamboni Romano (1664?-1721)
Sonate IX:
– Preludio
– Alemanda
– Giga
– Sarabanda
– Gavot

Improwizacja

Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart (1756-1791)
Sonatina VI (wiedeńska):
– Allegro
– Menuetto
– Adagio
– Finale

DENNIS VALLENDUUK   

studied organ at the conservatory of Saxion University of Applied Sciences in Enschede under Gijs van Schoonhoven, obtaining both the First and Second Phase diplomas in organ performance (formerly DM and UM). In 2007, he won the National Improvisation Competition at the Orgelpark in Amsterdam, and in 2008 he participated in the International Improvisation Competition in Haarlem. Since 2014, he has been the cantor/organist at the Plechelmus Basilica in Oldenzaal, where he plays the 1889 Witte organ. He also accompanies the Oldenzaal Boys’ Choir and conducts the men’s vocal ensemble Esquire. In 2023, he completed the master’s degree in carillon at the Netherlands Carillon School/HKU under Christiaan Winter, Frans Haagen, and Tommy van Doorn. In 2024, he won the carillon improvisation competition in Brielle. As of 2025, he will serve as the city carillonneur of Hengelo.