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Petra Veenswijk, biography english
Maria van Jessekerk te Delft, fotos Philip van den Berg, Gérard van Betlehem en A.Alblas
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Petra Veenswijk became a certificated teacher of organ in 1985 and a harpsichord teacher in 1990; she was qualified as an executing organ musician in 1989.
She was pupil of André Verwoerd, Bernard Winsemius and David Collyer at the Rotterdam Academy of Music.
In 1985 she won the National Organ Competition in Leyden in the category of twentieth century music.
In 1990 she gained the third prize and the prize of the audience during the International Organ Competition of the Rhine Country in Nimeguen. With a scholarship from the Department of Education, Science and Culture she for one year attended interpretation lessons by Daniël Roth in Paris.
She continued her studies in Paris at the "Conservatoire National de Région de Paris" with Marie-Louise Jaquet- Langlais and Jean Langlais, which resulted in her gaining the "Prix d'Excellence".
She belongs to the last group of students of Jean Langlais.
In 1989- 1991 she took several classes in interpretation at the "Schola Cantorum", also in Paris, with amongst others Marie-Claire Alain, André Fleury and Gaston Litaize.
As an international concertorganist she gives a great number of recitals on organ both at home and abroad, i.a. in France (Paris-St. Sulpice, Bordeaux, Dol- de- Bretagne, Tours), Germany (Freiberg, Altenberg, Staden), Czechia (Prague), Belgium and Norway.
She regularly gives organ-recitals for radio. For instance she finished aJean Langlais- project for the Dutch Classical radio (E.O.- radio) in december 2001. Because of that there were broadcasted three radio programs with works of Jean Langlais. These organ- recitals were recorded at the Cathedrale Saint Samson, Dol- de- Bretagne, France. Later Madame Marie- Louise Langlais wrote about these recordings;"It is a beautiful recording, beautiful sound, very well played, with all the Langlais feeling, which is rather rare with the other CD's of Langlais music. Bravo. You should be proud and Happy !"
As conductor and organist Petra Veenswijk has been associated with the Maria van Jesse-church in Delft since 1987. Here she plays the monumental Maarschalkerweerd organ which dates from 1893.
As harpsichordist she for a number of years formed part of the well-known Icarus Ensemble, which gave concerts besides within The Netherlands i.a. in Germany and Japan.
In 1996 she was decorated with the Silver Medal of the Société Academique "Arts, Sciences et Lettres" in Paris.