Organ lunchbreakconcert with Jan Wisse

Jan Wisse received his first organ lessons from Arie Joosse. He then studied organ and piano with Leen de Broekert at the Zeeland Music School in Middelburg. From 1985 to 1992 he studied organ at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Johann Th. Lemckert, where he obtained the diplomas of Teaching and Performing Musician. At the Conservatoire Internationale de Musique in Paris, he studied with Marie-Louise Langlais from 1995. In 1998 he completed this study by obtaining a Premier Prix, the highest rating that can be obtained for this exam. This study was made possible by a grant from the Prince Bernhard Fund in Amsterdam. At the Haarlem Summer Academy he took master courses with Ewald Kooiman and Jean Boyer.In 1994 Jan Wisse became the winner of the N.C.R.V Van der Horst/De Klerk competition. In 1998 he won the second prize at the international organ competition Rijnstreek in Nijmegen. In 2000 he won the audience award at the same competition. Jan Wisse regularly gives organ concerts and participates in radio and CD recordings. At the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen he completed his carillon studies with distinction. He has an extensive teaching practice for organ and piano with students from all over Zeeland. He is also the conductor of several choirs. As an organist, Jan Wisse is associated with the Reformed Congregation in Aagtekerke.From 1996 to 2006 he was chairman of the Association of Organists of the Reformed Congregations (VOGG). As a music columnist he wrote for the Reformatorisch Dagblad.