Organ music by Jean-Pierre Steijvers (Roermond)

Performer

Jean-Pierre Steijvers, organist (Roermond Cathedral)

Program

J.S. Bach (1685-1750) – Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
Ch.G. Höpner (1799-1859) – Wer nur den lieben Gott Op. 2/4
J. Bonefaas (1926-2004) – Passacaglia
P. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) – Symphony No. 5, Op. 64: Andante cantabile
M. Tariverdiev (1931-1996) – Seventeen Moments of Spring
L.J.A. Lefébure-Wély (1817-1869) – Marche Funèbre, Op. 122
M. Lanquetuit (1894-1985) – Toccata in D major (own transcriptions)

About the performer

Jean-Pierre Steijvers majored in organ, piano, and church music at the Maastricht Conservatory and the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. He was a prize-winner at organ competitions in Dublin, Lucerne, Chartres, and Kaliningrad, and won the ‘Moscow Philharmonic Society Special Award’.

Since May 2004, he has served as *Organiste-Titulaire* (titular organist) of St. Christopher’s Cathedral in Roermond and of the Louvigny/Robustelly/Verschueren organ in the Carolus Chapel of the former Major Seminary of the Diocese of Roermond. In addition, he teaches organ, piano, and music theory at the ECI Cultuurfabriek in Roermond.

He performs frequently across Europe, Japan, and the USA, as well as in major concert halls throughout Russia. He has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Ed Spanjaard, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Edo de Waart, Paul Goodwin, Rizzi Brignoli, and Kynan Johns. He also serves as an artistic advisor to the Stichting Orgelkring Roermond (Roermond Organ Circle Foundation), a role he has held since 2017. In Russia, he teaches at the Moscow Gnessin Summer School and has won the "Organist of the Year Award."

He is also the conductor of the Sint Martinus Choir and the Weert Male Choir.