Christine Kamp
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Biography

She studied organ and piano at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, as well as organ, church music, chamber music and lied accompaniment at the Utrecht conservatory. Her organ teachers included Ewald Kooiman
Ewald Kooiman
Ewald Kooiman was a Dutch organist. He studied organ in Amsterdam with Piet Kee and with Jean Langlais in Paris. In addition, he was professor of Romance languages.-Recordings:...

, Jacques van Oortmerssen and Jan Raas, Ronald Brautigam
Ronald Brautigam
Ronald Brautigam is currently one of The Netherlands' most widely respected pianists.Born in Amsterdam, Brautigam studied with Jan Wijn and left to study in London and in the United States...

 and Thom Bollen were among her piano teachers. She attended courses with Gyorgy Sebok
Gyorgy Sebok
György Sebők was an internationally renowned pianist and Distinguished Professor at the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington USA....

 and Marie-Louise Jaquet-Langlais.
Christine Kamp has performed in Holland (e.g. Concertgebouw
Concertgebouw
The Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" literally translates into English as "concert building"...

 Amsterdam and Sint-Bavokerk
Sint-Bavokerk
The Grote Kerk or St.-Bavokerk is a Protestant church and former Catholic cathedral located on the central market square in the Dutch city of Haarlem...

 Haarlem) and abroad (St. Clotilde, Paris), and has done recordings for radio, TV and CD. She gave the Dutch premiere (and first performance since 1928) of the Pièce Symphonique by Louis Vierne
Louis Vierne
Louis Victor Jules Vierne was a French organist and composer.-Life:Louis Vierne was born in Poitiers, Vienne, nearly blind due to congenital cataracts, but at an early age was discovered to have an unusual gift for music. Louis Victor Jules Vierne (8 October 1870 – 2 June 1937) was a French...

 with the Holland Symfonia Orchestra conducted by Ermanno Florio in 2006.
She has been organist of the Grote Kerk at Weesp
Weesp
Weesp is a town and a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It has a population of 17,533 .Weesp lies next to the rivers de Vecht and Smal Weesp and also next to the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. It is in an area called the "Vechtstreek"...

 since 1996.

Discography

  • Louis Vierne
    Louis Vierne
    Louis Victor Jules Vierne was a French organist and composer.-Life:Louis Vierne was born in Poitiers, Vienne, nearly blind due to congenital cataracts, but at an early age was discovered to have an unusual gift for music. Louis Victor Jules Vierne (8 October 1870 – 2 June 1937) was a French...

    Complete organ works (2CD) Vol.1, 2, 3, 4 (5 not yet released): including complete choral works, transcriptions, organ with chant, brass & orchestra
  • Christine Kamp Sauer organ Hermannstadt/Sibiu Romania Vol.1, 2

Awards

In 2002 Christine Kamp was decorated with the Silver Medal of the Société Académique 'Arts Sciences Lettres' in Paris and in 2008 with the Weesper Cultuurprijs.

External links

Christine Kamp http://www.xs4all.nl/~twomusic
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