Joris verdin cesar franck biography

Joris Verdin has a great preference for the revival of forgotten music from all style periods, in addition to creations of contemporary works. He is emeritus professor at the University of Leuven and was an organ teacher at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp for more than forty years.

Joris Verdin has an international reputation as a specialist of the nineteenth-century organ repertoire.

Joris verdin cesar franck biography

 For more than twenty years, Joris Verdin has been active in the field of expanding organ sounds via MIDI, the “Hyper Organ” or “Augmented Organ”. This sound world is anchored in the irreplaceable sound of analog electronics from the seventies.

Joris Verdin is also active as a composer and some of his works have been recorded, also by other performers.

His composition “Fantasia un poco como una batalla” was selected by Doblinger - Wien in the “Nuovi Fiori Musicali 2010”, a collection of new music with compositions from European countries, he also participates in the Orgelbüchle