Gijsbert Kok, born in 1963
in Waarder, the Netherlands, obtained diplomas in organ
performance in 1986, in choral conducting in 1988, and in church
music in 1989 from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and a
diploma from the Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort in 1995. In
2006 he was awarded a Masters in Organ Improvisation from the
Tilburg Conservatory, in 2009 a Bachelors and in 2010 a Masters
in Music Theory from the Rotterdam Conservatory. He is organist
at the Dome Church in De Lier, the Salvatore Church in
Bodegraven, and the American Protestant Church in the Hague,and city carillonneur of Bergen, The
Hague, Voorschoten, and Zoetermeer. In 1993 he won first prize
at the carillon competition in Tilburg, in 1997 the second prize
at the carillon competition in Groningen, and in 2002 the
improvisation prize at the carillon competition in Enkhuizen,
the Netherlands. He has performed at festivals and congresses in
Belgium, Denmark, and Portugal and gives guest concerts
throughout Europa and theUSA. From
2010 to 2018 he taught carillon at the Dutch Carillon School in
Amersfoort and he sill teaches at the Rotterdam Conservatory and
the Schumann Academy in Utrecht.
