International Carillon Competition in Brielle, the Netherlands
The International Carillon Competition in Brielle, the Netherlands, took place September 21 on the Hemony carillon of the Sint-Catherijnekerk. Candidates could compete in the improvisation competition, the interpretation competition, or both. The jury consisted of Gijsbert Kok, Jasper Stam, and Anne Maartje Lemereis.
For the improvisation competition, candidates improvised on a folk song and on a free theme. Dennis Vallenduuk, a 2023 graduate of the carillon school in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, won this competition.
The winner of the interpretation competition was Claire Janezic, a recent graduate from the studio of Koen van Assche at the Royal Carillon School Jef Denyn, Mechelen, Belgium, and also a laureate of the Queen Fabiola Competition. She performed Geert D’hollander’s Ciacona and Albert de Klerk’s Sweelinck Fantasy.
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