Coffee organ concert Maurits Bunt

On Thursday afternoon, May 14 (Ascension Day), Maurits Bunt from Apeldoorn will provide the annual coffee organ concert in Raerd's Laurentius Church.

The program entitled "A Lutheran Mass on Ascension" includes works by Samuel Scheidt, Heinrich Scheidemann and Johan Sebastian Bach, among others. Coffee and tea afterwards are included in the price of admission.

Maurits Bunt (*1997) is an organist, harpsichordist, church musician and carillonneur. He studied organ with Sietze de Vries (privately), Bas de Vroome and Aart Bergwerff, improvisation with Hayo Boerema and church music with Hanna Rijken and Arie Hoek at Codarts Conservatory in Rotterdam. He completed the master studies in organ with Ton Koopman (early music literature) and Hayo Boerema (improvisation), and carillon with Frans Haagen and Christiaan Winter, both cum laude.
Maurits attended master classes with Wolfgang Zerer, Ton Koopman, Daan Manneke, Peter Holder, Matteo Imbruno and Jean-Baptiste Monnot, among others. He is currently studying harpsichord with Ton Koopman and Tini Mathot. In 2014, he won first prize as harpsichordist at the Bach Festival Lelystad competition.

Maurits works as titular organist of the Bergkerk in Deventer and as church musician of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Apeldoorn. He is city carillonneur of Groningen, where he plays the Hemony carillon of the Martinitoren, and carillonneur of Epe.
As organ and harpsichord teacher he is associated with the music schools in Barneveld and Rijssen. In addition, he has a private teaching practice in Deventer. Finally, in addition to playing concerts, he is active as a continuo player and is associated with the Geistliches Consort, which focuses on the performance of early music.