Carillon concert: Auke De Boer - from Fries Volkslied to Vlaamse Schlagers

Carillon concerts: Auke de Boer (NL) Theme: A rainbow from the Frisian national anthem to Flemish hits Auke de Boer (Drachten, 1954) is a versatile musician: carillonneur, organist, conductor, and teacher. He studied organ with Jan Jongepier and continued his musical education at the Nederlandse Beiaardschool in Amersfoort with Bernard Winsemius. He worked for years as a music teacher at the C.S.G. Liudger in Drachten and at music school De Wâldsang in Buitenpost. Nowadays he is the city carillonneur of Dokkum and organist of the Grote- or Martinuskerk there. In addition, he provides church music courses for the Protestantse Kerk in Friesland. Upon his retirement as carillonneur of the Martinitoren and the Academietoren in Groningen, he was honored with the Medal of Honor of the city of Groningen and that of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. De Boer has also given concerts on an international level in, among others, the US, Canada, Japan (Huis ten Bosch), Nagasaki, and Lithuania. His arrangements for automatic carillons in Japan are still in use. Recordings of his playing can be heard on, among others, the CDs Hora Finita, Fryslân’s Sjongende Tuorren and d’Olle Grieze. Interested in a tour: https://www.hetgasthuis.be/voorstelling/4839/fries-volkslied-tot-vlaamse-schlagers