Minne Veldman
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Minne Veldman (1980) received his musical education at the conservatory in Zwolle. With about 50 organ concerts a year throughout the Netherlands, he is a much sought-after concert organist. His organ playing has been released on 10 solo CDs, recorded on organs in Harlingen, Bolsward, Kampen, Hasselt, Amersfoort, The Hague, Vollenhove, Utrecht and Haarlem. In addition, CDs with harmony vocals were released under the direction of Minne Veldman from Kampen and Hasselt. There are hundreds of videos of his organ playing on the internet. He also performed as an organist and conductor in the TV program Nederland Zingt of the Evangelical Broadcasting Corporation.
He has been active as a church organist since 1994, first in the Reformed Church (liberated) in Hasselt and since 1998 in the Rehoboth Church in Urk. He also teaches organ and conducts two men's choirs, two mixed choirs and a children's choir. He writes a lot of organ music and choral music. His organ works include a series of 'Chorale arrangements' (24 volumes) and a series of 'Simple Psalm arrangements' (3 volumes).
To spread his enthusiasm for the organ and organ music and to share it with young and old, Minne Veldman organizes various events. For example, he is the driving force behind the Organ Festival (www.orgelfeest.nl), the YouTube Organ Day (www.youtube-orgeldag.nl), Organ Summer Urk (series of Wednesday afternoon concerts in the Bethel Church) and the Summer Series Organ Concerts Vollenhove.
In 2019, Minne Veldman celebrates his 25th anniversary as an organist with an anniversary tour of the most beautiful and largest Dutch organs (including the Martinikerk in Groningen and the Grote of Sint Laurenskerk in Rotterdam), an organ tour through South Africa (from 25 April to 7 May) and an organ trip to Paris on 14 and 15 June. The official jubilee concert took place on Saturday 19 October 2019 in the Bovenkerk in Kampen. The website www.orgelconcertenminneveldman.nl is completely set up for the 8-part anniversary tour through the Netherlands.
