Jan Verschuren
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Jan Verschuren studied to become an engineer at the Eindhoven University of TechnologyEindhoven University of Technology
The ' is a university of technology located in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The motto of the university is: Mens agitat molem . The university was the second of its kind in the Netherlands, only Delft University of Technology existed previously. Until mid-1980 it was known as the...
and at the same time he practiced the organ with Hub. Houët in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He continued practicing the organ under the instruction of Reitze Smits at the Lemmensinstituut
Lemmensinstituut
The Lemmensinstituut is a Belgian conservatory in Leuven named after Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens. It was founded in 1879 and has a reputation for offering one of Europe's finest Music Therapy degree programs...
in Leuven
Leuven
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, Belgium
Belgium
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and completed it with a Premier Prix/first price. Further more Verschuren continued under the instruction of Reitze Smits for the degree of Master of Music at the Conservatoire of Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Additionally he took advanced interpretation courses with Jan-Willem Jansen at the Conservatoire of Toulouse and with Michel Bouvard at the Conservatoire of Paris.
Jan Verschuren was appointed organist in Mill
Mill, Netherlands
Mill is a village in the Dutch municipality Mill en Sint Hubert, in the province of North Brabant. Mill is known from the Battle of Mill, a two day fight during the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940....
and Boxmeer
Boxmeer
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, the Netherlands.
In 1998 he has been appointed as university organist of the University Leiden, the Netherlands.
In 2001 Jan Verschuren succeeded Folkert Grondsma as titular-organist of the Hartebrug Church in Leiden.
Moreover in 2006 Jan Verschuren has been appointed as university-organist of the Eindhoven University of Technology in Eindhoven.
Organ-recitals took him to many organs in the Netherlands
Netherlands
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, Austria
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, Belgium
Belgium
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, Germany
Germany
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, France
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, Hungary
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, Italy
Italy
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, the Czech Republic and Poland
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.
Moreover, Jan Verschuren has made CD-recordings and performed on the Dutch radio.
At the end of 2002 as university-organist Jan erschuren was invited to perform the world première of "Le loup en pierre" by Clarenz Barlow an organ piece for two organs in the Peter-Church
Pieterskerk, Leiden
The Pieterskerk is a late-Gothic church in Leiden dedicated to Saint Peter. It is best known today as the church of the Pilgrim Fathers where John Robinson was buried.-History:...
in Leiden.