{"id":164,"date":"2020-09-10T06:42:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T06:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T09:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:22:41","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"164\" class=\"elementor elementor-164\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9417eee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9417eee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-069b97b\" data-id=\"069b97b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de9f769 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de9f769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06a2d02 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"06a2d02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f75d974 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f75d974\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2af07be\" data-id=\"2af07be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4eb5d60 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4eb5d60\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dcbe18\" data-id=\"5dcbe18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc2bfa1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc2bfa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Rik<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d68d270 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d68d270\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Rik Melissant (1999)<\/strong> ontving zijn eerste orgellessen van Paul Kieviet te Middelharnis.<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Hij studeerde orgel aan Codarts Rotterdam bij Zuzana Ferjen\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1, Ben van Oosten en Bas de Vroome. Daarnaast volgde hij improvisatielessen bij Hayo Boerema en Geerten Liefting en studeerde hij kerkmuziek. Zowel zijn Bachelor of Music als zijn Master of Music rondde hij <em>summa cum laude<\/em> af, met bachelor- en masterexamenconcerten in de Laurenskerk te Rotterdam en de Kathedrale Basiliek Sint Bavo te Haarlem.<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Rik Melissant is prijswinnaar van diverse nationale en internationale orgelconcoursen. Hij won onder andere het Internationale Ambitus Orgelconcours in 2017 en 2019 en behaalde de eerste prijs tijdens het Internationale C\u00e9sar Franck Concours (2022) in de Kathedrale Basiliek Sint Bavo in Haarlem.<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Hij volgde masterclasses bij onder anderen Olivier Latry, Nathan Laube, Michel Bouvard en Matteo Imbruno. Daarnaast ontving hij priv\u00e9lessen van Adriaan Hoek, Thomas Ospital en Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Blanc, bij wie hij zich verdiepte in het oeuvre van Maurice Durufl\u00e9.<\/p><p>Naast zijn concertactiviteiten is hij actief als dirigent en docent orgel en piano.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c80b35\" data-id=\"0c80b35\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a834bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a834bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rik-29-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3375\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rik-29-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rik-29-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rik-29-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rik-29-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rik-29-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rik-29-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rik-29-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biografie Over Rik Rik Melissant (1999) ontving zijn eerste orgellessen van Paul Kieviet te Middelharnis. Hij studeerde orgel aan Codarts Rotterdam bij Zuzana Ferjen\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1, Ben van Oosten en Bas de Vroome. Daarnaast volgde hij improvisatielessen bij Hayo Boerema en Geerten Liefting en studeerde hij kerkmuziek. 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