Rik Melissant (1999) studied organ at Codarts Rotterdam under Zuzana Ferjenčíková, Ben van Oosten, and Bas de Vroome. He also studied improvisation with Hayo Boerema and Geerten Liefting and majored in church music. He completed both his Bachelor of Music and his Master of Music degrees summa cum laude, with his bachelor’s and master’s recital concerts held at the Laurenskerk in Rotterdam and the St. Bavo Cathedral Basilica in Haarlem.

Rik Melissant has won prizes at various national and international organ competitions. Among other achievements, he won the International Ambitus Organ Competition in 2017 and 2019 and was awarded first prize at the International César Franck Competition (2022) at St Bavo’s Cathedral Basilica in Haarlem (NL).