{"id":164,"date":"2020-09-10T06:42:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T06:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2024-12-27T18:16:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T18:16:59","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/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>Rik Melissant (1999) is een Nederlandse organist, dirigent en docent. Zijn muzikale reis begon op twaalfjarige leeftijd, toen hij orgellessen volgde bij Paul Kieviet in Middelharnis. Hij vervolgde zijn studie aan het Rotterdams Conservatorium (Codarts), waar hij sinds september 2018 orgel als hoofdvak en piano als bijvak studeert. Tijdens zijn studie kreeg hij les van vooraanstaande docenten zoals Ben van Oosten, Bas de Vroome, Aart Bergwerff, Zuzana Ferjen\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1 en Christian Schmitt. Daarnaast voltooide hij zijn pianostudie onder leiding van Martin Lekkerkerk en Sara Guti\u00e9rrez Redondo met een 9.<\/p><p>Sinds september 2020 heeft Rik zijn kennis verder verbreed met een specialisatie in kerkmuziek, waaronder hymnologie en cantoraat bij Arie Hoek, liturgiek bij Hanna Rijken, en kerkelijk orgelspel bij Hayo Boerema. Ook volgde hij verdiepende minoren in koordirectie bij Wiecher Mandemaker, orkestdirectie bij Joost Geevers en klavecimbel bij Bas de Vroome. In 2023 sloot hij zijn orgelstudie af met het predicaat summa cum laude (9,5) na zijn eindexamen in de Laurenskerk te Rotterdam.<\/p><p>Rik heeft zich verder ontwikkeld door deel te nemen aan masterclasses van gerenommeerde organisten, zoals Reitze Smits, Matteo Imbruno, Arjen Leistra, Michel Bouvard en Olivier Latry. Bovendien heeft hij priv\u00e9lessen gevolgd bij Adriaan Hoek, Gerben Budding, Thomas Ospital en Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Blanc. Hij is winnaar van meerdere internationale concoursen, waaronder het Internationale Ambitus Orgelconcours (2017 en 2019) en de 1e prijs op het prestigieuze Internationale C\u00e9sar Franck Concours in 2022 in de Kathedrale Basiliek St. Bavo te Haarlem.<\/p><p>Momenteel volgt Rik de masteropleiding orgel aan het Rotterdams Conservatorium, waar hij studeert bij Zuzana Ferjen\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1 en Hayo Boerema. Naast zijn concertactiviteiten is hij actief als dirigent van twee koren en geeft hij sinds september\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">2024 orgel- en pianolessen aan Muziekschool Van Oranje in Wijk en Aalburg en het Muziekgebouw Goeree-<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Overflakkee. Tevens biedt hij priv\u00e9lessen aan voor zowel orgel- als pianoleerlingen.<\/span><\/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) is een Nederlandse organist, dirigent en docent. Zijn muzikale reis begon op twaalfjarige leeftijd, toen hij orgellessen volgde bij Paul Kieviet in Middelharnis. Hij vervolgde zijn studie aan het Rotterdams Conservatorium (Codarts), waar hij sinds september 2018 orgel als hoofdvak en piano als bijvak studeert. 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