{"id":164,"date":"2020-09-10T06:42:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T06:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T18:34:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:34:50","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-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 translation-block\"><strong>Rik Melissant (1999)<\/strong> received his first organ lessons from Paul Kieviet in Middelharnis. He studied organ at Codarts Rotterdam (NL) under Zuzana Ferjen\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1, Ben van Oosten and Bas de Vroome. He also took improvisation lessons with Hayo Boerema and Geerten Liefting and studied church music. He completed both his Bachelor of Music and his Master of Music <\/span><em>summa cum laude<\/em><span style=\"font-style: inherit\">, with his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s examination recitals at the Laurenskerk in Rotterdam (NL) and the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Bavo in Haarlem (NL).<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">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 C\u00e9sar Franck Competition (2022) at St Bavo\u2019s Cathedral Basilica in Haarlem (NL).<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">He attended masterclasses with, amongst others, Olivier Latry, Nathan Laube, Michel Bouvard and Matteo Imbruno. He also took private lessons from Adriaan Hoek, Thomas Ospital and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Blanc, with whom he explored the works of Maurice Durufl\u00e9 in depth.<\/p><p>As well as his concert engagements, he works as a conductor and teaches the organ and 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 Rik Melissant (1999) ontving zijn eerste orgellessen van Paul Kieviet te Middelharnis.\u00a0Hij 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 summa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":282,"href":"https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4115,"href":"https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions\/4115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rikmelissant.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}