With its rich carillon tradition, the Dom and historic city center, Utrecht provides the perfect setting for this international event. The city breathes music and culture, with its beautiful historic architecture and vibrant cultural life.
As organizers, we are honored to host this special occasion and look forward to inspiring lectures, engaging workshops and great concerts. Utrecht is ready to welcome you and provide you with a congress you will remember with pleasure.
On behalf of the organizing committee
GIJS BANNINK ChairmanI am pleased and proud to present to you the congress book of the 21st World Carillon Congress in Utrecht! The concept of the program was conceived in my mind as early as 2017 while I was preparing the bid book to showcase the city of Utrecht as a potential host for the congress.
I have carefully curated the presentations and concerts that are taking place during the congress. We are privileged to be partnering with the renowned Utrecht Early Music Festival, incorporating the festival’s always outstanding opening concert and a few performances from the Carillon Early Music Festival into the congress itself. A priority of mine was to organize a masterclass in the interpretation of baroque music on the carillon, and we will have the opportunity to work with a professional in that field.
The theme I have selected for the congress is Profession: Carillonist - Changing Perspectives. This was inspired by my
personal experience as the city carillonist of Utrecht. We, as carillonists, are musicians who must be versatile in various musical styles. However, the array of skills we must cultivate extends beyond the realm of music. We often find ourselves performing roles such as manager, engineer, creative director, and many others. How can we master these multifaceted aspects of our profession?
Inspiration is very often the first step to improving oneself or conquering a new territory. How do we find inspiration? We are often at our most creative when we step out of our comfort zone and open ourselves up to an idea, suggestion, special request or a new perspective. Our objective is to trigger a creative process and change our perspective to discover new, innovative ways of looking at our profession.
I hope you will get motivated to examine and further develop our profession from different perspectives!
FIEBIG City carillonist of Utrecht
The Utrecht Early Music Festival is the largest festival of its kind in the world. For ten days at the end of August, Utrecht city centre becomes the hub of the international early music sector. Since its first edition in 1982, the Utrecht Early Music Festival has presented repertoire from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque, in more than 250 concerts and other events per edition, to an annual audience that has grown exponentially to more than 70,000 festival visitors.
During the Early Music Festival, internationally renowned figures from the music world fraternize with talented young musicians, some of whom they coach during a series of 70 fringe concerts. The International Van Wassenaer Competition has been part of the Utrecht Early Music Festival since 2014. The Dom Tower’s Hemony carillon is our instrument in residence and the epicentre of a genuine carillon festival.
With this year’s festival theme Revival, we zoom in on early music as both heritage and legacy of the movement that from the nineteenth century onwards unleashed the resurgence of historical repertoires, instruments, and interpretation.
The ambition to re-create the past is quite remarkable for a living music culture. It turns out to be something human: looking at yesterday to better experience today, and to guide tomorrow. The past can be beautiful, it can offer an escape from the drudgery of everyday life and it can make us dream. It is also a powerful propaganda tool to legitimise ideologies, be they nostalgic or progressive. This is why, in this festival edition, we look through different lenses: to better understand today’s world through the past.
XAVIER VAN DAMME General Director at Utrecht Early Music Festival oudemuziek.nl
For the first time in six years, the worldwide carillon community is back together in real life. In cyberspace it has become easy to get in touch with each other, as was proven by the online conference two years ago. But during this year’s congress, when the focus is on the ‘man and women behind the machine’, the software of the carillon culture, the physical proximity of colleagues is a must. When people are together, not only are ideas exchanged, but also and above all new ideas are developed. It is these human sources that to a large extent give direction to the immaterial character of the worldwide carillon culture in study, in the context of social developments and above all in sounding music.
The varied program forms the basis on which the human resources flow in mutual conversations, exchanges of ideas and discussions. Let colleagues lure you out of your comfort zone and make contributions – possibly disruptive ones – but also enjoy the many things that the people around you, the instruments and the music have to offer.
I wish everyone an inspiring conference!
CHRISTIAAN WINTER Chairman Royal Dutch Carillon Society
1. Nicolaïkerk
2. Domplein
3. City Hall (Korte Minrebroederstraat)
4. Buurkerkhof
5. TivoliVredenburg
6. Janskerkhof
7. Torenpleinkerk/Vleuten
10.00 - 11.15
Open Tower Nicolai Church. Opportunty for carillonists to play the carillon of the in Nicolai Church. First come, first serve.
From 08.30 until 12.00 you can register and receive your program book and badge.
Members of Committee of Delegates
Please note that the carillon is challenging to access with steep historical stairs and ladders.
11.30 - 11.45
11.45 - 12.00
12.00 - 12.30
Guild Concert: Dutch Guild (KNKV) Tommy van Doorn
Guild Concert: German Guild (DGV) Toru Takao
Concert: World Premiere Composition "Outdoor Indoor" of Berry van Berkum
12.30 - 13.30 Free for lunch
13.30 - 15.00
15.30 - 16.00
Tommy van Doorn (Carillon) Berry van Berkum (Organ) Steven Kamperman (Clarinet)
Nicolaï Church
Nicolaï Church (Museum Garden)
Nicolaï Church (Museum Garden)
Nicolaï Church
General Assembly (Part 1) All members of the congress DUMS
Unveiling Jacob van Eyck Passage by Mayor of Utrecht Sharon Dijksma
Around 16.00 Congress Photo
16.15 - 17.00
17.30 - 18.00
18:00 - 19.45
19.45 - 20.00
20.00 - 21.00
General Assembly (Part 2)
Demonstration of "Doe-Beiaard" ("Build-it-Yourself Carillon") with Aperitif
Walking dinner in Museum Speelklok
Sharon Dijksma (Mayor of Utrecht), Thiemo Wind (Van Eyck expert), Erik Bosgraaf (Recorder)
Flora's Hof
All members of the congress DUMS
Lydia Zwart
Museum Speelklok
Museum Speelklok
Bellringing Opening Congress Utrecht Bellringing Society (UKG)
Concert: Jacob van Eyck Revisited Malgosia Fiebig (Carillon) Jorrit Tamminga (Electronics, Sound Designer & Composer)
Erik Bosgraaf (Recorder)
Domplein
Domplein
09:00 - 09.45
Presentation:
10:00 - 10.45
11.00 - 11.15
11.15 - 11.30
11.30 - 11.45
11.45 - 12.00
12.00 - 12.20
12.30 - 13.45
13:45 - 14.30
14:30 - 15.15
Presentation: The Carillon As An Ingenious Machine
Guild concert: North American Guild (GCNA)
Guild concert: Wallonian Guild (ACW)
Guild concert: Swiss Guild (GCCS)
Guild concert: Catalonian Guild (CCCC)
Concert: New Original Carillon Compositions from Japan
Luc Rombouts City Hall (Raadzaal)
Alex Johnson Korte Minrebroederstraat
Pascaline Flamme Korte Minrebroederstraat
Daniel Thomas Korte Minrebroederstraat
Blai Ciurana i Abellí Korte Minrebroederstraat
Toru Takao Korte Minrebroederstraat
Lunch City Hall
Presentation: Utrecht - A Thriving Carillon City
Presentation: Creating With City Communities - Carillonist Of The 21st Century
Arie Abbenes City Hall
Richard de Waardt City Hall
15:15 - 16.00
16.00 - 18.00
18.00 - 18.15
18:15 - 19.00
20:00 - 22.00
Presentation: Competence Framework for Carillonists
Free for dinner
Jasper Depraetere City Hall
Bellringing Opening Utrecht Early Music Festival Utrecht Bellringing Society (UKG) Buurkerkhof
Concert: Opening Carillon Recital Early Music Carillon Festival
Concert: Opening Concert Early Music Festival Utrecht
Geert D'hollander Buurkerkhof
Be sure to be on time ! TivoliVredenburg
SATURDAY 26 AUG - DAY 3 - IT’S NEVER TOO LATE
09.00 - 09.45
10.00 - 10.45
11.00 - 12.00
12.00 - 12.30
12.30 - 13.45
14.00 - 16.30
Presentation: Reviving Cultural Heritage ‘Resounding heritage’ - musical instruments for people of today"
Presentation: Arranging Baroque Repertoire: A Practical Toolkit
Concert: Early Music Carillon Festival concert on the Dom Tower
"Groot Gelui" Bellringing by the Utrecht Bellringing Society for Utrecht Early Music Festival
Lunch courtesy of City of Utrecht (VGU)
Masterclass: Baroque Music
Interpretation for CarillonCompositions for Lute by John Dowland. Practice carillon courtesy of Clavion.
Henk Verhoef Utrecht Conservatorium (J.M. Fentener van Vlissingenzaal)
Bernard Winsemius Utrecht Conservatorium (J.M. Fentener van Vlissingenzaal)
Rien Donkersloot
Utrecht Bellringing Society (UKG)
Buurkerkhof
Buurkerkhof
Arjen Verhage
Winkel van Sinkel
Utrecht Conservatorium (J.M. Fentener van Vlissingenzaal)
16.30 - 19.00
19.00 - 19.15
19.15 - 19.30
19.30 - 19.45
Free for dinner
Guild Concert: Polish Guild (PSC) Monika Kaźmierczak
Guild Concert: Scandinavian Guild (NSCK)
Janskerkhof
Vegar Sandholt Janskerkhof
Guild Concert: French Guild (GCF) Elizabeth Vitu, Adrien Parret, Mathilde Duriez
Janskerkhof
19.45 - 20.00
Guild Concert: British and Irish Guild (CSBI)
Michael Boyd, Scott Allan Orr Janskerkhof SUNDAY
09.45 - 10.3
10.45 - 11.30
Presentation: A Century of Women and The Carillon
Meet at pick-up point at 09.30. Bus leaves at 09.45!
Tiffany Ng, Scott Orr, Audrey Dye, Sarah Penrose, Cedric McCoy
Moreelsepark
Cultuur19
11.30 - 12.00
12:00 - 12:30
Presentation: What Can A Carillonist Do When Their Tower is Silent?
Concert
12.30 - 13.45 Lunch
Andrea McCrady
Judith Groen, Wim Ruitenbeek
Cultuur19
Cultuur19
Cultuur19
DATE / TIME WHAT WHO WHERE
13.45 - 14.30
14.30 - 14.45
14.45 - 15.00
15.00 - 15.30
15:45 - 16:00
Travel to Torenplein Church Carillon
Guild Concert: Australian Guild (CSA) Peter Bray Vleuten
Guild Concert: Belgian Guild (VBV) Jasper Depraetere Vleuten
Concert & Talk: Newly Commissioned Carillon Music by Non-Carillonists
Travel to Utrecht
16:00 - 17:00 Free time
17:00
MONDAY
Monika Kaźmierczak Vleuten
Concert Early Music festival Dialogos / Katarina Livljanić & Kantaduri Hertz Tivoli Vredenburg
08.00 - 10.00 EC Meeting
Members of the Executive Committee Museum
Catharijneconvent
09.00 - 12.00 Music Shop Museum
Catharijneconvent
10.00 - 12.30 CD Meeting
10.00 - 11.00
Optional: Free Guided Tour of the Dom Tower (max. 40 persons) courtesy of Utrecht Tourism
Members of the Committee of Delegates Museum
Meet at Domplein 21 at 09.50. Please note there are 466 steps and no elevator.
10.30 - 11.30
Optional: Free Guided Tour of the Dom Tower (max. 40 persons) courtesy of Utrecht Tourism
Meet at Domplein 21 at 10.20. *Please note there are 466 steps and no elevator.
12.00 - 13.00
13.00 - 15.30
16.00 - 17.00
17.30 - 20.00
Free for lunch
General Assembly
Concert: Early Music Carillon Festival concert on the Dom Tower
Catharijneconvent
Domplein 21
Domplein 21
All members of the congress Museum
Catharijneconvent
Maurits Bunt Buurkerkhof
Closing dinner Rechtbank
24 AUGUST 2023
NICOLAÏKERK - 11:15 - 11:30 AM
Claire Janezic
Mobile carillon in Nikolai-church.
Presenting Bronzen Piano: Claire Janezic (USA)
1. Geert D’hollander (*1965)
‘Da Pacem Domine’ (Give Peace, O Lord)
From ‘A Sacred Suite’
2. Matthias Vanden Gheyn (1721-1785) Siciliano (Largo)
From Sonate for violin and b.c. nr 12, (arr. L. Rombouts)
3. Roy Hamlin Johnson (1929-2020) Chartres
From A Carillon Book for the Liturgical Year ‘Epiphany’
24 AUGUST 2023
NICOLAÏKERK - 11:30 (11:30 AM)
1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Ouverture “Le Nozze di Figaro” (arr. G. Delaporte)
2. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Allegretto (Romance) from Symfonie nr. 85 “La Reine” (arr. T. van Doorn)
24 AUGUST 2023
NICOLAÏKERK - 11:45 (11:45 AM)
Toru Takao
Theme: Abel 300
Carl Friedrich Abel
(22 December 1723 – 20 June 1787)
from “27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba”:
1. Allegro WK186
2. Allegro WK192
3. Tempo di Menuet WK193
4. Arpeggio WK205
5. Allegro WK212
24 AUGUST 2023
DOMTOREN - 20:00 (08:00 PM)
The UTRECHT BELLRINGING SOCIETY will ring the Dom Tower swinging bells to festively open the 2023 World Carillon Congress.
The UKG, the Utrecht Bellringing Society, has over 800 members and has been active for over 40 years. Utrecht has traditionally been a city of churches and bells. The city centre currently boasts 58 swinging bells. As many as 20 of them are over 400 years old. If at all possible, bells should be rung. Nowadays, this is done electrically almost everywhere. In Utrecht, things are different. The bells of five churches and four other ‘ringing places’ are rung by hand by the enthusiastic and dedicated members of the Utrecht Bellringing Society. More info on www.klokkenluiders.nl
Tommy van Doorn: Carillon
Berry van Berkum: Organ
Steven Kamperman: Clarinet
BERRY VAN BERKUM (NL) studied the organ, improvisation and piano at the Arnhem Conservatory with Bert Matter and Jacques Hendriks respectively. He participated in masterclasses with Harald Vogel (D) and Louis Thiry (F) and pursued his improvisation studies with Bert van den Brink and Jan Welmers, and composition studies with Andries van Rossem and Klaas de Vries. Berry van Berkum is a prizewinner at several international organ competitions, including the Dollard Festival (BRD) and has recorded music by Messiaen, Welmers, Bach and others for radio and CD. He is a wellknown solo player and (jazz) improviser in the Netherlands and abroad. He recorded with the trio ”HOT” the CDs Bird & Beyond and Reflections of Duke. The CDs received many favorable reviews (www.hetorgeltrio.nl). On October 14th will be the release of their new album: Sweelinck, jazz of the 17th Century. Berry van Berkum is also well known as a silent movie accompanist and as an actor and musician in music theatre productions. As a composer, he wrote numerous commissioned works for many different instruments (strings, accordion, bayan, carillon, harmonium, grand piano, etc) and voices. Check www.berryvanberkum.nl/compositions for a complete overview. He was appointed organist of the Nicolai Church in Utrecht in 2010 and since 2017 organist has been of the Dominicanenchurch in Zwolle as well.
TOMMY VAN DOORN (1990) is active as a carillonneur, organist, harmonium player and musicologist. He is the regular player of the carillons of Boxtel, Geldrop, Schijndel, Son, Valkenswaard and Waalre. He is also the principal organist of St. Peter’s Basilica in Boxtel, where he is a regular player of the monumental Smits organ from 1842. He studied organ and piano at the Fontys Conservatory in Tilburg. Here he also studied the French pressure wind harmonium. In 2020 he obtained both his master’s degree in carillon at the HKU Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort and his master’s degree in musicology at Utrecht University. He currently works as a teacher at the HKU Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort and as an organ teacher at Kunstkwartier Helmond. He has accompanied on organ performances of the Requiems of Fauré and Duruflé, among others. As a carillonneur, he has participated in radio and television broadcasts.
Composer and clarinetist STEVEN KAMPERMAN (1970) is widely praised for his adventurous and warm-blooded music. With his quartet 1 Step 7 Seas, he was awarded the second VIP tour in 1998, after which he performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2000. From 2002 to 2013, he recorded several five-star ranking CDs, and performed from Mexico to Siberia with his TurkishDutch band, Baran. As a composer for modern classical ensembles, his opera Roodhapje (Little Red Riding FoodHolland Opera) won the prestigious international YAM-Award in 2016. In 2018, a new opera of his, Hildegard, was hailed as one of the pinnacles of the November Music Festival in the Dutch press. As a clarinet improviser, in recent years, he has regularly performed with hurdy-gurdy phenomenon Valentin Clastrier, HOT Het Orgel Trio, and his own project, City Maps.
24 AUGUST 2023
DOMTOREN - 20:00 (8:00 PM)
Listening place: Domplein
Malgosia Fiebig: Carillon
Jorrit Tamminga: Electronics, Sound Designer & Composer (sound scapes)
Erik Bosgraaf: Recorder
1. Jacob van Eyck
Preludium [NVE 89] (recorder)
2. Jorrit Tamminga
Ouverture ‘Dopqelgänger’ (recorder, carillon, electronics)
3. Jacob van Eyck
Engels Nachtegaeltje [NVE 28 & 115] (carillon, recorder)
4. Jorrit Tamminga
Passacaglia (recorder, carillon, electronics)
5. Jacob van Eyck
Questa Dolce Sirena [NVE 130] (carillon)
6. Jacob van Eyck
Fantasia & Echo [NVE 16] (recorder, carillon)
7. Jorrit Tamminga
Van Eyck Suite, deel 1 (carillon, electronics)
8. Jacob van Eyck
Psalm 118 [NVE 4] (recorder, carillon)
9. Jorrit Tamminga
Danse Macabre (recorder, carillon electronics)
10. Jacob van Eyck
Pavaen Lachrymæ [NVE 8] (carillon, recorder)
11. Lou Reed
Perfect Day (carillon)
12. Jacob van Eyck
Wat Zalmen op den Avond doen [NVE 52] (recorder)
The program features several compositions by Jacob van Eyck (ca 1589-1657) and works inspired by him. All facets that made Jacob van Eyck so special are featured: the carillonneur, recorder player, composer and bell tuner. In the “Overture” all the melodies that will pass in the concert can be heard.
The “Passacaglia” is based on the most important partials of a carillon bell, which Jacob van Eyck could hear so flawlessly. Various baroque dances (allemande, courante) are central to the “Van Eyck Suite” (Van Eyck included several dance tunes in his “Der Fluyten Lust-hof”). Since the concert takes place on the spot where the nave of the Dom Church used to stand, a church melody cannot be missing, hence “Psalm 118”.
“Perfect Day” was added to the program because in Madurodam (a Dutch miniature park) this sounds from the miniature Dom tower, and because this, like many arrangements by Van Eyck, is a popular melody. “Perfect Day” is followed by “Wat Zalmen op den Avond doen” (“What shall we do in the evening?”), a tune which Jacob van Eyck would play on summer evenings at the close of his performances.
MALGOSIA FIEBIG (1975) is the city carillonist of Utrecht and Nijmegen (The Netherlands). She studied at the Music Academy of Gdańsk (Poland), where she earned a Master of Music in Organ Performance and Choral Conducting. In 1999 she followed a carillon course led by Gert Oldenbeuving after which she became the city carillonist of Gdańsk. In 2004 she moved to The Netherlands and a year later received a Bachelor of Music in Carillon Performance with Arie Abbenes at the Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort. She graduated as Master of Music in June 2007 with Frans Haagen and Henk Verhoef. She won several first prizes at international carillon competitions and gave concerts in Europe, the US and Australia. She regularly performs world premieres of carillon compositions. Recordings of her tributes to David Bowie and Avicii performed on the carillon of the Dom Tower in Utrecht went viral and were viewed millions of times all over the world.
JORRIT TAMMINGA (1973) composes music for various instruments and ensembles, in combination with electronics. He also creates music theatre performances, often in combination with film and live electronics. As an improvising musician he performs regularly with various musicians such as Erik Bosgraaf, playing the laptop. Jorrit programs live electronics for composers, for music theater performances, orchestras and ensembles. Tamminga created the electronic sounds for compositions and music theatre productions by composer Wim Henderickx. He also teaches sound design at the Music & Technology department (Utrecht School of the Arts) and composition at the Amsterdam Conservatory.
ERIK BOSGRAAF is generally considered to be one of the world’s leading recorder players, and he is definitely the most adventurous. He improvises, plays jazz, utilizes electronics and likes working with people in other areas of artistic endeavour such as cinematography (Werner Herzog, Paul and Menno de Nooijer). His repertoire extends from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to tomorrow’s music. Bosgraaf’s recording of Jacob van Eyck’s Der Fluyten Lust-hof set a new standard and led to his international breakthrough. Around a hundred pieces have been composed for him, among which are twelve concertos. This summer he made his appearance at the prestigious Boston Early Music Festival and the International Handel Festival in Göttingen, Germany. Bosgraaf is a visiting professor at the Krakow Music Academy (Poland), Amsterdam Conservatoire and Tsing Hua University (Taiwan), and gives masterclasses all over the world. He received the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award in 2009, and the Netherlands Music Prize in 2011.
25 AUGUST 2023
MOBILE CARILLON OF DOUAI - 11:00 (11:00 AM)
Guild concert: North American Guild (GCNA)
Alex Johnson
1. John Pozdro (1923 - 2009) Rustic Landscape
2. Yvette Janine Jackson (*1973) Andromeda
3. Jean Miller (1916-1964) from Four Short Pieces III. Hoedown IV. Toccata
25 AUGUST 2023
MOBILE CARILLON OF DOUAI - 11:15 (11 :15 AM)
Guild concert: Wallonian Guild (ACW)
Pascaline Flamme
1. Géo Clément (1923-1969)
Campanella – Pour carillon
2. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) La seconde valse
3. Vangelis (1943-2022) Chariots of Fire (arr. P. Flamme)
25 AUGUST 2023
MOBILE CARILLON OF DOUAI - 11:30 (11:30 AM)
Guild concert: Swiss Guild (GCCS)
Daniel Thomas
1. David Kellner (1670-1748)
Campanella
2. Daniel Thomas
Paysage lémanique, entre les nuages, le lac et les montagnes
3. Léopold Silvius Weiss (1687-1750)
Fantaisie
25 AUGUST 2023
MOBILE CARILLON OF DOUAI - 11:45 (11 :45 AM)
Guild concert: Catalonian Guild (CCCC)
Blai Ciurana i Abellí
Geert D’hollander (*1965)
1. Spring flowers at the U.S. Capitol grounds
2. The reflection pond at Bok Tower Gardens
3. A court dance at the Biltmore Gardens
4. Central Park in the fall
MOBILE CARILLON OF DOUAI - 12:00 (12:00 PM)
1. Naoto Omasa (*1954) The Phoenix Descends on a Tower (2023)
Awarded Pieces of “1st carillon composition competition in Japan”:
2. Hirotaka Itamura (*1975) – Honorable Mention Award Sound of Prayer (2023)
3. Mitsuyo Moriya (*1963) – Excellence Award Carillon Dancing in the Sky (2023)
4. Tetsuro Kubo (*1992) – Grand Award Echos lointains dans le ciel (2023)
TORU TAKAO is Japanese carillonneur. He studied carillon performance in Utrecht Conservatory (Nederlandse Beiaardschool Amersfoort) with Arie Abbenes, Bernard Winsemius and Frans Haagen. In 2008, he graduated with Master of Music (MMus) degree. He participated in a number of international carillon performance competitions and won several prizes, notably 2nd prize in Belgium’s “Queen Fabiola” contest in 2008 and 1st prize at the “NKV Carillon Competition” in the Netherlands in 2018 for the occasion of 100 years of establishment of the Dutch carillon society. In 2012, he and his wife Katarzyna Takao-Piastowska reinstituted regular recitals for the carillon of St. Aldegundiskirche in Emmerich (Germany). In 2019 Toru and his high school friend Kazuyo Nakamura founded “Association for Carillon Art in Japan” to establish carillon culture in Japan.
DOMTOREN - 18:00 (6:00 PM)
Contemporary Carillon Compositions written in Traditional Style:
1. Ronald Barnes (1927 - 1997)
Prelude & fuga over ‘Old 104th’
2. John Courter (1942 - 2010)
Cortège & fuga
3. Albert de Klerk (1917 - 1998)
Chaconne & fuga over ‘O Filii et Filiae’
Confrontation
4. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Suite voor cello nr. 3 in C, BWV 1009 Courante
• Sarabande
• Bourrée
Alternated with:
5. Geert D’hollander (*1965)
Simple suite for carillon nr. 3 Courante
• Sarabande Bourrée
Carillon Duets in Traditional Style (with Annie Gao)
6. Ronald Barnes A concerto for two to play
• Allegro moderato Andante
• Allegro
7. Geert D’hollander
• Invention
• Toccatina
Orff’s Dance
(uit: Ludus Modalis II, Mechelen 2014)
Belgian-American composer GEERT
D’HOLLANDER has studied piano, chamber music, choral and orchestral conducting, fugue and composition at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp, Belgium, and graduated from the Royal Carillon School, with honors. He composed more than 80 compositions, mostly commissions for carillon and was first prizewinner in more than 30 international competitions. In 1997, D’hollander was appointed as University Carillonist and Professor of Carillon at the Department of Music at UC Berkeley. In 2008, he was awarded the Berkeley Medal for “Distinguished Service to the Carillon”. Before he moved to Florida, Geert was teaching carillon and carillon composition at the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” in Mechelen, Belgium, and was city carillonneur of the historical instruments of Antwerp Cathedral (1655), the belfry of Ghent (1660), and the Basilica of Lier (1704). In 2012 Geert D’hollander was named Bok Tower Gardens’ (Florida) fourth full-time carillonneur, one of the most unique and prestigious positions in the world. He frequently gives master classes in Europe and the U.S. and performs all over the world.
ANNIE GAO is a carillonist and software engineer from the sunny suburbs of Southern California. She began her carillon studies in the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs, where she took lessons from Ellen Dickinson and was Co-Chair in her final year. She completed her GCNA Carillonneur exam in 2020 and graduated from Yale in May 2021 with a combined B.S./M.S. in Computer Science. She then had the privilege of continuing her carillon studies in Europe in March 2022, under Boudewijn Zwart in the Netherlands and Eddy Marien at the Royal Carillon School in Belgium. Since October 2022, she has had the joy of studying at Bok Tower, under Geert D’hollander, as a Blanchard Carillon Fellow.
TIVOLIVREDENBURG - 20:00 (08:00 PM)
Anonymous 12th century
Congaudeant catholici
(from: Codex Calixtinus, 12th century)
Clément Janequin 1485-after 1558
La Guerre (excerpt)
Pierre de Manchicourt ca. 1510-1564
Introït (from: Requiem)
Luys de Narváez fl. 1526-49 Mille regres
(from: El tercero libro del Delphin de musica, Valladolid 1538)
Nicolas Gombert ca. 1495-ca. 1560
Musae Jovis (in memoriam Josquin Desprez)
Traditional Arabo-Andalusian chant
Nawa Assar - Muwash’shah
Juan del Encina 1468-1529/30
Una sañosa porIía (from: Cancionero de Palacio, late 15th century)
Anonymous 14th century
Ad mortem festinamus
(from: Llibre vermell de Montserrat, late 14th century)
Thomas Crecquillon ca. 1505-1557
Mem (from: Lamentationes Hieremiae prophetae)
Traditional Arabo-Andalusian Démarche ondulante - Épris d’une gazelle
Traditional Sefardic Ir me kero madre a Yerushalaiym
Anonymous 12th century Dum esset salvator in monte (from: Codex Calixtinus)
Pedro de Escobar ca. 1465-after 1535 Sanctus Benedictus (from: Requiem)
Marbrianus de Orto ca. 1460-1529
Guimel (from: Lamentationes Hieremiae prophetae)
Anoniem 13th century
Tod’ aquel que pola Virgen (from: Cantigas de Santa Maria)
Mateo Flecha, ‘el Viejo’ El Fuego
Cristóbal de Morales Parce mihi, Domine (from: Officium defunctorum)
Antonio de Cabezón ca. 1510-1566
Magnificat primi toni
Amélie Raiso: soprano
Axelle Verner: alto
Edouard Monjanel: tenor
René Ramos: Premier baritone / bass
Annabelle Bayet, Alice Kamenezky, Véronique Housseau: soprano
Fanny Chatelain, Cécile Banquey: alto
Thibaut Jacqmin, Richard Golian, Vivien Simon, Léo Guillou-Kérédan: tenor
Eudes Peyre, Arthur Cady, Jean-Christophe Brizard: bass
Benoît Tainturier, Solène Riot: cornetto, flute
Abel Rohrbach, Nicolas Vaszquez: tenor sackbut
Olivier Duboi:s bass sackbut
Xavier Marqui:s bass dulcian, clarinet
Lucile Tessier, Marie Lerbret, Anaïs Ramage: dulcian
Koji Yoda: violin
Camille Aubret: viola
Mathias Ferré, Marie-Suzanne, Julie Dessaint: viola da gamba
Pierre Rinderknecht, Ronaldo Lopes: theorbo, guitar
Loris Barrucand: harpsichord
Youen Cadiou: double bass
Michèle Claude: percussion
Caroline Lieby: harp
Simon-Pierre Bestion: musical direction
Marianne Pelcerf: lighting design
DOMTOREN - 11:00 (11:00 AM)
Rien Donkersloot
Bach, Corelli and improvisations
1. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cellosuite I in G, BWV 1007 (arr. R. Donkersloot)
Prelude
• Allemande
Courante
• Sarabande
• Menuet I en II
• Gigue
2. Improvised Preludium und Fuge
3. Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Sonate in d opus 5, no. 7 for violin and continuo (arr. R. Donkersloot)
I. Preludio (Vivace)
II. Corrente (Allegro)
III. Sarabanda (Largo)
IV. Giga (Allegro)
RIEN DONKERSLOOT studied organ and church music at the Rotterdam Conservatory with Bas de Vroome and Ben van Oosten, graduating summa cum laude. He also studied at the Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort with Frans Haagen. He completed this study cum laude in 2011. He won various prizes at carillon and organ (improvisation) competitions at home and abroad. Rien is organist of the St.-Joriskerk in Amersfoort and the Laurentiuskerk in Mijnsheerenland. As a carillonneur he is active as city carillonneur of Brielle, Haarlem, Goes and Ridderkerk. Furthermore, he has an extensive concert practice on organ and carillon with special interest and attention to improvisation. For more info see: www.riendonkersloot.nl
4. Arcangelo Corelli
Sonate in e opus 5, no. 8 for violin and continuo (arr. R. Donkersloot)
I. Preludio (Largo)
II. Allemanda (Allegro)
III. Sarabanda (Largo)
IV. Giga (Allegro)
5. Improvised Aria
6. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata und Fuge in d BWV 565 (arr. R. Donkersloot)
26 AUGUST 2023
DOMTOREN - 12:00 (12:00 AM)
Bellringing by the Utrecht Bellringing Society for Utrecht Early Music Festival
The Utrecht Bellringing Society will ring the Dom Tower swinging bells to festively open the Utrecht Early Music Festival. This is one of the only two unique moments in the year that all 14 swinging bells of the Dom Tower are rung at the same time.
More info on www.klokkenluiders.nl
26 AUGUST 2023
MOBILE CARILLON OF DOUAI - 19:00 (7:00 PM)
Monika Kaźmierczak
Music from/for Gdańsk
1. Friedrich Christian Mohrheim (1719-1780)
Trio g (arr. M. Kaźmierczak)
2. Friedrich Wilhelm Markull (1816-1887)
Romance op. 82 nr 3 (arr. W. Lauer)
3. Krzysztof Falkowski (*1996)
Little variation for carillon (2019)
26 AUGUST 2023
MOBILE CARILLON OF DOUAI - 19:15 (7:15 PM)
A 10 minute meeting between carillonneurs and Nordic music
1. Finland
Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
Finlandia (arr: P.Price / B.Buchanan)
2. Swedish folk song
How Great Thou Art (arr: M. Myhre)
3. Danish folk song
Det var en lørdag aften (arr: L. ‘t Hart)
4. Norwegian folk song
Lullaby (arr: Edvard Grieg / R. Barnes)
26 AUGUST 2023
MOBILE CARILLON OF DOUAI - 19:30 (7:30 PM)
Guild Concert: French Guild (GCF)
Elizabeth Vitu / Adrien Parret / Mathilde Duriez
Elizabeth Vitu
1. Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 – 1764)
Sarabande pour clavecin (arr. E. Vitu)
Adrien Parret
2. Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 – 1764)
Les boréades : entrée de Polymnie (arr. A. Parret)
Mathilde Duriez
3. Robert Lannoy (1915 – 1979)
Ballet des petits canards
MOBILE CARILLON OF DOUAI - 19:45 (7:45 PM)
Guild Concert: British & Irish Guild (CSBI)
Michael Boyd / Scott Allan Orr
Michael Boyd
1. Leen ‘t Hart (1920-1992) Intermezzo No. 2
Scott Allan Orr
2. Jon Bradley (*1976)
Two Chromaticas - No 3 - The Mysterious (Aberdeen the Mysterious) - No 10 - The Autumn Leaves
3. Thomas Lawrence (*1952)
Old Bond Street Suite - World premiere
Wim Ruitenbeek: Carillon
Judith Groen: Cello
1. Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
from: Carnaval des Animaux (1887)
The Swan
2. Gabriel Urbain Fauré (1845 - 1924) Sicilienne Op. 78 (1893
3. Gabriel Urbain Fauré
from: Trois mélodies Op. 7 Apres un Reve
4. Geert D’hollander (*1965)
from: Encounters
I. Mozart meets Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte
III. Mozart meets Satie: “Amadeopédie” (Carillon solo)
5. Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841 – 1904)
from: Gypsy Songs B. 104, Op. 55. Song my mother taught me
6. César Cui (1835 – 1918)
from: Kaleidoscope op 50. Oriëntale
7. Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (1921 – 1992) Libertango
All arrangements (exc. No 4) done by W. Ruitenbeek, J. Groen.
Cellist JUDITH GROEN (1988, NL) obtained her Master of Arts with Honours at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp with Justus Grimm and her Bachelor of Music at the Utrecht Conservatory with Timora Rosler. Together with pianist Maureen Wong, Groen is the founder of Colour Collective. They have created several art projects, including the project “SYMPHONY BY 7. They were awarded the Pro-Arte prize in 2017. She currently performs with the string quartet The Magic Strings and The European Pop Orchestra and in various classical ensembles and orchestras, including cello combined with chamber carillon. She collaborates frequently on studio recordings. Judith teaches cello at the Music School Barneveld. Website: www.colourcollective.nl
WIM RUITENBEEK (NL, 1978) learned carillon playing from the Nijkerk city carillonneur Freek Bakker. At the Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort, where he studied with Arie Abbenes and Bernard Winsemius, Wim obtained his Master’s degree in 2005. He then took master classes in interpretation from Geert D’hollander and inspiration lessons in improvisation from Roel Smit. Wim had organ lessons from Nico Poorter and Wout van Andel and studied school music at the Utrecht Conservatory. During the International Carillon Competition in Enkhuizen in 2002 he won the first prize. He gave concerts throughout The Netherlands, in Europe and in Florida and was for many years active in the PR committee and the board of the Dutch Carillon Society. Wim was a high school music teacher and conductor of several choirs for many years. Now he is permanent player of the glass carillon in De Zingende Toren in Leidsche Rijn and city carillonneur of Harderwijk, Hilversum, Nijkerk, Tiel and Velsen. More information at www.wimdebeiaardier.nl.
27 AUGUST 2023
TORENPLEINKERK, VLEUTEN - 14:30 (2:30 PM)
Guild Concert: Australian Guild (CSA)
Peter Bray
1. Bruce Rowland (*1942)
Jessica’s theme “Breaking in the Colt” from “The Man from Snowy River” (arr. Peter Bray)
2. Terry Vaughan (1915-1996) Summer Song
3. Peter Bray (*1999) Australian Fantasy
27 AUGUST 2023
TORENPLEINKERK, VLEUTEN - 14:45 (2:45 PM)
Guild Concert: Belgian Guild (VBV)
Jasper Depraetere
I. Sunrise
II. Traffic
III. Activity
IV. Twilight
27 AUGUST 2023
TORENPLEINKERK, VLEUTEN - 15:00 (3:00 PM)
Monika Kaźmierczak
27 AUGUST 2023
TIVOLIVREDENBURG, HERTZ - 17:00 (5:00 PM)
Early Music Festival:
In this Croatian Renaissance thriller, Queen Hecuba seeks revenge. After the destruction of her beloved Troy, she not only has to contend with rubble and distraught subjects, but fate threatens to affect her children as well. Fuming, Hecuba makes her way to catharsis in this musical theatre production by co-curator Katarina Livljanić. Ensemble Dialogos and the mesmerizing voices of Kantaduri join forces.
DOMTOREN - 16:00 (4:00 PM)
Maurits Bunt
MAURITS BUNT (*1997) is an organist, harpsichordist, church musician and carillonneur. He studied organ with Sietze de Vries (privately), Bas de Vroome and Aart Bergwerff, improvisation with Hayo Boerema and church music with Hanna Rijken and Arie Hoek at Codarts Conservatory in Rotterdam. He completed the master studies in organ with Ton Koopman (early music literature) and Hayo Boerema (improvisation), and in carillon with Frans Haagen and Christiaan Winter, both cum laude.
Maurits attended master classes with Wolfgang Zerer, Ton Koopman, Daan Manneke, Matteo Imbruno and Willem Tanke, among others. He is currently studying harpsichord with Ton Koopman and Tini Mathot. In 2014 he won first prize as harpsichordist in the Bach Festival Lelystad competition.
Maurits works as city carillonneur of Groningen, where he plays the Hemony carillon of the Martinitoren, and as carillonneur of Epe. He is church musician of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Apeldoorn and programmer of the series Bergkerk Concerts Deventer. As organ, harpsichord and carillon teacher he is associated with the Music School Barneveld and gives private lessons. Finally, in addition to playing concerts, he is active as a continuo player and is associated with the Geistliches Consort, which focuses on the performance of early music.
www.mauritsbunt.nl
1. Sybrandus van Noordt (1659-1705)
Sonata a cimbalo solo (arr. B. Winsemius)
2. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonate Hb XVI: 4 (arr. W. Franken) Allegro
• Menuetto Trio
3. William Byrd (1543-1623)
Fantasia (arr. M. Bunt)
4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Aria ‘Conservati fedele’ (arr. G. Kok)
5. François Couperin (1668 – 1733)
Les Folies françoises, ou les Dominos (13 variaties) (arr. J. Heijungs)
6. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Aria ‘Stirb in mir’ uit cantate BWV 169 (arr. A. Abbenes)
7. Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria variata alla maniera Italiana (10 variaties)
BWV 989 (arr. B. Winsemius)
09.00 - 09.45 Travel to Castle De Haar
10.00 - 10.15
10.15 - 10.45
10.45 - 12.15
Presentation: History of Castle De Haar Carillon
Concert: Castle De Haar Carillon
Coffee & Tea courtesy of Castle De Haar. Visit gardens of Castle De Haar.
Meet at pick-up point at 09.00. Bus leaves at 09.15!
Reinald van Zijl
Wim Ruitenbeek
Moreelsepark
Castle De Haar
Castle De Haar
Castle De Haar
12.15 - 13.00
13.00 - 14.00
Travel to Castle Nyenrode
Lunch courtesy of Castle Nyenrode
Nyenrode Business University feels very honoured by the arrival of participants of the World Carillon Congress 2023, to come and listen to the magnificent Taylor Carillon in the castle tower. Partly as a token of appreciation and respect for the work of its University Carillonneur
Jan Willem Achterkamp, lunch will be provided by the University.
Castle Nyenrode
Castle Nyenrode
14.00 - 15.00
15.00 - 18.00
Concert and Presentation: Castle Nyenrode Carillon
Boat Trip on the river Vecht
Jan Willem Achterkamp
Castle Nyenrode
08.45 - 09.50 Travel to Breda
10.00 - 10.30
10.30 - 11.15
11.15 - 11.30
Welcome to Breda
Concert: Peter, the Carillon and the Wolf
Travel to Nieuwe Veste Centrum voor de Kunsten
Meet at pick-up point at 08.30. Bus leaves at 08.45 !
Moreelsepark
Paul Maassen De Vlieren/ Heuvelbrink Breda
Paul Maassen De Vlieren/ Heuvelbrink Breda
Nieuwe Veste Centrum voor de Kunsten
11.45 - 12.45
Presentation: Jacques Maassen, carillon promotor and inspirer
Paul Maassen, Christiaan Winter, Arie Abbenes
Nieuwe Veste Centrum voor de Kunsten
12.45 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 16.00
Explore Breda, courtesy of the City of Breda with options:
- Grote Toren, with guides from the Bellringers Guild Breda (capacity 2x20 persons)
- Guided tour Breda with guides from the Gilde de Baronie (capacity 2x20 persons)
- Breda Museum, including 17th century working model of the Breda Carillon, with extra guide
Nieuwe Veste Centrum voor de Kunsten
16.00 - 16.45
Concert: 100 years Maassen: carillon arrangements
Paul Maassen
Stadserf listening garden
17.00 - 18.00
Travel to Utrecht City Center THURSDAY
09.00 - 10.15
10.30 - 13.00
Travel to Amsterdam Meet at pick-up point at 09.00. Bus leaves at 09.15 !
Boat trip on Amsterdam canals while listening to the Munt Tower, Zuiderkerk and Oude Kerk carillons.
Leo Samama (Musicologist and Composer)
Gideon Bodden (Carillon)
Boudewijn Zwart (Carillon)
Moreelsepark
Amsterdam
13:00 - 13:45
13:45 - 17:00
17.00
Short Walking tour of Amsterdam
Free time to explore Amsterdam
Leo Samama
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Travel to Utrecht City Center Meet at pick-up point at 16.45. Bus leaves at 17.00 !
Prins Hendrikkade (Lovers)
DOMTOREN (DOM TOWER) – UTRECHT
50 bells, g0 (fis0, 7000 kg) – bes0 – c1 – d1 – es1
– chrom. – c5
F. & P. Hemony, 34 (1663/1664)
• Eijsbouts, 16 (1972/1974)
Total weight: 26.000 kg
Transposition: minor second down
Tuning: meantone
Keyboard and installation: European standard
Automatic playing drum: Jurriaen and Willem Spraeckel 1669
NICOLAÏKERK (NICOLAÏ CHURCH) – UTRECHT
43 bells, g1 (e2, 1060 kg) – c2 – d2 – e2 –chrom. – g5
• F. & P. Hemony, 23 (1649/1651) c2 – d2 – e2 – chrom. – c4
Petit & Fritsen, 12 (1957)
• Eijsbouts, 5 (1985)
Eijsbouts, 2 (1988)
Total weight: 3150 kg
Transposition: major sixth up
Tuning: meantone
Keyboard and installation: European standard
Automatic playing drum: Goert Woutersz 1581, Addicks 1933
TORENPLEINKERK (TORENPLEIN CHURCH)
- UTRECHT/VLEUTEN
52 bells, c1 (es1, 1250 kg) – d1 – chrom. – e5 or bes1(es1) – c1 – chrom. – d5
• Petit & Fritsen, 51 (2010)
• Van Bergen, 1 (1948)
Total weight: 7020 kg
Transposition: minor third up or perfect fourth up
Tuning: equal temperament
Keyboard and installation: World standard 2006. The keyboard can be shifted to pitch es or f.
DE ZINGENDE TOREN – VLEUTERWEIDE/ UTRECHT
50 bells of glass, c1 – d1 – chrom. – d5
The glass bells blown by Bernard Heesen, tuned by Eijsbouts (2009)
Transposition: octave up
Tuning: well tempered
Keyboard and installation: Lineair standard by Reinold van Zijl (Clavion)
KASTEEL DE HAAR (DE HAAR CASTLE) –HAARZUILENS
26 bells, g2 (c3, 75 kg) – a2 – chrom. – a4 Eijsbouts, 12 (1973)
• Eijsbouts, 14 (2019)
Total weight: ca 540 kg
Transposition: perfect fourth up
Tuning: equal temperament
Keyboard and installation: European standard (lineair manual keys)
KASTEEL NIJENRODE (NIJENRODE CASTLE) - BREUKELEN
18 bells, g1 (c2, 200 kg) – c2– d2 – e2 – f2 – fis2
– g2 – a2 – chrom. – g3
• Taylor (1915 / 1928 /1940)
• Eijsbouts (2015)
Total weight: ca. 800 kg.
Transposition: perfect fourth up
Tuning: equal temperament
Keyboard and installation: Addicks (not specific)
Automatic playing drum : Addicks 1940+
HEUVELCARILLON - BREDA
35 bells, f2 (115 kg) – g2 – a2 – chrom. – f5
• Eijsbouts 1980/2005/2010
Keyboard and installation: based on European standard
Tuning: equal temperament
GROTE TOREN - BREDA
55 bells, bes0 (3750 kg) – c1 – d1 – chrom. – g5
• Melliaert, 2 (1695) Witlockx, 4 (1728)
• Gillet & Johnston, 9 (1928)
Eijsbouts, 40 (1955/2016)
Total weight: ca 14.000kg
Keyboard and installation: European standard
Tuning: equal temperament
Automatic playing drum: Addicks, 1908
MUNTTOREN - AMSTERDAM
38 bells, g0 (cis1, 1986 kg) – c1 – d1 – e1 – chrom.
– d4
Pieter Hemony, 7 (1668)
• F. & P. Hemony, 5 (1651)
• François Hemony, 1 (1655)
• Petit & Fritsen, 11 (1959)
• Eijsbouts, 14 (1993)
Transposition: augmented fourth up
Tuning: meantone
Automatic playing drum: Pieter Hemony, 1669
ZUIDERTOREN - AMSTERDAM
35 bells, c1 (cis1, 1965 kg) – d1 – e1 – chrom. – c4
• François Hemony, 23 (1656)
• Eijsbouts, 12 (1994)
Transposition: minor second up
Tuning: meantone
Automatic playing drum: Jurriaen Spraeckel, 1657
Keyboard with organ like pedal, 1656
Traction: broek system
OUDE KERK - AMSTERDAM
47 bells, c1 (bes0, 3350 kg) – d1 – e1 – chrom.
– c5
François Hemony, 14 (1658)
• Eijsbouts, 35 (1965)
Total weight: 16.000 kg
Transposition: major second down
Tuning: meantone
Automatic playing drum: Wouter Guerts, 1619
MOBILE CARILLON BRONZEN PIANO
50 bells
Eijsbouts (2013)
• Bourdon: c2 (keyboard c1)
Total weight: ca 1951 kg
Transposition: octave up
Keyboard and installation: European standard www.bronzenpiano.com
MOBILE CARILLON DOUAI
53 bells, g0 – a0 – b-flat0 – b0 – c1 – chrom. – c5
Petit & Fritsen
Total weight: 4045 kg
CHILDREN CARILLON IN DOMTOREN (DOM TOWER) - UTRECHT
20 bells, g2 (a3) – d4
• Eijsbouts, 8 (2003)
• Taylor, 12 (1933) - originally the third octave of the Nicolaï carillon
Total weight: 250 kg
Transposition: major second up
Tuning: equal temperament
Keyboard: integrated in the tower construction; no pedal
Would you like to reach us between 24 and 31 August? In the event of an emergency or practical question, please contact event manager Allet Douma by telephone or WhatsApp on number +31-6-1376081.
In case of an emergency, call 112. This number will connect you to the emergency centre that will put you through to the local police, ambulance or fire department.
A visit to medieval Utrecht is not complete without a visit to Museum Catharijneconvent. Wander the halls of a medieval monastery and be enchanted by the most beautiful collection of medieval art in the Netherlands. Marvel at the glittering gold and silver in the Treasury, admire paintings by Rembrandt, Jan Steen and their contemporaries and visit our unique temporary exhibitions. Entrance is free by showing your WCC conference badge.
Utrecht is a beautiful city in the Netherlands with a vibrant food scene. Whether you’re looking for traditional Dutch cuisine or international flavors, there’s something for everyone. Here are some recommendations for places to eat in Utrecht.
- OUDAEN: This historic building houses a restaurant and brewery. It offers a range of dishes in a charming medieval setting.
- THE STREETFOOD CLUB: Known for its eclectic and colorful interior, this restaurant offers a fusion of various international cuisines in a trendy atmosphere.
- ROBERTO GELATO: If you’re looking for some delicious gelato, Roberto Gelato is a popular spot with a variety of flavors.
- CAFÉ OLIVIER: Housed in a former church, this Belgian beer café offers a wide selection of Belgian beers along with traditional Belgian dishes.
- GYS UTRECHT: This vegetarian and organic restaurant offers a range of dishes made with locally sourced ingredients.
- SPAGHETTERIA: A cozy Italian restaurant that specializes in fresh and flavorful pasta dishes.
- DE BAKKERSWINKEL: A charming bakery and tearoom that serves delicious breakfast, brunch, and lunch options.
- STAN & CO: This modern brasserie offers a diverse menu with options ranging from burgers to seafood, and it’s a great spot for both lunch and dinner.
- MENEER SMAKERS: A popular burger joint that prides itself on using fresh and highquality ingredients.
Utrecht , the proud host of the World Carillon Congress 2023, welcomes carillonneurs from all over the world
WWW.WCC2023.ORG