Ewald Kooiman (June 14, 1938 in

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, North Holland – January 25, 2009 in

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), was a Dutch

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. He studied organ in

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with Piet Kee and with

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. In addition, he was professor of

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Recordings

He recorded the complete organ works of

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twice on contemporary organs on LP and CD. A third recording cycle on Silbermann organs in

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, which Kooiman had started in April 2008 for the German label

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was only partly completed at the time of his unexpected death.

Teaching

Kooiman taught organ at the

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in Amsterdam, as well as at the International Summer Academy for Organists in Haarlem, with a particular emphasis on the performance of J.S. Bach's organ music. Jos van der Kooy and Christine Kamp are among his students. As a visiting professor, he taught at various universities in

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and

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. He also edited more than 50 editions of organ music, mainly covering the 17th to the 19th century. Kooiman was internationally recognized as a specialist in historically informed performance, particularly with regard to the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He published numerous books and articles on Bach performance practice and other organ-related research topics. Kooiman died of a cardiac arrest during a holiday trip to

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on January 25, 2009.

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