What is Gerwin Hoekstra?
{{Infobox person | name = Gerwin Hoekstra | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1992|11|22|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|27|1992|11|22|df=y}} | death_place = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Dutch | occupation = organist | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} [[File:Orgel Grote Kerk Leeuwarden.jpg|thumb|150px|Hoekstra was organist of the {{ill|Main organ of the Grote or Jacobijnerkerk in Leeuwarden|nl|Hoofdorgel van de Grote- of Jacobijnerkerk in Leeuwarden}}]] '''Gerwin Hoekstra''' (22 November 1992 – 27 November 2022) was a Dutch [[organist]].<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.orgelnieuws.nl/organist-gerwin-hoekstra-30-overleden/ |title=Organist Gerwin Hoekstra (30) overleden|work=orgelnieuws.nl|date=28 November 2022|access-date=28 November 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.nporadio4.nl/klassiek/maatwerk/15509b97-fb4a-49dd-ab16-767e264ce3d0/organist-gerwin-hoekstra-30-overleden |title=Organist Gerwin Hoekstra (30) overleden|work=[[NPO Radio 4]]|date=28 November 2022|access-date=28 November 2022|language=nl}}</ref> Hoekstra started playing organ in [[Eenrum]] when he was eight years old. He earned a bachelor's degree (cum laude) in Organ Performance at the [[Prince Claus Conservatoire]] in [[Groningen]] where he studied with [[Erwin Wiersinga]] and [[Theo Jellema]]. Hoekstra moved to the United States and studied organ at the [[Oberlin Conservatory of Music]] in [[Oberlin, Ohio]], with [[James David Christie]] and harpsichord [[Mark Edwards (harpsichordist)|Mark Edwards]].<ref name=ref1 /><ref name=ref2 /> Hoekstra was in Oberlin organist at [[Congregational Church of Christ]]. After moving back to the Netherlands, he became the permanent organist of the {{ill|Main organ of the Grote or Jacobijnerkerk in Leeuwarden|nl|Hoofdorgel van de Grote- of Jacobijnerkerk in Leeuwarden|lt=main organ}} of the [[Grote of Jacobijnerkerk]] in [[Leeuwarden]] in 2019.<ref name=lc>{{cite web|url=https: